Sanjoy Nag | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | Bunty |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Notable work | Memories In March, Parapaar, Yours Truly, Good Morning Sunshine |
| Awards | National Film Award, (2010) ( as Director ) |
Sanjoy Nag (born 18 March) is a film director/actor. He won the National Film Award in 2011 for his debut feature film Memories in March . [1]
Sanjoy Nag was born and brought up in Kolkata. He completed his schooling from St James’ School. He pursued commerce from University of Calcutta. He was associated with the film and television industry of Bengal from a young age. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [ excessive citations ]
He conceptualized the album Priyo Bondhu with Anjan Dutt and Nima Rahman. In 2011, he made his debut feature film Memories in March that won him the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English.[ citation needed ] He acted in Rituparno Ghosh’s film on Rabindranath Tagore. He was associate director for Rituporno Ghosh's award winning film Chitrangada and Anjan Dutt's film Badadin [11] [ failed verification ]
| Year | Movie | Language | Producer | Cast | Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Memories in March | English | Shree Venkatesh Films | Rituparno Ghosh, Deepti Naval and Raima Sen | 1 April 2011 |
| 2014 | Parapaar | Bengali | Purti Entertainment | Rituparna Sengupta, Paoli Dam, Ahmed Rubel and Bratya Basu | 14 November 2014 |
| 2018 | Yours Truly | Hindi | Basabaari Talkies, Platoon One Films, MDC Filmworks, Lighthouse Innoventures, | Soni Razdan, Pankaj Tripathi, Aahana Kumra, Mahesh Bhatt | |
| 2018 | Good Morning, Sunshine | English-Hindi | ACP Entertainment, Basabaari Talkies | Revathi, Rituparna Sengupta, Tejaswini Kolhapure, Shabana Azmi and Shweta Tripathi | Filming |
| Year | Movie | Language | Director | Character/Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Chitrangada | Bengali | Rituparno Ghosh | Rohan - Still Photographer |
| 2013 | Jeevan Smriti: Selective Memories | English | Rituparno Ghosh | Rabindranath Tagore |
| 2013 | Satyanweshi | Bengali | Rituparno Ghosh | Diwan Chandrasekhar |
| 2015 | Kadambari | Bengali | Suman Ghosh | Debendranath Tagore |
| 2017 | Macher Jhol | Bengali | Pratim DGupta | Doctor |
| 2017 | Meghnad Badh Rahasya | Bengali | Anik Dutta |
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