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{{Short description|Indian cinematographer}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2026}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}
'''Modhura Palit (ISC)''' is an [[Indian cinematographers|Indian cinematographer]] and director. She is the first Indian to receive the ''[[Pierre Angénieux Excellens in Cinematography|Pierre Angénieux ExcelLens]]'' award at Cannes.

== Career ==
She studied [[cinematography]] from [[Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute]] (SRFTI). Member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC), Indian Women Cinematographers Collective (IWCC) as well as of the Eastern India Cinematographers Association (EICA), she is part of the Busan Asian Film Academy (AFA), and she took part in the Looking China Youth Film Project in 2015. She was part of Berlinale Talents 2023 under Berlin International Film Festival. She has received PESGSPC" Honorary Membership for the Outstanding Contribution to International Art Photography by Cyprus Pascal English School and Greek School Photography Club and the PESGSPC Grand Progress Award "GPA - By FIAP (Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique). She was also in board of Jury in ImagineIndia International Film Festival Madrid. She is the recipient of the Shera Bangali Award for Cinema in 2024, presented by ABP Ananda.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Highlights from the 20th edition of ABP Ananda Sera Bangali Awards |url=https://t2online.in/events/events-1/highlights-from-the-20th-edition-of-abp-ananda-sera-bangali-awards/1220886 |access-date=2025-07-11 |website=t2online.in |language=en}}</ref>

She has been working on over innumerable feature films, web series and other visual mediums. Her work includes a wide range of films that have been both critically and commercially acclaimed. She is known for her masterful visual work in films like Ami O Manohar, Bahadur-the brave, Amar Colony, Tekka, Kishmish, Dilkhush, Naxalbari, Ek duaa, Dabaru, Kacher Manush, Kothamrito, The PaperBoy, Aator etc. She has also worked as the Director of Photography for Kurukshetra, an extremely popular animation series on Netflix. Making it one of the technical firsts in India<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38235589/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cst_sm |access-date=2026-05-07 |website=www.imdb.com}}</ref>. She had also worked on one of India's first VR projects Black Wing in 2018 which was an Indo-British production but never released<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-23 |title=Depth of field |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/depth-of-field-5791858/ |access-date=2026-05-07 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>. Watchmaker – experimental feature film Modhura shot is part of Dhaka University film studies curriculum. The films she has worked in has won multiple awards in India and in other prestigious film festivals across the world. She is currently the most prolific female cinematographer working in eastern India, championing and inspiring the inclusion of more women in the technical field in filmmaking.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-07 |title=Modhura Palit On Breaking Cinematography’s Glass Ceiling {{!}} Women's Day Special |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/art-entertainment/modhura-palit-on-breaking-cinematographys-glass-ceiling-womens-day-special |access-date=2025-07-11 |website=Outlook India |language=en}}</ref> She has recently made her directorial debut with the episode of Troilokyo in the Zee5 web series Ganoshotru, receiving critical and popular acclaim.

== Reception and Awards ==
She was awarded the ''[[Pierre Angénieux Excellens in Cinematography|Pierre Angénieux ExcelLens in Cinematography]] (Special Encouragement Award for promising cinematographer)'' at the [[2019 Cannes Film Festival]] making her the first Indian to win this award.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-31 |title=Cinematographer Modhura Palit on being the first Indian to receive the Angenieux award at Cannes |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/cinematographer-modhura-palit-on-being-the-first-indian-to-receive-the-angenieux-award-at-cannes-6359661.html |access-date=2019-04-26 |website=Firstpost |language=en}}</ref> She received the award alongside legendary cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel, who received the lifetime achievement award for cinematography.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Joshi |first=Namrata |date=2019-05-25 |title=At Cannes, Modhura Palit gets India its moment in the sun |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/at-cannes-modhura-palit-gets-india-its-moment-in-the-sun/article27248944.ece |access-date=2025-07-11 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> With this award she is one of the only three Indians who have received technical awards at Cannes. The other two being V. Santaram and Santosh Sivan. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-13 |title=Cannes Film Festival: Only THREE Indians Ever Have Won Technical Awards; Know ALL About Them |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment-news/bollywood/cannes-film-festival-only-three-indians-ever-have-won-technical-awards-know-all-about-them-article-151623418 |access-date=2025-07-11 |website=Times Now |language=en}}</ref>

She has also received the coveted Sera Bengali Award by ABP Ananda for her contribution to cinema in 2024<ref>{{Cite web |last=MBDesk |date=2024-11-21 |title=ABP Ananda celebrates 20th anniversary of ‘Sera Bangali’ by honoring trailblazing women › Mediabrief.com |url=https://mediabrief.com/abp-anandas-sera-bangali-celebrates-20-years-honoring-bengals/ |access-date=2026-02-12 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Bahadur - the Brave won New Directors at San Sebastián International Film Festival (first Indian film to win this award) and Silver Gateway Award at Jio Mami Mumbai Film Festival 2023.

Amar Colony won Special Jury award at PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2022 and Best Debut Director Award at Kerala International Film festival 2022

Ami O Manohar won best Debut Director award at Kerala International Film Festival 2018

Ek Duaa has won the special mention award at the National Film Awards in 2023.

She is currently serving as an Academic Counselling Member at SRFTI as an alumni.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-28 |title=acmember Archives - Page 3 of 3 |url=https://srfti.ac.in/category/acmember-en/ |access-date=2026-01-09 |website=Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute |language=English}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Film
!Director
!Ref
|-
| rowspan="2" |2018
|''Ami O Manohar''
|Amitabha Chatterjee
|
|-
|''Watchmaker''
|Anindya Pulak Chatterjee
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2020
|''[[Mukhosh (2020 film)|Mukhosh]]''
|Arghadeep Chatterjee
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarkar |first=Roushni |title=Mukhosh teaser: Atmospheric look determines its genre |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2019/nov/11/23205/mukhosh-teaser-atmospheric-look-determines-its-genre |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725110423/https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2019/nov/11/23205/mukhosh-teaser-atmospheric-look-determines-its-genre |url-status=live |archive-date=25 July 2020 |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Cinestaan}}</ref>
|-
|''Naxalbari''
|[[Partho Mitra]]
|
|-
|2021
|''Ek Duaa''
|[[Ram Kamal Mukherjee]]
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |2022
|''[[Kishmish]]''
|Rahool Mukherjee
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Snapshots from the mahurat of romcom Kishmish |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/snapshots-from-the-mahurat-of-romcom-kishmish/cid/1823525 |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>
|-
|''Sahobashe''
|Anjan Kanjilal
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Indiablooms |title=Anubhav Kanjilal, Ishaa Saha starrer Sahobashe's trailer released {{!}} Indiablooms - First Portal on Digital News Management |url=https://www.indiablooms.com/showbiz-details/T/13812/anubhav-kanjilal-ishaa-saha-starrer-sahobashe-s-trailer-released.html |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Indiablooms.com |date=16 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Kacher Manush]]''
|Pathikrit Basu
|
|-
|''Kothamrito''
|Jiit Chakraborty
|
|-
|''Amar Colony''
|[[Siddharth Chauhan]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2023
|''Dilkhush''
|Rahool Mukherjee
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-20 |title=Director Rahool Mukherjee ready with another tale of love, 'Dilkhush' |url=https://theoptimist.news/after-kishmish-director-rahool-mukherjee-ready-with-another-tale-of-love-dilkhush-19500/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=The Optimist |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Cheeni 2]]''
|[[Mainak Bhaumik]]
|
|-
| rowspan="7" |2024
|''Dadur Kirti''
|Rahool Mukherjee
|
|-
|''[[Dabaru]]''
|Pathikrit Basu
|
|-
|''[[Bahadur: The Brave]]''
|Diwa Shah
|
|-
| style="background:#ffc;" |''[[Tekka (film)|Tekka]]''
|[[Srijit Mukherji]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=K |first=Gowsalya |date=2023-12-05 |title=Srijit Mukherji and Dev Join Forces for Thrilling Bengali Film 'Tekka' |url=https://chennaiprint.in/entertainment/srijit-mukherji-and-dev-join-forces-for-thrilling-bengali-film-tekka/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Today Breaking News, India, World, Business, Entertainment, Sports Today Breaking News, India, World, Business, Entertainment, Sports |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:#ffc;" |''Junior''
|Rahool Mukherjee
|
|-
| style="background:#ffc;" |''Lohu''
|Rahool Mukherjee
|
|-
|''Debi''
|Rahool Mukherjee
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |2025
|Yakshi
|Karan Sunil
| rowspan="5" |
|-
|Drusht
|Aditya Chauhan
|-
|Lalaat
|Jaivi Dhanda
|-
|Kurukshetra (Animation Series)
|Ujaan Ganguly
|-
|Ganoshotru (Troilokyo)
|Modhura Palit
|-
| rowspan="2" |2026
|[[Mon Maaney Na]]
|Rahool Mukherjee
| rowspan="2" |
|-
|Khadaan
|Visvesh Singh Sehrawat
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Cite web|title=Modhura Palit|website=[[IMDb]]| url=https://m.imdb.com/name/nm9610757/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk}}

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