Manas Mukul Pal (born 25 August 1987) is an Indian film director, actor, and screenwriter who predominantly works in
Bengali cinema. He came to the limelight after directing his first feature film ''
Colours of Innocence'' (2016) which was a critical and commercial success. He is working on his second feature film which is going to be a biopic of the freedom fighter ''
Dinesh Gupta
Dinesh Chandra Gupta ( ''Dinesh Chôndro Gupto'') or Dinesh Gupta (6 December 1911 – 7 July 1931) was an Indian revolutionary against British rule in India, who is noted for launching an attack on the Secretariat Building - the Writers' Buil ...
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Early life
Manas completed his schooling from
Barasat Peary Charan Sarkar Government High School in 2005 and studied BSc from
Barasat Government College.
Career
His debut film as director is
Sahaj Paather Gappo(
Colours of Innocence) which was released in 2017 in India. This film got warm critical reception and fetched his success. This is the only Bengali film in last three decades to win
National Award
The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for "Excellence within the Indian film industry". Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian P ...
in Best Child Actor Category (2016).
For this film he bagged two
Filmfare Awards
The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Indian cinema.Al The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were introduced by Filmfare magazine of The Times G ...
(east) 2018 in Best Debut Director and Best Screenplay categories.
He was given the Best Promising Director and Best Sound Designer honour for 'Sahaj Pather Goapo', at the second West Bengal Film Journalist Association award function for films released in 2017.He also received the Best Director award(2018) by Bengal State Government for this film.
Filmography
As director
References
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1987 births
Living people
Indian male film actors
Indian film directors
Indian writers