Birsa Dasgupta

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Birsa Dasgupta
Born2 November 1979
Kolkata
NationalityIndian
Occupationfilm director
Years active2010-Present
Known for Shudhu Tomari Jonyo
Byomkesh O Durgo Rahasya
Spouse
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(m. 2010)​

Birsa Dasgupta (born 2 November 1979) is an Indian Bengali film director based in Tollywood.He has directed films such as Shudhu Tomari Jonyo, Gangster, Mukhosh and Byomkesh O Durgo Rahasya [1] [2]

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Early life

Born in Kolkata, his grandfather was documentary filmmaker Harisadhan Dasgupta, and grandmother was screenwriter Sonali (Senroy) Dasgupta, who later married Italian film director, Roberto Rossellini. [3] His father is film director Raja Dasgupta, [4] while his mother is television presenter and actress Chaitali Dasgupta. [5] Ribhu Dasgupta is his only brother. He did his class 10 from South End School and class 12 from Delhi.

Personal life

Birsa married Bengali actress, Bidipta Chakraborty. [6] Meghla Dasgupta and Ida Dasgupta are his daughters.

Career

Intending to learn film making, Dasgupta left his graduation midway and moved to Mumbai. Here he started assisting in serials and films. Thereafter, he started making fillers and promos for the newly established audiovisual division of publishing house, MiD DAY. In 2003, he became a unit director in Anurag Kashyap's film Black Friday (2004), though the film's release was stalled for further three years as it ran into troubles with Indian Censor Board[ citation needed ]. Nevertheless, the music video Dasgupta directed for the song Arey Ruk Ja Re Bandeh of the film soundtrack album, performed by band Indian Ocean, got him noticed. [4]

Dasgupta returned to Kolkata in 2005, realising he would prefer making films in his native Bengali, thus made he went on make Bengali telefilms, Ekti Romharshak Dakatir Golpo and K, both made in 2006 for Bengali music channel, Tara Muzik. The film instantly got him acclaim, though a telefilm, Ekti Romharshak Dakatir Golpo , even took part in the Thrissur International Film Festival. [4] [7]

Eventually, Dasgupta made his feature film debut with, 033 in 2010. 033 is the STD code for Kolkata city, and the film was incidentally based on the theme of increasing youth migration outside Kolkata for career opportunities. [4]

Filmography

Films

Release dateTitleComposerProducerNotes
YearMonthDay
2010March5 033 Chandrabindoo (band) Soumo Ganguly, Joy Ganguly
2011November25 Jaani Dekha Hobe Indradeep Dasgupta, Neel Dutt Namit Bajoria
2014February14 Obhishopto Nighty [8] Indraadip Das Gupta Shree Venkatesh Films
July4 Golpo Holeo Shotti Indraadip Das Gupta Shree Venkatesh Films Remake of Pizza
2015October16 Shudhu Tomari Jonyo Arindom Chatterjee Shree Venkatesh Films Remake of Raja Rani
20167 Gangster Arindom Chatterjee Shree Venkatesh Films
2017April14 One Arindom Chatterjee Shree Venkatesh Films Remake of Thani Oruvan
September8 Shob Bhooturey Subho Pramanik Shree Venkatesh Films
2018August10 Crisscross JAM8 Shree Venkatesh Films Based on novel of same name by Smaranjit Chakraborty
2019June21 Bibaho Obhijaan Jeet Gannguli Shree Venkatesh Films
2021August19 Mukhosh Shree Venkatesh Films Remake of Anjaam Pathiraa
2023August11 Byomkesh O Durgo Rahasya Diptarka Bose Dev Entertainment Ventures, Shadow FilmsBased on Byomkesh Bakshi by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay

Web series

YearTitleCastNetworkNotes
2020 Mafia Anindita Bose, Namit Das, Ridhima Ghosh, Ishaa Saha ZEE5
2020 Black Widows Mona Singh, Swastika Mukherjee, Shamita Shetty, Parambrata Chatterjee ZEE5

Television series

Mahanayak (TV series) was a Bengali television drama series on June 27, 2016, on Star Jalsha . The series starred Prosenjit Chatterjee, Paoli Dam, Tanushree Chakraborty, Priyanka Sarkar, Manali Dey, Biswanath Basu and Biswajit Chakraborty in lead roles. [9]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Galpo Holeo Sotti is not plagiarized: Birsa Dasgupta". The Times of India. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  3. ↑ Joeanna Rebello (25 May 2008). "The Girl Who Turned Rossellini's Head". The Times of India . Retrieved 19 February 2014.
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