Utpal Borpujari

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Utpal Borpujari
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Borpujari in 2013
BornMay 21
Assam, India
Occupation(s) Film critic, Film director
AwardsNational Film Awards; for Best Film Critic, and Best Director

Utpal Borpujari is a double National Film Award winner; one, as a film critic, and the other, as a filmmaker. In 2003, he won the Swarna Kamal for Best Film Critic at the 50th National Film Awards of India. In 2018, he won the National Film Award, and 5 Assam State Film Awards for his debut feature film Ishu [1] [2]

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He holds an M.Tech degree in Applied Geology from the Indian Institute of Technology (Roorkee). And is a member of the Film Critics Circle of India [3]

Filmography

Scriptwriting

Direction

Author

Utpal has written extensively on film, politics, society, literature, and culture for a variety of newspapers and magazines, such as First Post, [10] DNA, [11] the Deccan Herald [12] Outlook, [13] the Economic Times, [14] Dear Cinema, Eastern Chronicle, The Sentinel, Press Trust of India (PTI, New Delhi), India Times, The Hindustan Times, The Hindu, The Times of India, Assam Tribune, North East Times, Deep Focus Cinema, Seven Sisters Post, India Today, The Assam Tribune, The North East Times, Raijor Batori, and Prantik.

As a film critic/journalist, he has covered Cannes, Nantes, Montreal, IFFI, MAMI, the 3rd Eye Asian Film Fest, MIFF, and Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema film festivals over the years. And edited the official catalogue of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008.

Additionally, he is the co-author of the book 'Secret Killings of Assam' and the editor/co-author of the book 'Assam.'

Awards

Other accolades /achievements /responsibilities

References

  1. ↑ "Utpal Borpujari talks about his directorial venture 'ISHU' | TheMoviean". Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. ↑ IANS (13 April 2018). "Assamese film 'Village Rockstars' wins Best Feature Film". Business Standard India. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Film Critics Circle of India".
  4. ↑ "The Hills Have Eyes". outlookindia.com. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  5. ↑ Chatterji, Shoma A. (4 August 2015). Filming Reality: The Independent Documentary Movement in India. SAGE Publications India. ISBN   9789351505433 . Retrieved 14 March 2017– via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "Trailer and Synopsis of "Memories of a Forgotten War": A feature-length documentary film on the battles of World War II fought in Northeastern India". madaboutmoviez.com. 29 November 2015. Archived from the original on 23 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  7. ↑ Dore, Shalini (9 April 2014). "New York Indian Film Festival Expands to Neighboring Countries". variety.com. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "Film on Naga folk music makes it to five festivals". telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  9. ↑ IANS (8 September 2014). "Blue Hills music to reverberate in China, Italy, Romania". thehindu.com. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "Utpal Borpujari, Author at Firstpost".
  11. ↑ "Utpal Borpujari".
  12. ↑ "Gender bias plagues history". 19 September 2009.
  13. ↑ "Bard of Brahmaputra". 5 February 2022.
  14. ↑ "Utpal Borpujari: Latest News & Videos, Photos about Utpal Borpujari | the Economic Times - Page 1".
  15. ↑ "IFFI2015: Cinema from the North East finds a special place" (PDF). Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  16. ↑ "Siffcy-About". siffcy.org. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  17. ↑ "English Releases". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
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