Bappaditya Bandopadhyay facts for kids
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Bappaditya Bandopadhyay
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Bandopadhyay in February 2007
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| Born | 28 August 1970 |
| Died | 7 November 2015 (aged 45) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 2003–2015 |
Bappaditya Bandopadhyay (born August 28, 1970 – died November 7, 2015) was a talented Indian film director and a poet. He was known for making movies that explored different stories and ideas.
His Work in Films
Bappaditya Bandopadhyay started his career in filmmaking. He quickly gained recognition for his unique style.
In 2003, he won the Most Promising Director award from the Bengal Film Journalists' Association. This showed he was a rising star in Indian cinema.
His second film, Silpantar (which means "Colours of Hunger"), was shown at the Sofia International Film Festival in Bulgaria. It was also chosen for a competition at the International Film Festival Bratislava. This film was one of only two Indian movies shown at the Helsinki International Film Festival in 2003. Actress Debashree Roy won an award for her role in Silpantar.
Bandopadhyay's very first film was Sampradan (meaning "The Offering of the Daughter"). It was part of a competition at the 6th Dhaka International Film Festival in 2000. This film won three important awards for its actors and singer. It also received an award for its music.
His third film, Devaki, came out in 2006. It starred two well-known Bollywood actresses, Perizaad Zorabian and Suman Ranganathan. The movie was shown at several international film festivals. It even won the Best Feature Film Award at the Asheville Film Festival.
Another one of his films, Kantatar, was also selected for a competition at the 7th Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival. It was also screened at the Raindance Film Festival in London.
Besides movies, Bandopadhyay also directed a TV show called Anandanagarir kathakata. This show was about the history of buildings in Kolkata. He also made a documentary about tribal masks.
In 2010, his film Kagojer Bou was released. It was based on a popular novel by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay.
He also wrote poetry. One of his published poetry books is called Pokader Atmiyasajan. He often wrote articles about modern cinema too.
His Passing
Bappaditya Bandopadhyay passed away on November 7, 2015, in Kolkata. He was 45 years old.
List of Films He Directed
Here is a list of films directed by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay. For many of these movies, he also wrote the story and the screenplay.
As Director
| Year | Film | Language | Main Actors |
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| 1999 | Sampradan | Bengali | Anasua Majumder, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Joy Sengupta, Papiya Adhikari, Indrani Haldar |
| 2002 | Silpantar | Bengali | Subhasish Mukherjee, Debashree Roy, Nemai Ghosh |
| 2005 | Devaki | Hindi | Perizaad Zorabian, Suman Ranganathan, Ram Kapoor |
| 2006 | Kantatar | Bengali | Sreelekha Mitra, Rudranil Ghosh, Sudip Mukherjee, Nemai Ghosh |
| 2007 | Kaal | Bengali | Chandreyee Ghosh, Sandhya Shetty, Dola Chakraborty, Samapika Debnath, Rudranil Ghosh |
| 2009 | Houseful | Bengali | Prosenjit Chatterjee, Rimjhim Gupta, Nitya ganguly, Rwita Datta Chakraborty, Sreelekha Mitra |
| 2011 | Kagojer Bou | Bengali | Paoli Dam, Rahul, Priyanka, Rimjhim, Joy Sengupta. Bratya Basu, Gargi Roy Chowdhury, Nandini Ghoshal |
| 2012 | Elar Char Adhyay | Bengali | Indraneil, Paoli Dam, Dipankar Dey, Barun Chanda, Rudranil Ghosh, Arunima Ghosh, Nitya Ganguly, Vikram Chatterjee |
| 2013 | Nayika Sangbad(2013) | Bengali | Arunima Ghosh, Indraneil Sengupta, Mumtaz Sorcer, Locket Chatterjee |
| 2016 | Sohra Bridge | Bengali | Pratik Sen, Niharika Singh, Barun Chanda, Moumita Mitra |
