Director
Nabyendu Chattopadhyay
88 years · Kolkata, India · 9 films
Nabyendu Chatterjee (1937 – 14 January 2009) was an Indian Bengali and Hindi film director and producer. In 1991 he received the 38th National Award for the Best Feature Film in Bengali. Chatterjee started his career as an actor in 1962 but soon turned into direction. He worked with Bengali director Aravind Mukherjee as an assistant. He made his directorial debut with an experimental Hindi film Naya Rasta in 1967. In his career, he was known as an independent, offbeat filmmaker with unparalleled art films. His choice of literary stories to be translated into film scripts by himself. In 1981 Chatterjee made Sarisreep - The Reptile based on Manik Bandopadhyay's story. His last finished work Mansur Miyar Ghora attracted positive criticism soon after release. Chatterjee could not complete his last film, Sanskar, a project he pursued for years. He died at the age of 71 after a massive heart attack in his North Kolkata residence in 2009.
Best known for
Filmography 9
Sanskar
2011 · Director
The Last Ride
2001 · Director, Screenplay
Shilpi
1994 · Director
Parshuramer Kuthar
1989 · Director
Sarisreep - The Reptile
1987 · Director, Screenplay
Chopper
1986 · Director
On Hoichoi
Aaj Kal Parsur Galpa
1981 · Director, Screenplay
Ranur Prothom Bhag
1975 · Director, Screenplay
Chithi - The Letter
1973 · Director, Screenplay
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