Utpalendu Chakrabarty
Indian filmmaker (1948–2024)
Utpalendu Chakrabarty | |
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| Born | 1948 (1948) Pabna District, Rajshahi Division, East Bengal, Pakistan (now Bangladesh) |
| Died | (aged 76) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Notable work | Chokh Maina Tadanta |
| Spouses | Indrani Chakraborty (div.)[1] Satarupa Sanyal (sep.) |
| Children | Gogol Ritabhari Chakraborty Chitrangada Satarupa |
Utpalendu Chakrabarty (1948 – 20 August 2024) was an Indian filmmaker based in Kolkata.
Life and career
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]
Chakrabarty died in Kolkata on 20 August 2024, at the age of 76.[10]
Filmography
Director
Feature films
- Prasab 1994
- Chandaneer 1989
- Phaansi 1988
- Debshishu 1985
- Chokh 1983[11]
- Maina Tadanta 1980
Television films
- 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
- 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 in 1980 for Maina Tadanta
- National Film Award for Best Feature Film at the 30th National Film Awards in 1982 for Chokh[12]
- 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]
References
- ^ "আমার সঙ্গে মেয়েদেরও মেরেই ফেলত উৎপলেন্দু".
- ^ "Bikalpa (1988)". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ Some Alumni of Scottish Church College in 175th Year Commemoration Volume. Scottish Church College, April 2008, page 591
- ^ a b "Utpalendu Chakraborty Passes Away: চিরতরে চোখ বুজলেন 'চোখ'-এর স্রষ্টা! শোকের ছায়া বাংলা ছবির জগতে..." Zee24Ghanta.com. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "আমার সঙ্গে মেয়েদেরও মেরেই ফেলত উৎপলেন্দু". Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ Khatun, Reshmi (20 August 2024). "চলে গেলেন জাতীয় পুরস্কার প্রাপ্ত পরিচালক উৎপলেন্দু চক্রবর্তী". Ei Muhurte Breaking News in Bangla, বাংলা খবর, বাংলার আজকের খবর এই মুহূর্তে. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "#TheExtaOrdiNAARIs: Ritabhari Chakraborty opens up about her mother, who left her alcoholic husband to raise two young kids alone | Exclusive". OTTPlay. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "Director Utpalendu Chakraborty returns home a month after hip surgery". The Times of India. 3 May 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "ঋতাভরীদের পরিবারে শোকের ছায়া, প্রয়াত জাতীয় পুরস্কারজয়ী উৎপলেন্দু চক্রবর্তী". Hindustantimes Bangla (in Bengali). 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ National award-winning Bengali filmmaker Utpalendra Chakrabarty dies at 76
- ^ "Bilingual E-archive Digital Platform for Bengal's Cinema". Bengal Film Archive. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "৭৮-এ থামল পরিচালকের সফর". Retrieved 20 August 2024.
External links
- 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
- v
- t
- e
- Satyajit Ray (1967)
- Satyajit Ray (1968)
- Mrinal Sen (1969)
- Satyajit Ray (1970)
- Girish Karnad and B. V. Karanth (1971)
- Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1972)
- Mani Kaul (1973)
- Satyajit Ray (1974)
- Satyajit Ray (1975)
- P. Lankesh (1976)
- G. Aravindan (1977)
- G. Aravindan (1978)
- Mrinal Sen (1979)
- Mrinal Sen (1980)
- Aparna Sen (1981)
- Utpalendu Chakrabarty (1982)
- Mrinal Sen (1983)
- Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1984)
- Shyam Benegal (1985)
- G. Aravindan (1986)
- Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1987)
- Shaji N. Karun (1988)
- Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1989)
- Tapan Sinha (1990)
- Satyajit Ray (1991)
- Goutam Ghose (1992)
- T. V. Chandran (1993)
- Jahnu Barua (1994)
- Saeed Akhtar Mirza (1995)
- Agathiyan (1996)
- Jayaraj (1997)
- Rajeevnath (1998)
- Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1999)
- Rituparno Ghosh (2000)
- B. Lenin (2001)
- Aparna Sen (2002)
- Goutam Ghose (2003)
- Buddhadeb Dasgupta (2004)
- Rahul Dholakia (2005)
- Madhur Bhandarkar (2006)
- Adoor Gopalakrishnan (2007)
- Bala (2008)
- Rituparno Ghosh (2009)
- Vetrimaaran (2010)
- Gurvinder Singh (2011)
- Shivaji Lotan Patil (2012)
- Hansal Mehta (2013)
- Srijit Mukherji (2014)
- Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2015)
- Rajesh Mapuskar (2016)
- Jayaraj (2017)
- Aditya Dhar (2018)
- Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan (2019)
- Sachy (2020)
- Nikhil Mahajan (2021)
- Sooraj Barjatya (2022)
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