Anjan Das

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Anjan Das
Born(1949-11-17)17 November 1949
Bagerhat District, Bangladesh
Died2 June 2014(2014-06-02) (aged 64)
NationalityIndian
OccupationFilm director

Anjan Das (17 November 1949 – 2 June 2014) was an Indian film director known for his contribution to cinema.

Career[edit]

Das begun his filmmaking journey in the mid-1970s, debuting with documentaries such as "The Art of Anant Malakar" and "Tripura." His inaugural feature, Sainik (Soldier), premiered at various international film festivals, including Berlinale in 1976, further expanding its reach to Mannheim, Tehran, Kraków, Mongolia, Yugoslavia, and the San Remo Film Competition in Italy.[citation needed]

In 2001, Das created Saanjhbatir Roopkathara.

In 2006, he made the film Faltu (The Saga of Ranirghat, 2006), which won him the National Film Award for Best Feature Film on Family Welfare. In 2007, he made Jara Bristite Bhijechhilo (Drenched... in the rain), for which he won the Special Director's Award at Almaty, Kazakhstan, and two awards in Madrid, Spain: Best Actress and Special Jury Award for the Director. This film also was an entry in the Indian Panorama of International Film Festival of India 2007.[citation needed]

He won 11 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for the last three films. He made a documentary on the rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, produced by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India and was inaugurated by the then External Affairs minister, Pranab Mukherjee at a function at Habitat Centre, New Delhi.[citation needed]

Thereafter, he also made a few documentaries produced by PSBT and Films Division, which include Maa Durga (on goddess Durga) and Flow & Ebb (on the boatmen of Bengal). His feature film Swarger Nichey Manush (People under Heaven) starring Rituparna Sengupta was showcased at Mumbai Film Festival, Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema and others. but was not released commercially at that time. All the films listed above were shown at Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema.[citation needed]

His film Achin Pakhi (A Love Story) had its International Premiere at Cairo International film Festival 2010 and World Premiere under Indian Panorama at International Film Festival of India 2010. His next film Banshiwala (The Flautist), based on Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay's novel of the same name won him two international awards - Golden Kahuna Award at Honolulu Film Awards 2011 and Bronze Palm Award at Mexico International Film Festival 2011. It was also showcased at New Jersey International Film Festival. His next film, Bedeni (The Snake-Charmer's Wife) was based on Tarashankar Bandopadhyay's novel and starred Rituparna Sengupta.

His last film was Ajana Batas (The Mystic Wind), which starred Paoli Dam and was based on Joy Goswami's novel. It had its premiere at International Film Festival of India 2013 (Indian Panorama). It also won him the Bronze Palm Award at Mexico International Film Festival 2014. It was officially selected (in competition) at Washington DC South Asian Film Festival 2014, Indian International Film Festival of Queensland 2014, and FerFilm Festival 2015. It competed for the Conchshell Award at Belize International Film Festival 2014. The film garnered critical acclaim and was released commercially nine months after his demise.[citation needed]

Filmography[edit]

Director[edit]

Producer[edit]

  • Disarray (2012) (short film)

Writer[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Friday film (Achin Pakhi)". Telegraph Calcutta. Calcutta, India. 1 April 2010. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  2. ^ Nag, Kushali (18 November 2010). "Banshiwala Shayan". Telegraph Calcutta. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Friday film (Bedeni)". Telegraph, Calcutta. Calcutta, India. 10 January 2011. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2012.

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