Utpalendu Chakrabarty
Utpalendu Chakrabarty | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948 |
| Died | (aged 76) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Notable work | Chokh Maina Tadanta |
| Spouses | Indrani Chakraborty (div.)[1] Satarupa Sanyal (sep.) |
| Children | 3, including Ritabhari Chakraborty Chitrangada Satarupa |
Utpalendu Chakrabarty (1948 – 20 August 2024) was an Indian filmmaker based in Kolkata.
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Chakrabarty was born in Pabna District in 1948.[2] Utpalendu graduated from Scottish Church College, of the University of Calcutta.[3]
Chakrabarty was involved in left-wing politics in his student life and spent time in Purulia among the tribal.[4] Although he started out as a teacher, his passion was cinema. He made several documentaries and films. He was once married to Indrani Chakraborty and later divorced.[5] He remarried to director and activist Satarupa Sanyal but divorced in 2000. His daughters Chitrangada Satarupa and Ritabhari Chakraborty[6][7] revealed that they had no connection to Utpalendu, their biological father.[8][9]
He has won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director at the 28th National Film Awards in 1980 for Maina Tadanta, the National Film Award for Best Feature Film and Direction at the 30th National Film Awards in 1982 for Chokh, the Berlin International Film Festival OCIC Award in 1983 for Chokh and the National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film at the 32nd National Film Awards in 1984 for Music of Satyajit Ray.[10]
Chakrabarty died in Kolkata on 20 August 2024, at the age of 76.[11]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]Director
[edit | edit source]Feature films
[edit | edit source]Television films
[edit | edit source]- Dwibachan 1989
- Sonar Chheye Dami 1989
- Rang 1989
- Bikalpa 1988
- Aparichita 1986
- Aparichita 2002
- Kalo Patharer Itikatha (Balad of the black Stone)
- Chua Chandan
- May Day 2005
Documentaries
[edit | edit source]- The Music of Satyajit Ray 1984
- Debrata Biswas 1983
- Mukti Chai 1977
- Sunilo Sagore (On The Life of Sunil Gangopadhyay)
Writer
[edit | edit source]- The Music of Satyajit Ray (Documentary) 1984
- Chokh (Screenplay / Story) 1983
Composer
[edit | edit source]- Chokh 1983
Music director
[edit | edit source]- Chhaturtha Panipather Juddha 1995
Awards
[edit | edit source]- Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director at the 28th National Film Awards in 1980 for Maina Tadanta
- National Film Award for Best Feature Film at the 30th National Film Awards in 1982 for Chokh[13]
- National Film Award for Best Direction at the 30th National Film Awards 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.
- Banga Bibhushan by Government of West Bengal.[4]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Calcuttaweb Utpalendu Chakrabarty Archived 4 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Utpalendu Chakrabarty at IMDb
- On The Music of Satyajit Ray Archived 27 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- On Chokh
- On Debshishu
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- 1948 births
- 2024 deaths
- Bengali writers
- Bengali film directors
- Indian male screenwriters
- Indian documentary filmmakers
- Scottish Church College alumni
- University of Calcutta alumni
- Best Director National Film Award winners
- Film directors from Kolkata
- 21st-century Indian screenwriters
- Indian television directors
- Screenwriters from Kolkata
- 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century Indian male writers
- Director whose film won the Best Debut Feature Film National Film Award
- Directors who won the Best Feature Film National Film Award
- People from Pabna District