Nabyendu Chatterjee
Nabyendu Chatterjee (21 November 1937 – 14 January 2009) was an Indian Bengali and Hindi film director and producer.[1] A director of twelve feature films and three documentaries, Nabyendu has curved out a sure niche for him in the field of serious and useful cinema of India.
He died at the age of 71 after a massive heart attack in his North Kolkata residence in 2009 leaving behind his wife, Protima Chatterjee; son, Naibedya and grandchildren Niravhra and Nairwita.[2]
Career
[edit]Nabyendu Chatterjee started his career as an actor in 1962 but soon turned into the direction of films. He worked with Bengali director Aravind Mukherjee as an assistant. In his career, he was known as independent, off beat film maker with unparallel and art films. His choice of literary stories to be translated into film scripts by himself.[3][4]
His films such as Aaj Kaal Parsur Golpo, Sarisreep, Chopper, Sanskar, Atmaja, Sauda, Shilpi, Parasuramer Kuther, Ranur Pratham Bhaag and Mansur Mian-r Ghora offers glimpses into his directorial directorial talent engaged in exploring diverse social, political and humane issues. He has to his credit a bunch of National Awards. Shilpi, one of his films screened at the 25th International Film Festival of India(IFFI) at Calcutta won two international awards. One at the World Television Film Festival in Japan and the other at the 14th Festival International du film d' Amiens held in France.
Filmography
[edit]| Film | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Adwitiya | 1967 | Playback singers: Hemanta Mukhopadhyay, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle and Manna Dey. Featuring Madhabi Mukherjee, Sarbendra, Ajitesh Banerjee, Bikash Roy, Dilip Roy and Lily Chakraborty. |
| Chitthi | 1972 | Music: Shyamal Mitra. Featuring Sandhya Roy, Samit Bhanja, Ajitesh Banerjee, Ashim Chakraborty, Nivanani Devi, Rabi Ghosh, Anuva Gupta, Jahar Roy and Lalita Chatterjee. Lyrics: Gouriprasanna Mazumder. |
| Ranur Pratham Bhag | 1973 | Music: Nikhil Chattopadhyay. Lyrics: D. L. Roy. Featuring Ajitesh Banerjee, Neera Malya, Bankim Ghosh, Geeta Dey, Nivanani Devi and Dwiju Bhowal. |
| Aaj Kal Parshur Galpo | 1981 | Music: Nikhil Chattopadhyay. Playback singer: Haimanti Shukla. Featuring Mahua Roychowdhury, Dipankar Dey, Mamata Chattopadhyay, Subrata Sen Sharma and Niranjan Roy. |
| Chopper | 1985 | Featuring Joy Banerjee, Sreela Majumder, Karuna Kanta Bhattacharya, Mrinal Basu Chowdhury, Pradip Mukherjee, Sova Sen and Santana Basu. |
| Sarisreep | 1987 | Featuring Dhritiman Chatterjee and Sumitra Mukherjee. |
| Parshuramer Kuthar | 1989 | Featuring Sreelekha Mukhopadhyay, Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Arun Mukhopadhyay and Shyamal Ghoshal. |
| Atmaja | 1990 | Featuring Gauri Ghosh, Arjun Chakraborty, Meghnad Bhattacharya, Partha Sarathy Deb and Dhurjoti Prasad Mukherjee. |
| Shilpi | 1993 | Featuring Anjan Dutta, Rwita Dutta Chakraborty, Asit Bandopadhyay and Sreelekha Mukherjee. |
| Souda | 1997 | Featuring Vasanta Chowdhury, Joy Banerjee and Chaiti Ghosal. |
| Mansur Miyar Ghora | 1999 | Featuring Arun Mukhopadhyay and Raisul Islam. |
Awards and participation
[edit]Feature films
[edit]| Film | Year | Award / Festival | Category / Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranur Pratham Bhag (First Book of Ranu) | 1972 | President's Award | Best Child Actress |
| Aaj Kaal Parshur Galpa (Story of Today, Tomorrow and the Day After) | 1982–1984 | Indian Panorama | Selected – 1982 |
| Commonwealth Film Festival, Brisbane | Certificate of Merit – 1982 | ||
| Moscow Film Festival | Participation – 1982 | ||
| BFJA Award | Best Film and Best Direction – 1983 | ||
| Ritwik Ghatak Award | Best Direction – 1983 | ||
| Pramathesh Barua Paritoshik Award | Best Film and Best Direction – 1983 | ||
| Dishari Award | Best Film and Best Direction – 1982 | ||
| Kamal Majumdar Smriti Puraskar | Best Film and Best Direction – 1984 | ||
| Chopper | 1986–1987 | Indian Panorama | Selected – 1986 |
| Tashkent Film Festival | Participation – 1986 | ||
| Karlovy Vary Film Festival | Participation – 1986 | ||
| Cairo Film Festival | Participation – 1986 | ||
| Montreal Film Festival | Participation – 1986 | ||
| BFJA Award | Best Director and Best Film – 1987 | ||
| CCI Award (Critics Circle of India) | Best Film and Best Direction – 1987 | ||
| Art Forum Award | Best Direction – 1987 | ||
| Sarisreep (Reptile) | 1988 | Indian Panorama | Selected – 1988 |
| Montreal Film Festival | Participation – 1988 | ||
| Moscow Film Festival | Participation – 1988 | ||
| Chicago Film Festival | Participation – 1988 | ||
| Parashuramer Kuthar (The Avenger) | 1990 | Indian Panorama | Selected – 1990 |
| National Film Award | Second Best Feature Film (Silver Lotus) – 1990 | ||
| National Film Award | Best Actress – 1990 | ||
| Cairo International Film Festival | Participation – 1990 | ||
| Ritwik Kumar Ghatak Award | Best Director – 1990 | ||
| Atmaja (Born Within) | 1991–1993 | Indian Panorama | Selected – 1991 |
| National Film Award | Best Bengali Feature Film – 1991 | ||
| Fukuoka Film Festival, Japan | Participation – 1991 | ||
| ABC Network | Participation – 1991 | ||
| Nataraj Puraskar | Best Director – 1993 | ||
| Shilpi (The Dreamer) | 1994–2002 | Indian Panorama | Selected – 1994 |
| 44th International Film Festival, Berlin | World premiere – 1994 | ||
| Amiens International Film Festival, France | Award for Artistic Contribution and Excellence in Cinema – 1994 | ||
| World Television Competition, Japan | Best Film – 1994 | ||
| Sydney Film Festival | Participation – 1994 | ||
| Karlovy Vary Film Festival | Participation – 1994 | ||
| Toronto Film Festival | Participation – 1994 | ||
| Vancouver Film Festival | Participation – 1994 | ||
| Fribourg Film Festival | Participation – 1995 | ||
| Pramathesh Barua Paritoshik Award | Best Director and Best Film – 1995 | ||
| Dishari Award / Art Forum Award | Best Direction and Best Screenplay – 1995; Best Director – 2002 | ||
| Mansur Mian-r Ghora (Last Ride) | 1999–2001 | Indian Panorama | Selected – 1999 |
| Bite the Mango Film Festival, United Kingdom | Participation – 2000 | ||
| Dhaka International Film Festival, Bangladesh | Participation – 2001 | ||
| Festival of Contemporary Indian Cinema, Seychelles | Participation – 2001 | ||
| BFJA Award | Best Film – 2001 | ||
| BFJA Award | Best Actor – 2001 | ||
| Dishari Award | Best Director – 2001 | ||
| Souda (A Deal) | 1997–1998 | Indian Panorama | Selected – 1997 |
| Pyongyang International Film Festival | Best Film – 1998 | ||
| Sochi International Film Festival | Participation – 1998 | ||
| Alexandria International Film Festival | Participation – 1998 |
Documentaries
[edit]| Documentary | Year | Award / Festival | Category / Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glimpses of Bengal Terracotta | — | National and international recognition | Nationally and internationally acclaimed |
| Bleeding in the Sun | 1997 | Indian Panorama | Selected – 1997 |
| Bleeding in the Sun | 1997 | BFJA Award | Best Director and Best Documentary Film – 1997 |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Nabyendu Chatterjee movies, filmography, biography and songs - Cinestaan.com". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ "Filmmaker Nabyendu Chatterjee dead". The Indian Express. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ↑ "Nabyendu Chatterjee". bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ↑ "Bengali Movies of Nabyendu Chatterjee - the great parallel art-house film-maker". Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
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