Supratim Bhol | |
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| Born | 10 December 1979 |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Occupation(s) | Director of Photography, Cinematographer |
| Years active | 2015—present |
| Website | supratimbhol |
Supratim Bhol is an Indian cinematographer and a member of the prestigious Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC). He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune (FTII). Bhol won the 68th National Film Award for Best Cinematography and the Filmfare Award East in 2021.
Supratim was born on 10 December 1979 in the Midnapore District of West Bengal in a farmer's family. The region is famous for Patchitra – the oldest Audio-Visual art form of India. He was educated at the St. Xavier's Collegiate School, Kolkata and grew up in the alleys of traditional North Kolkata. He achieved a Senior Diploma in 1995 and a Visharad in 1996 in Theoretical Art, from Sarba Bharatiya Sangeet O Sanskriti Parishad, Kolkata. His passion for photography later made him hone his skills in photographic studies, from his mentor photographer Pranab Basu and from Fergusson College, Pune. After that, he joined the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, where photography got bridged with cinematography.
After graduating from the Film and Television Institute of India, Supratim began his career travelling across 23 states of India, shooting short films, corporate films, music videos, advertisements, and documentaries. His debut feature film was Sahaj Pather Gappo (2016), which earned him a nomination for Filmfare Awards East in 2017. He then shot his first Hindi feature, Panchlait (2017) which was directed by Prem Prakash Modi, released pan India, and was selected for the 49th International Film Festival of India. [1]
He has collaborated with Arjun Dutta on Abyakto (2018), Guldasta (2020), [2] Shrimati (2021), [3] & Deep Fridge (2023), which won the National Film Award for Best Bengali Feature. The duo has garnered critical acclaim for their work.
His work on Subrajit Mirta's Avijatrik (2020), [4] [5] [6] a sequel to the famous The Apu Trilogy, [7] produced by Madhur Bhandarkar traveled around the world and earned him the Best Cinematography Award in the feature film category, at the 68th National Film Awards. He also won the Filmfare Award East and the West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Cinematography.
He shot Lomad, the world's first Black and White One-shot (93 minutes) feature film. Additionally he shot Aparajito - The Undefeated, directed by Anik Dutta and based on the life of ace film maker Satyajit Ray. The film won the FIPRESCI International Critics Award and was a commercial success at the box office.
His latest work is the Hindi feature A Wedding Story, directed by Abhinav Pareek. His next venture Bibi Payra and Mad Horse are slated for release.