Utpalendu Chakrabarty (born 1948) is a Bengali Indian filmmaker and theater personality, based in Kolkata, India.

Life and career

He was born in Calcutta in 1948. He graduated from the Scottish Church College, of the University of Calcutta.''Some Alumni of Scottish Church College'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008, page 591 Chakrabarty was involved in politics in his student life and spent time in Purulia among the tribals. Although he started out as a teacher, his passion was cinema. He made several documentaries and films. He has two daughters, Chitrangada and Ritabhari Chakraborty.

Filmography

Director

Feature films

* ''Prasab'' 1994 * ''Chandaneer'' 1989 * ''Phaansi'' 1988 * '' Debshishu'' 1985 * ''

Chokh ''Chokh'' ( lit. The Eyes) is a 1983 Indian Bengali film directed by Utpalendu Chakrabarty, with Om Puri, Anil Chatterjee, Shyamanand Jalan and Sreela Majumdar in lead roles. The film is set in 1975 and the oppression and exploitation of Jute ...

'' 1983 * ''Maina Tadanta'' 1980

Television films

* ''Dwibachan'' 1989 * ''Sonar Chheye Dami'' 1989 * ''Rang'' 1989 * ''Bikalpa'' 1988 * ''Aparichita'' 1986 * ''Aparichita(Bengali)'' 2002 * ''Kalo Patharer Itikatha(Balad of the black Stone)'' * ''Chua Chandan'' * ''May Day'' 2005

Documentaries

* ''The Music of Satyajit Ray'' 1984 * ''Debrata Biswas'' 1983 * ''Mukti Chai'' 1977 * ''Sunilo Sagore(On The Life of Sunil Gangopadhyay)''

Writer

* ''The Music of Satyajit Ray'' (documentary) 1984 * ''Chokh'' (screenplay / story) 1983

Composer

* ''Chokh'' 1983

Music director

* ''Chhaturtha Panipather Juddha'' 1995

Awards

* Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director at the

28th National Film Awards The 28th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 1980. Ceremony took place in Ap ...

in 1980 for ''Maina Tadanta'' * National Film Award for Best Feature Film at the

30th National Film Awards The 30th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 1982. Ceremony took place in May ...

in 1982 for ''Chokh'' * National Film Award for Best Direction at the

in 1982 for ''Chokh'' * Berlin International Film Festival OCIC Award in 1983 for ''Chokh'' * National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film at the 32nd National Film Awards in 1984 for ''Music of Satyajit Ray''.

References

External links

Calcuttaweb Utpalendu Chakrabarty
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On ''The Music of Satyajit Ray''On ''Chokh''
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