Utpalendu Chakrabarty (1948 – 20 August 2024) was an Indian filmmaker based in Kolkata.

Utpalendu Chakrabarty
Born1948 (1948)
Died (aged 76)
NationalityIndian
OccupationFilmmaker
Notable workChokh
Maina Tadanta
SpousesIndrani Chakraborty (div.)[1]
Satarupa Sanyal (sep.)
Children3, including
Ritabhari Chakraborty
Chitrangada Satarupa

Life and career

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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

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Director

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Feature films

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Television films

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  • 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

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  • The Music of Satyajit Ray 1984
  • Debrata Biswas 1983
  • Mukti Chai 1977
  • Sunilo Sagore (On The Life of Sunil Gangopadhyay)

Writer

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  • The Music of Satyajit Ray (Documentary) 1984
  • Chokh (Screenplay / Story) 1983

Composer

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  • Chokh 1983

Music director

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  • Chhaturtha Panipather Juddha 1995

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ আমার সঙ্গে মেয়েদেরও মেরেই ফেলত উৎপলেন্দু.
  2. ^ "Bikalpa (1988)". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  3. ^ Some Alumni of Scottish Church College in 175th Year Commemoration Volume. Scottish Church College, April 2008, page 591
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ আমার সঙ্গে মেয়েদেরও মেরেই ফেলত উৎপলেন্দু. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "#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.
  8. ^ "Director Utpalendu Chakraborty returns home a month after hip surgery". The Times of India. 3 May 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  9. ^ ঋতাভরীদের পরিবারে শোকের ছায়া, প্রয়াত জাতীয় পুরস্কারজয়ী উৎপলেন্দু চক্রবর্তী. Hindustan Times (in Bengali). 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  10. ^ National award-winning Bengali filmmaker Utpalendra Chakrabarty dies at 76
  11. ^ "Bilingual E-archive Digital Platform for Bengal's Cinema". Bengal Film Archive. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  12. ^ "৭৮-এ থামল পরিচালকের সফর". Retrieved 20 August 2024.
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