Buddhadeb Dasgupta

Infobox Person
name = Buddhadeb Dasgupta


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birth_date = birth date|1944|2|11|mf=y
birth_place = Anara, India
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occupation = Film maker, screenplay writer and author
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Buddhadeb Dasgupta (Bengali: বুদ্ধদেব দাশগুপ্ত "Buddhodeb Dashgupto") is a poet and prominent contemporary Indian filmmaker.

His lyricism has been extended to cinema as well. During the early stages of his film career, Dasgupta made films inspired by Satyajit Ray's realistic films and later moved on to other forms. Some of his most acclaimed films are "Bagh Bahadur", "Tahader Katha", "Charachar" and "Uttara". He studied economics at the prestigious Scottish Church College and at the University of Calcutta.

Filmography

Feature Films

*"Samayer Kache" (1968)
*"Dholer Raja Khirode Natta" (1973)
*"Dooratwa" (1978)
*"Neem Annapurna" (1979)
*"Grihajuddha" (1982)
*"Andhi Gali" (1984)
*"Contemporary Indian Sculpture" (1987)
*"Phera" (1988)
*"Bagh Bahadur" (1989)
*"Tahader Katha" (1992)
*"Charachar" (1993)
*"Lal Darja" (1997)
*"Uttara" (2000)
*"Mondo Meyer Upakhyan" (2002)
*"Swapner Din" (2004)
*"Ami, Yasin Ar Amar Madhubala" (2007)
*"Kaalpurush" (2008)

Documentary and T.V work

*History of Indian Jute (1990)
*Ceramics (1986)
*India on the Move (1985)
*Story of Glass (1985)
*Indian Science Marches Ahead (1984)
*Rhythm of Steel (1981)
*Vigyan O Tar Avishkar (1980)
*Saratchandra (1975)
*Fishermen of Sundarban (1974)
*The Continent of Love (1968)

Awards

Buddhadeb Dasgupta was honoured with the lifetime achievement award at the Spain International Film Festival in Madrid on May 27, 2008 [ [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080531/saturday/main1.htm Merchant of Dreams: Buddhadeb Dasgupta gets lifetime achievement award at the Spain International Film Festival] ]

Family

His daughter, Alokananda Dasgupta is at York University doing musical studies.

His elder daughter, Rajeshwari Dasgupta (Ghose) is also a trained classical pianist and a former copywriter at Ogilvy & Mather where she has led creative campaigns for several Indian companies and conglomerates. She currently resides in Philadelphia and is in charge of choreographing and performing in several dance sequences for The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania. She has also been the Assistant Director and critic to her father's national award winning movies and documentaries. In the near future, Rajeshwari sees herself as an advertising professional and an Indo-Fusion danseuse.

References

*Scottish Church College Magazine(Year - 1999,2000 and 2001.Volume - 87,88 and 89).

External links

* [http://www.calcuttaweb.com/cinema/buddhadebdasgupta.shtml Profile at Calcuttaweb.com]
* [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080531/saturday/main1.htm Merchant of Dreams: Buddhadeb Dasgupta gets lifetime achievement award at the Spain International Film Festival]
*imdb name|id=0201949|name=Buddhadev Dasgupta
* [http://www.write2kill.in/reports-editorials/cinema/167.html Interview-based profile on Write2kill.in]

Persondata
NAME= Dasgupta, Buddhadeb
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Dasgupta, Buddhadev
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Film maker, Writer
DATE OF BIRTH= February 2 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH= Anara, India
DATE OF DEATH=
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