Bauddhayan Mukherji

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Bauddhayan Mukherji
Born(1973-06-01)1 June 1973
India
Other namesBuddy
Alma mater South Point School
OccupationFilmmaker
OrganizationLittle Lamb Films
Spouse
Monalisa Mukherji
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(m. 2002)​
Children1

Bauddhayan Mukherji aka 'Buddy' (born 1 June 1973) is a National Award-winning(2019) Indian filmmaker based in Mumbai. [1]

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He is the co-founder—along with his wife Monalisa—of Little Lamb Films, which has produced three feature films, Teenkahon ,The Violin Player and Manikbabur Megh (The Cloud & The Man) and one documentary short, Kiske Liye (Who Is This Women's Day For?).

His forthcoming films include Marichjhapi and The Bookkeeper's Wife. [2]

Personal life

Bauddhayan Mukherji, popularly known as Buddy, is an Indian filmmaker known for his advertising films and indie features. He was born and brought up in Kolkata. His father Banaj Mukherji was a poet while his mother Mira Mukherji was a school teacher.

At 11, he was gifted a copy of the book "Ekei Bole Shooting" (All About Shooting) written by Satyajit Ray. The book changed his life and Bauddhayan decided to become a filmmaker!

He studied in South Point School and later St. Xavier's College, Kolkata where he majored in Economics. Later he studied at the Clarion College of Communication, eastern India's first advertising college.

Bauddhayan lives in Mumbai with his wife Monalisa and daughter Aarsha.

Professional life

Bauddhayan Mukherji's work life began with Shyamanand Jalan's Kolkata based production house Audio Visual Arts and later he joined Black Magic Motion Pictures where he joined as the assistant director but rose up the ranks to become a partner of the company. He was part of the team that created Patalghar (The Underground Chamber) the cult Bengali film in 2002.

Today Bauddhayan runs his own production house called Little Lamb Films which he founded with wife Monalisa in 2007 and is considered a path breaker in Indian advertising filmmaking. He has directed more than 400 TVCs and has helped create brands like Procter & Gamble, Nokia, Unilever, Honda, GlaxoSmithKline, Coke, Colgate, Heinz, Johnson & Johnson, Hyundai Motor Company, to name a few. [3]

In 2010, Bauddhayan directed the Bell Bajao campaign for Breakthrough which went on to win the prestigious Silver Lion at Cannes – the Oscars of advertising films. He also became the first Indian filmmaker to win two back to back One Show merits at New York and Spikes Asia Golds at Singapore. In 2015, the Haathipaon Mukt Bharat (Filaria Free India) campaign for Sabin Vaccine Institute landed him with another Silver Lion at Cannes Health.

In 2013, Bauddhayan ventured into feature films and over the last few years has directed two of India's most awarded and internationally acclaimed indies under the banner of Little Lamb Films – Teenkahon (2014, Bengali, available on Amazon Prime) & The Violin Player (2016, Hindi, available on Netflix). These films have been screened at more than 85 film festivals across five continents. In 2015, Bauddhayan went on to win the Aravindan Puraskaram, an award by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy for the Best Debutant Director in the country, for Teenkahon. The Violin Player also became the first Indian film ever to be represented by the French Sales Agents, Alpha Violet.

In 2021, Bauddhayan won his first National Award for The Shower - a PSA on the rural-urban water inequality for Unilever, India. The Shower became the first Indian advertisement film to win the National Award. It won the Best Promotional Film in non-feature film category at the 67th National Film Awards. [4]

Marichjhapi, his next directorial venture for Little Lamb Films has already created a buzz in the international co-production market when it was chosen to represent India at the prestigious Asian Project Market at Busan 2019 and Cinéfondation L'Atelier at the Cannes Film Festival 2020. One of Bauddhayan's forthcoming directorial project, The Bookkeeper's Wife, was part of the Co-production Market at Film Bazaar 2020 and the Torino Film Lab NXT, 2021.

Festival circuit

ReleaseFilmProducerDirectorFestivalCategoryAccoladeYearRef
2023Marichjhapi (feature)Monalisa MukherjiYes check.svg Cannes Film Festival Cinefondation's L'Atelier programOfficial Selection2020 [5] [6]
Busan International Film Festival Asian Project Market programOfficial Selection2019 [7] [8]
2018Who Is This Women's Day For? (aka Kiske Liye; documentary)Yes check.svgMonalisa MukherjiAnatolia International Film FestivalNominated2020 [9]
WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival Gold RemiWon2020 [10]
Impact Doc AwardsAward of ExcellenceWon2020 [11]
Central Michigan International Film FestivalOfficial Selection2020 [12]
Aphrodite Film AwardsFinalist2020 [13]
2nd South Asian Short Film FestivalOfficial Selection2019 [14]
Beirut International Women Film Festival Official Selection2019
Audfest Documentary Short Film Festival,Finalist2018 [15]
2015The Violin Player (feature)Monalisa MukherjiYes check.svgImagineIndia International Film FestivalBest ActorWon2017 [16] [17]
Best CinematographyWon
DC Independent Film Festival Official Selection2017 [18]
RapidLion International Film FestivalBest Original ScoreNominated2017 [19] [20]
Best ScreenplayNominated
Best CinematographyNominated
Durban International Film Festival Best Film AwardWon2016 [21]
Raindance Film Festival Best FilmNominated2016 [22] [23] [24]
Best ScreenplayNominated
Best ActorNominated
Zurich Film Festival Official Selection2016 [25] [26]
Cork Film Festival Official Selection [27] [28]
São Paulo International Film Festival New Directors CompetitionNominated2016 [29]
All Lights India International Film Festival Critics Choice for Best FilmWon2016 [30]
Kolkata International Film Festival NETPAC awardNominated2016 [31] [32]
Jio MAMI Film Festival India GoldNominated2015 [33]
International Film Festival of Kerala International competitionNominated2015 [34]
2014 Teenkahon (feature)Monalisa MukherjiYes check.svg Festival du Film d'Asie du Sud Transgressif, Paris, France Student Jury for Best Narrative FeatureSpecial Mention [35]
DC Independent Film Festival Official Selection2015 [36] [37] [38]
Zimbabwe International Film Festival Official Selection2014
Kerala State Chalachitra Academy Aravindan PuraskaramWon [39] [40]
Mumbai Film Festival India StoryOfficial Selection2014
International Film Festival of India Indian PanoramaOfficial Selection2014
Chennai International Film Festival Nominated
Pune International Film Festival Nominated2015
RapidLion International Film FestivalBest EditingWon2016 [41]
London Asian Film FestivalOfficial Selection2016 [42] [43]
Virginia Film FestivalOfficial Selection2015 [44] [45]
Indian Film Festival StuttgartOfficial Selection2015 [46]
Indian Film Festival MelbourneOfficial Selection2015 [47]
Soho International Film FestivalBest World ShowcaseNominated2015 [48]
North Carolina State's Global Film FestivalBest ActorWon2015 [49] [50]
Seattle South Asian Film FestivalAudience Choice AwardWon2014 [51] [52]
Bridge Film FestivalBest Screenplay AwardWon2014 [53] [54] [55]
Jury Special Mention for CinematographyWon

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