Anirban Bhattacharyya

Anirban Bhattacharyya
Born	Kolkata, West Bengal
Occupations	Author television producer actor columnist
Years active	1998–present

Anirban Bhattacharyya is an Indian television producer, author and actor. He is the creator and producer of the true crime TV series Savdhaan India and Ishq Kills ^[1] . He studied at Dr. Graham's Homes School at Kalimpong. He is an alumnus of St. Xavier's College Kolkata graduating with English Literature as Major. He went on to earn a Master's Degree in Mass Communication Film & television from the A.J.K. Mass Communication Research Centre New Delhi.

Author

Bhattacharyya released his debut book entitled The Deadly Dozen: India's Most Notorious Serial Killers . ^[2]

Bhattacharyya's true crime book, India's Money Heist: The Chelembra Bank Robbery, was published by Penguin India. The book is about the Chelembra bank robbery and it was launched by actor Mohanlal. ^[3] In 2023 he released his fifth book The Hills Are Burning which is a memoir of his friends and him growing up in a boarding school in Kalimpong set against the genesis and the subsequent violence and human rights violations of the Gorkhaland movement of 1986. ^[4]

In 2024, a campaign called 'Fit My Feet' about customised footwear for people inflicted with club feet that Anirban directed and co-produced for McCaan Worldgroup won Gold and Bronze at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2024 ^[5]

His book Swipe Right to Kill chronicles the details of the 2018 Jaipur Tinder murder case. Published by Penguin India, the book was released on 22 August 2024 on SoftCover. ^[6]

After his true crime trilogy, Anirban published a collection of horror short stories called Enter At Your Own Risk. ^[7]

Television producer

Anirban created, produced, wrote, and directed the true crime television series Savdhaan India for Life OK, which subsequently became Star Bharat. ^[8] He has also been the producer of Crime Patrol and Fear Files: Darr Ki Sacchi Tasvirein. He has directed shows at, and worked as Content Head at Channel V India. ^{[9] [ better source needed ]}

References

1. "Crime Patrol Aur Savdhaan India ke Lekhak ne Tinder Fake Profile Murder Par Aankh Khol Di". Youtube.com . 19 December 2024.
2. The Deadly Dozen: India's Most Notorious Serial Killers. ASIN   0143445723 .
3. "actor Mohanlal released the book Indias money heist the Chelembra bank robbery". Asianet .
4. "The Hills are Burning book review: Blaze of memory". The New Indian Express . 3 March 2023.
5. "Cannes Lions 2024 SLow but stellar start for India as McCann Worldgroup bags gold". 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
6. Team, ThePrint (16 August 2024). "New book chronicles details of 2018 Jaipur Tinder murder case". ThePrint. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
7. "Anirban Bhattacharyya completes his true crime trilogy". The_Telegraph_(India) . 9 December 2024.
8. "the story behind the story of the chelembra bank robbery". thesouthfirst.com. 31 August 2022.
9. "Anirban Bhattacharyya joins Channel [v] as executive producer". www.afaqs.com.

External links

• Anirban Bhattacharyya at IMDb