Nabyendu Chatterjee


Nabyendu Chatterjee was an Indian Bengali and Hindi film director and producer.
A director of twelve feature films and three documentaries, Nabyendu has curved out a sure niche for him in the field of serious and useful cinema of India.
He died at the age of 71 after a massive heart attack in his North Kolkata residence in 2009 leaving behind his wife, Protima Chatterjee; son, Naibedya and grandchildren Niravhra and Nairwita.

Career

Nabyendu Chatterjee started his career as an actor in 1962 but soon turned into the direction of films. He worked with Bengali director Aravind Mukherjee as an assistant. In his career, he was known as independent, off beat film maker with unparallel and art films. His choice of literary stories to be translated into film scripts by himself.
His films such as Aaj Kaal Parsur Golpo, Sarisreep, Chopper, Sanskar, Atmaja, Sauda, Shilpi, Parasuramer Kuther, Ranur Pratham Bhaag and Mansur Mian-r Ghora offers glimpses into his directorial directorial talent engaged in exploring diverse social, political and humane issues.
He has to his credit a bunch of National Awards. Shilpi, one of his films screened at the 25th International Film Festival of India at Calcutta won two international awards. One at the World Television Film Festival in Japan and the other at the 14th Festival International du film d' Amiens held in France.

Filmography

Adwitiya Play Back Singer: Hemanta Mukhopadhyay Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Manna Dey. Featuring: Madhabi Mukherjee, Sarbendra, Ajitesh Banerjee, Bikash Roy, Dilip Roy, Lily Chakraborty.Chitthi Music: Shyamal Mitra. Featuring: Sandhya Roy, Samit Bhanja, Ajitesh Banerjee, Ashim Chakraborty, Nivanani Devi, Rabi Ghosh, Anuva Gupta, Jahar Roy, Lalita Chatterjee. Lyrics: Gouriprasanna Mazumder.Ranur Pratham Bhag Music: Nikhil Chattopadhyay. Lyrics: D. L. Roy. Featuring: Ajitesh Banerjee, Neera Malya, Bankim Ghosh, Geeta Dey, Nivanani Devi, Dwiju Bhowal.Aaj Kal Parshur Galpo Music: Nikhil Chattopadhyay. Playback Singer: Haimanti Shukla. Featuring: Mahua Roychowdhury, Dipankar Dey, Mamata Chattopadhyay, Subrata Sen Sharma, Niranjan Roy.Chopper Featuring: Joy Banerjee, Sreela Majumder, Karuna Kanta Bhattacharya, Mrinal Basu Chowdhury, Pradip Mukherjee, Sova Sen and Santana Basu.Sarisreep Featuring: Dhritiman Chatterjee, Sumitra Mukherjee.Parshuramer Kuthar Featuring: Sreelekha Mukhopadhyay, Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Arun Mukhopadhyay, Shyamal Ghoshal.Atmaja Featuring: Gouri Ghosh, Arjun Chakraborty, Meghnad Bhattacharya, Partha Sarathy Deb, Dhurjoti Prasad Mukherjee.Shilpi Featuring: Anjan Dutta, Rwita Dutta Chakraborty, Asit Bandopadhyay, Sreelekha Mukherjee.Mansur Miyar Ghora Featuring: Arun Mukhopadhyay, Raisul Islam.Souda Featuring: Vasanta Chowdhury, Joy Banerjee, Chaiti Ghosal.

Awards and Participation

FEATURE FILM
RANUR PRATHAM BHAG
President's Award Winner -1972.
AAJ KAAL PARSHUR GALPA
  • Indian Panorama - 1982.
  • Commonwealth Film Festival -1982
  • Moscow Film Festival-1982
  • BFJA Award --1983.
  • Ritwik Ghatak Award-1983
  • Pramathesh Barua Paritosik Award-1983
  • Dishari Award -1982 *Kamal Majumdar Smriti Puroskar Award-1984
  • Uttam Kumar Paritoshik Award- 1982
CHOPPER
  • Indian Panorama-1986
  • Tashkent Film Festival-1986
  • Karlovy Vary Film Festival-1986
  • Cairo Film Festival-1986
  • Montreal Film Festival-1986
*BFJA Award -1987
  • CCI Award -1987 Art Forum--1987
SARISREEP
  • Indian Panorama-1988
  • Montreal Film Festival-1988
  • Moscow Film Festival-1988
  • Chicago Film Festival-1988
PARASHURAMER KUTHAR
  • Indian Panorama-1990
  • National Award Second Best Feature Film -1990
  • National Award Best Actress- 1990
  • 14th Cairo International Film Festi- val-1990
  • Ritwik Kumar Ghatak Award -1990
ATMAJA
  • Indian Panorama-1991
  • National Award - Best Bengali Feature Film-1991
  • Fukuoka Film Festival Japan-1991
  • ABC Network-1991
  • Nataraj Puroskar - 1993
SHILPI
  • Indian Panorama-1994
  • World Premier 44th International Film Festival - Berlin-1994
  • Best Award for the artistic contribution, excellence in cinema in the 14th Amiens International Film Festival France-1994
  • Best film in the World Television Competition Japan-1994
  • Sydney Film Festival-1994
  • Karlovy Vary Film Festival-1994
  • Toronto Film Festival-1994
  • Vancouver Film Festival-1994
  • Fribourg Film Festival-1995
  • Dhaka International Film Festival -2002
  • Pramathesh Barua Paritosik Award -1995
  • Dishari -2002
MANSUR MIAN-R GHORA
  • Indian Panorama-1999
  • Bite the Mango Film Festival - 2000
  • Dhaka International Film Festival -2001
  • Festival of Contemporary Indian Cinema Scychelles-2001
  • BFJA Award -2001
  • BFJA Award -2001
  • Dishari -2001
SOUDA
  • Indian Panorama-1997
  • Pyong Yong International Film Festival -1998
  • Sochi International Film Festival- 1998
  • Alexandria International Film Festival-1998
DOCUMENTARIES
GLIMPSES OF BENGAL TERRACOTTA
  • Nationally and Internationally acclaimed
BLEEDING IN THE SUN
  • Indian Panorama-1997
  • BFJA Award -1997