Nityananda Datta

Nityananda Datta (born 13 August 1933) was an Indian filmmaker who was originally from Chittagong, then in Bengal Presidency. ^[1]

Datta is best known for his work with Satyajit Ray as his assistant director. ^{[2] [3]} His body of work includes some of Ray's most renowned works depicting life and struggles of people in Calcutta and West Bengal, such as Charulata , Aparajito , Kanchenjungha , Devi, The World of Apu , and Jalsaghar . ^[4]

Later in his career, Dutta also directed his own features, including Baksa Badal (1970) (written by Ray, who also composed the music ^[5] ) and Hathat Dekha (1967). ^{[6] [7] [8]}

After relocating to Bombay, Datta supported filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee as associate director in several more films. He also worked on several documentary films sponsored by Doordarshan between 1977 and 1983. ^[1]

References

1. "Movie Details of 29th Kolkata International Film Festival". kiff.in. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
2. "Baksa Badal: Satyajit Ray the Scriptwriter of a Delightful Bangla Rom-Com – Indigenous" . Retrieved 1 December 2023.
3. Sarkar, Anil Kumar (1995). Triadic Avenues of India's Cultural Prospects: Philosophy, Physics, and Politics. South Asian Publishers. ISBN   978-81-7003-177-2.
4. Movies of Nityananda Dutta & Satyajit Ray. Gomolo.
5. Satyajit Ray'S Contributions to Films Other than His Own , Columbia University Press, 2 April 2013, pp. 162–163, doi:10.7312/ray-16494-025, ISBN   978-0-231-53547-2 , retrieved 1 December 2023
6. Nityananda Datta - Highlighted Works. BFI.
7. V-Day Vows. The Telegraph.
8. Baksha Badal. Indiancine.