Nabyendu Chatterjee

Nabyendu Chatterjee (21 November 1937 – 14 January 2009) 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(IFFI) 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 Film Year Notes Adwitiya 1967 Playback singers: Hemanta Mukhopadhyay, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle and Manna Dey. Featuring Madhabi Mukherjee, Sarbendra, Ajitesh Banerjee, Bikash Roy, Dilip Roy and Lily Chakraborty. Chitthi 1972 Music: Shyamal Mitra. Featuring Sandhya Roy, Samit Bhanja, Ajitesh Banerjee, Ashim Chakraborty, Nivanani Devi, Rabi Ghosh, Anuva Gupta, Jahar Roy and Lalita Chatterjee. Lyrics: Gouriprasanna Mazumder. Ranur Pratham Bhag 1973 Music: Nikhil Chattopadhyay. Lyrics: D. L. Roy. Featuring Ajitesh Banerjee, Neera Malya, Bankim Ghosh, Geeta Dey, Nivanani Devi and Dwiju Bhowal. Aaj Kal Parshur Galpo 1981 Music: Nikhil Chattopadhyay. Playback singer: Haimanti Shukla. Featuring Mahua Roychowdhury, Dipankar Dey, Mamata Chattopadhyay, Subrata Sen Sharma and Niranjan Roy. Chopper 1985 Featuring Joy Banerjee, Sreela Majumder, Karuna Kanta Bhattacharya, Mrinal Basu Chowdhury, Pradip Mukherjee, Sova Sen and Santana Basu. Sarisreep 1987 Featuring Dhritiman Chatterjee and Sumitra Mukherjee. Parshuramer Kuthar 1989 Featuring Sreelekha Mukhopadhyay, Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Arun Mukhopadhyay and Shyamal Ghoshal. Atmaja 1990 Featuring Gauri Ghosh, Arjun Chakraborty, Meghnad Bhattacharya, Partha Sarathy Deb and Dhurjoti Prasad Mukherjee. Shilpi 1993 Featuring Anjan Dutta, Rwita Dutta Chakraborty, Asit Bandopadhyay and Sreelekha Mukherjee. Souda 1997 Featuring Vasanta Chowdhury, Joy Banerjee and Chaiti Ghosal. Mansur Miyar Ghora 1999 Featuring Arun Mukhopadhyay and Raisul Islam.

Awards and participation

Feature films

Film Year Award / Festival Category / Result Ranur Pratham Bhag (First Book of Ranu) 1972 President's Award Best Child Actress Aaj Kaal Parshur Galpa (Story of Today, Tomorrow and the Day After) 1982–1984 Indian Panorama Selected – 1982 Commonwealth Film Festival, Brisbane Certificate of Merit – 1982 Moscow Film Festival Participation – 1982 BFJA Award Best Film and Best Direction – 1983 Ritwik Ghatak Award Best Direction – 1983 Pramathesh Barua Paritoshik Award Best Film and Best Direction – 1983 Dishari Award Best Film and Best Direction – 1982 Kamal Majumdar Smriti Puraskar Best Film and Best Direction – 1984 Chopper 1986–1987 Indian Panorama Selected – 1986 Tashkent Film Festival Participation – 1986 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Participation – 1986 Cairo Film Festival Participation – 1986 Montreal Film Festival Participation – 1986 BFJA Award Best Director and Best Film – 1987 CCI Award (Critics Circle of India) Best Film and Best Direction – 1987 Art Forum Award Best Direction – 1987 Sarisreep (Reptile) 1988 Indian Panorama Selected – 1988 Montreal Film Festival Participation – 1988 Moscow Film Festival Participation – 1988 Chicago Film Festival Participation – 1988 Parashuramer Kuthar (The Avenger) 1990 Indian Panorama Selected – 1990 National Film Award Second Best Feature Film (Silver Lotus) – 1990 National Film Award Best Actress – 1990 Cairo International Film Festival Participation – 1990 Ritwik Kumar Ghatak Award Best Director – 1990 Atmaja (Born Within) 1991–1993 Indian Panorama Selected – 1991 National Film Award Best Bengali Feature Film – 1991 Fukuoka Film Festival, Japan Participation – 1991 ABC Network Participation – 1991 Nataraj Puraskar Best Director – 1993 Shilpi (The Dreamer) 1994–2002 Indian Panorama Selected – 1994 44th International Film Festival, Berlin World premiere – 1994 Amiens International Film Festival, France Award for Artistic Contribution and Excellence in Cinema – 1994 World Television Competition, Japan Best Film – 1994 Sydney Film Festival Participation – 1994 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Participation – 1994 Toronto Film Festival Participation – 1994 Vancouver Film Festival Participation – 1994 Fribourg Film Festival Participation – 1995 Pramathesh Barua Paritoshik Award Best Director and Best Film – 1995 Dishari Award / Art Forum Award Best Direction and Best Screenplay – 1995; Best Director – 2002 Mansur Mian-r Ghora (Last Ride) 1999–2001 Indian Panorama Selected – 1999 Bite the Mango Film Festival, United Kingdom Participation – 2000 Dhaka International Film Festival, Bangladesh Participation – 2001 Festival of Contemporary Indian Cinema, Seychelles Participation – 2001 BFJA Award Best Film – 2001 BFJA Award Best Actor – 2001 Dishari Award Best Director – 2001 Souda (A Deal) 1997–1998 Indian Panorama Selected – 1997 Pyongyang International Film Festival Best Film – 1998 Sochi International Film Festival Participation – 1998 Alexandria International Film Festival Participation – 1998

Documentaries

Documentary Year Award / Festival Category / Result Glimpses of Bengal Terracotta — National and international recognition Nationally and internationally acclaimed Bleeding in the Sun 1997 Indian Panorama Selected – 1997 Bleeding in the Sun 1997 BFJA Award Best Director and Best Documentary Film – 1997