Bijon Dasgupta (
Bengali: বিজন দাশগুপ্ত) born April 30, 1951 is an
Art Director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
of Indian Film Industry.
Life and career
Dasgupta made his debut as an art director with Shekhar Kapur's Masoom and the first film itself gave him the recognition and respect that he now enjoys within the industry. Dasgupta strives to make his setup different and look as real as possible. So that the audience could relate to those places. He bagged big movies like
Hum Apke Hain Kaun,
Gup,
Dil, Umrao Jaan,
Mr India Mr. or Mister India may refer to:
Pageants
* Rubaru Mister India, a national Indian beauty pageant in India that sends its winners to Mister International, Mister Global, Mister Model International and other international competitions
* Mister Indi ...
and many others.
Dasgupta started with a job in Doordarshan as a head of the designing department for 9 years and got to interact with the creative people all over the country.
Filmography
* 2007 -
A Mighty Heart
''A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Daniel Pearl'' (also subtitled ''A Mighty Heart: The Inside Story of the Al Qaeda Kidnapping of Danny Pearl'') (2003) is a memoir by Mariane Pearl, a freelance French journalist. She cover ...
- Art Director (India Unit)
* 2006 -
Umrao Jaan - Art Direction
* 2004 -
Garv
''Garv: Pride & Honour'' ( hi, गर्व) is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Puneet Issar. The film stars Salman Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Arbaaz Khan and Amrish Puri. Sunny Deol was the initial choice for Salman Khan's ...
- Pride and Honor - Art Director
* 2003 -
Parwana - Art Director
* 2003 -
Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon
''Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon'' (English: ''I am crazy about Prem''), is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy drama film by Sooraj Barjatya and produced by Rajshri Productions. The film is a remake of the 1976 film ''Chitchor'' and features ...
- Art Director
Awards
* 1996 -
Filmfare Best Art Direction
The Filmfare Best Art Direction Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.
Although the awards started in 1954, this category was started only in 1956.
Superlatives
Awards
See also
* Fi ...
Award for Prem
External links
* http://www.ibnlive.com/
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1951 births
Living people
Indian art directors
Place of birth missing (living people)