Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Composer
February 10, 1944 — June 8, 2021 (77 years)
Buddhadeb Dasgupta (11 February 1944 – 10 June 2021) was an Bengali poet and filmmaker of Indian cinema , most known for films like Bagh Bahadur, Tahader Katha, Charachar and Uttara. Five of his films have won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film, Bagh Bahadur (1989), Charachar (1993), Lal Darja (1997), Mondo Meyer Upakhyan (2002) and Kaalpurush (2008), while Dooratwa (1978) and Tahader Katha (1993) have won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali. As a director, he has won National Film Award for Best Direction twice, for Uttara (2000) and Swapner Din (2005). Over the years he has published several works of poetry including Govir Araley, Coffin Kimba Suitcase, Himjog, Chhaata Kahini, Roboter Gaan, Sreshtha Kabita, and Bhomboler Ascharya Kahini O Ananya Kabita.
Filmography
| 2020 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2007 | |
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| 1997 | |
| 1994 | |
| 1992 | |
| 1989 | |
| 1988 | |
| 1982 |
| 2016 | The Bait · as Screenplay |
| 2009 | The Window · as Screenplay |
| 2005 | Kalpurush · as Screenplay |
| 2002 | A Tale of a Naughty Girl · as Screenplay |
| 2000 | |
| 1994 | Charachar · as Screenplay |
| 1992 | Tahader Katha · as Screenplay |
| 1988 | Phera · as Screenplay |
| 1982 | Grihajuddha · as Screenplay |
| 2020 | The Flight · as Co-Producer |
| 2000 | |
| 1989 |
| 1982 | Grihajuddha · as Original Music Composer |
| 2020 | The Flight · as Story |
| 2013 | Sniffer · as Story |
| 2007 | Ami, Yasin Ar Amar Madhubala · as Lyricist |
| 2004 | Swapner Din · as Story |
| 1997 | Red Door · as Story |
| 1989 | Bagh Bahadur · as Dialogue |