Pijush Saha | |
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| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | University of Calcutta |
| Occupation(s) | Director, producer, writer |
| Years active | 2001–present |
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| Website | www |
Pijush Saha is an Indian film director, producer and writer from Kolkata. The first feature he directed was Satrur Mukabela (2002), which was followed by Kartabya (2003) Tulkalam (2007) Bajimat (2008) Neel Akasher Chandni (2009) Kellafate (2010) and Beparoyaa (2016). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
As a director, writer and producer, Pijush Saha worked in the following Bengali films:
| Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Film | Notes |
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| 2002 | Satrur Mukabela | Prosenjit Chatterjee |
| 2003 | Kartabya | Prosenjit Chatterjee |
| 2004 | Gyarakal | Prosenjit Chatterjee |
| 2005 | Raju Uncle | Prosenjit Chatterjee |
| 2007 | Tulkalam | Mithun Chakraborty |
| 2008 | Bajimat | Debut Soham Chakraborty Subhashree Ganguly |
| 2009 | Neel Akasher Chandni | Jeet Koel Mallick Jisshu Sengupta |
| 2010 | Kellafate | Debut Film Ankush Hazra |
| 2016 | Beparoyaa | Debut Film Rubel Das |
| 2019 | Tui Amar Rani | Rubel Das |
| 2019 | Hari Ghosher Gowal | Debut Film Srija and Newcomers |
| 2022 | Jaalbandi | Prince Darshana Banik Payel Sarkar Pampi Saha |
| 2024 | Lalkuthi | Saurav Ray |
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