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{{Short description|Indian film director and cinematographer}}
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{{Use British English|date = September 2023}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Premendu Bikash Chaki
| image =
| caption = Chaki in 2023
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date |1964|10|09}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| occupation = [[Cinematographer]] • [[Film Director]] • [[Screenwriter]]
| years_active =
| spouse = Rita Chaki
| children = Iranda Chaki
}}

'''Premendu Bikash Chaki''' (born 9 October 1964), popularly known as '''P. B. Chaki''', is an Indian cinematographer, director and screenwriter associated with [[Tollywood (Bengali cinema)]] based in West Bengal, India.<ref>{{cite news |last1=A. Chatterji |first1=Shoma |title='Everybody likes to laugh' |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/everybody-likes-laugh-1502598676.html |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] |date=10 March 2018 |quote=Premendu Bikash Chaki is a veteran cinematographer who has shot every kind of film in contemporary Bengali cinema.}}</ref> He started his career as cinematographer in 1990. Known for his films ''[[Chirodini Tumi Je Amar]]'' as cinematographer and [[Alaap (2024 film)|''Alaap'']] as writer and director.<ref>{{cite news |title=INTERVIEW WITH PREMENDU BIKASH CHAKI |url=https://northeastfilmjournal.com/interview-with-premendu-bikash-chaki-on-his-film-love-marriage |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=North East Film Journal |date=15 April 2023 |archive-date=23 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123113425/https://northeastfilmjournal.com/interview-with-premendu-bikash-chaki-on-his-film-love-marriage |url-status=live }}</ref> He also has held several positions in the film fraternity, including being the former president of Eastern India Cinematographers' Association and vice president in the technical committee of [[Kolkata International Film Festival]] besides being a guest lecturer of film studies at the Information and Cultural Affairs Department, Government of West Bengal.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ganguly |first1=Ruman |title=Cast and crew of Premendu Bikash Chaki's upcoming rom-com commence shooting for the film |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/cast-and-crew-of-premendu-bikash-chakis-upcoming-rom-com-commence-shooting-for-the-film/articleshow/107934511.cms |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=[[Times of India]] |date=23 February 2024 |archive-date=22 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122071406/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/cast-and-crew-of-premendu-bikash-chakis-upcoming-rom-com-commence-shooting-for-the-film/articleshow/107934511.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chakraborty |first1=Shamayita |title=Exclusive! Premendu Bikash Chaki: These days, the supply of Bengali films is more than the demand but the standard is not rising |url=https://www.ottplay.com/interview/exclusive-premendu-bikash-chaki-these-days-the-supply-of-bengali-films-is-more-than-the-demand-but-the-standard-is-not-rising/dcf18e1523322 |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=[[HT Media|OTTplay]] |date=28 August 2022}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Premendu Bikash Chaki was born in Kolkata, India. He completed his school from [[Jodhpur Park Boys School]] and then went on to graduate with a B.Com. Honours degree from [[University of Calcutta]]. His passion for films led him to pursue further film studies at Chitrabani. He started his career as a photojournalist in 1985. He then went on to work as an assistant cinematographer until he started working independently as a cinematographer in the early 1990s. His first big recognition was after winning the [[Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards]] for the film ''[[Mahulbonir Sereng]]'' (Bengali movie), directed by [[Sekhar Das]] in 2004. He directed his first reality TV show, ''Takkar'', in 2009. He went on to release his first feature film, [[Honeymoon (2018 film)|''Honeymoon'']], in 2018 for the big screen.<ref>{{cite news |title=মানিককাণ্ড |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/life-struggle-of-indias-got-talent-winner-manik-pal-1.170818 |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=[[Anandabazar Patrika]] |date=6 July 2015 |language=bn |archive-date=23 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123113925/https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/life-struggle-of-indias-got-talent-winner-manik-pal-1.170818 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=প্রয়াত দেবকুমার বসু, ওঁর 'বিবাহ অভিযান' শঙ্কর-শুভাশিসদের চিনিয়েছিল: প্রেমেন্দুবিকাশ চাকী |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/director-deb-kumar-badu-is-no-more-and-director-premendu-bikash-chaki-shares-his-memories-dgtl/cid/1553805 |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=[[Anandabazar Patrika]] |date=18 October 2024 |language=bn}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===As director===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Notes
! {{refh}}
|-
|2018|| [[Honeymoon (2018 film)|''Honeymoon'']] || Director || ||<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sen |first1=Debolina |title=Honeymoon Movie Review |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/honeymoon/movie-review/63065336.cms |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=[[Times of India]] |date=25 February 2018 |archive-date=14 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914201522/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/honeymoon/movie-review/63065336.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2021|| ''Laptop – The Lockdown Film'' || Writer & Director ||Short Film||<ref>{{cite news |title=Rituparna in a lockdown short 'Laptop' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/rituparna-in-a-lockdown-short-laptop/articleshow/76827143.cms |access-date=26 January 2025 |work=[[Times of India]] |date=7 July 2020 |archive-date=22 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122071407/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/rituparna-in-a-lockdown-short-laptop/articleshow/76827143.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2021|| ''Rayscope'' || Writer & Director ||Documentary Film (Tribute to [[Satyajit Ray]]) ||<ref>{{cite news |title=KIFF screens Rayscope, a tribute to Satyajit Ray by Premendu Bikash Chaki |url=https://www.indiablooms.com/showbiz/kiff-screens-rayscope-a-tribute-to-satyajit-ray-by-premendu-bikash-chaki/details |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=India Blooms |date=27 April 2022 |archive-date=23 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123112858/https://www.indiablooms.com/showbiz/kiff-screens-rayscope-a-tribute-to-satyajit-ray-by-premendu-bikash-chaki/details |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2022|| ''Paka Dekha'' || Director || ||<ref>{{cite news |title='Paka Dekha' trailer: Soham-Susmita's rom-com promises a fun-filled joyride |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/paka-dekha-trailer-soham-susmitas-rom-com-is-a-fun-filled-joyride/articleshow/93704023.cms |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=[[Times of India]] |date=22 August 2022}}</ref>
|-
|2023|| [[Love Marriage (2023 film)|''Love Marriage'']] || Director || ||<ref>{{cite news |title=Premendu Bikash Chaki directed romantic comedy film 'Love Marriage' is ready to have its World Television Premiere soon. |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/bengali/oindrila-sen-ankush-hazra-starrer-love-marriage-to-premiere-on-television/articleshow/101717296.cms |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=[[Times of India]] |date=13 July 2023 |archive-date=22 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122071408/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/bengali/oindrila-sen-ankush-hazra-starrer-love-marriage-to-premiere-on-television/articleshow/101717296.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2023|| ''[[Palasher Biye]]'' || Director || Distributed by [[ZEE5]] ||<ref>{{cite news |title=জন্মদিনে পরিচালক প্রেমেন্দু বিকাশ চাকীর 'পলাশের বিয়ে'র শ্যুটিং! এটাই চেয়ে এসেছি, জানালেন মিমির 'নায়ক' সোমরাজ |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/somraj-maiti-busy-in-shooting-of-palasher-biye-on-his-birthday-dgtl/cid/1337130 |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=[[Anandabazar Patrika]] |date=4 April 2022 |language=bn |archive-date=18 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218080749/https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/somraj-maiti-busy-in-shooting-of-palasher-biye-on-his-birthday-dgtl/cid/1337130 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2024|| [[Alaap (2024 film)|''Alaap'']] || Writer & Director || ||<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ray |first1=Sramana |title=Glimpses from the trailer launch of Premendu Bikash Chaki's upcoming film Alaap |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/glimpses-from-the-trailer-launch-of-premendu-bikash-chakis-upcoming-film-alaap/cid/2014920 |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]] |date=22 April 2024}}</ref>
|}

===As cinematographer===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! {{refh}}
|-
|2004 || ''[[Mahulbanir Sereng]]'' ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050419/asp/calcutta/story_4633958.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526003038/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050419/asp/calcutta/story_4633958.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 May 2011 |title=The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro |publisher=Telegraphindia.com |date=2005-04-19 |access-date=2025-01-23}}</ref>
|-
| 2005 || [[Manik (2005 film)|''Manik'']] ||<ref>{{cite news |title=Mixed menu for Poila Baisakh platter |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/mixed-menu-for-poila-baisakh-platter/cid/1271803 |access-date=22 January 2025 |work=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]] |date=31 March 2005}}</ref>
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Shubhodrishti]]'' ||<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sengupta |first1=Reshmi |title=A match for screen |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/a-match-for-screen/cid/1653033 |access-date=22 January 2025 |work=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]] |date=1 November 2005}}</ref>
|-
|2007 || [[I Love You (2007 Bengali film)|''I Love You'']] ||<ref>
{{Cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070126/asp/etc/story_7309546.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203115349/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070126/asp/etc/story_7309546.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 February 2013 |title=Fails to conquer: I LOVE YOU |publisher=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]] |access-date=2025-01-22 |last=Bhattacharya |first=Arnab |date=2007-01-26}}</ref>
|-
|2007 || ''Pitribhumi'' ||<ref>{{cite news |title=A star shower of sorts! |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/calcutta-times/a-star-shower-of-sorts/articleshow/2255512.cms |access-date=26 January 2025 |work=[[Times of India]] |date=5 August 2007}}</ref>
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Chirodini Tumi Je Amar]]'' ||<ref>{{cite news |title=2008 blockbuster 'Chirodini Tumi Je Amar' completes 10 years |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/2008-blockbuster-chirodini-tumi-je-amar-completes-10-years/articleshow/65420565.cms |access-date=22 January 2025 |work=[[Times of India]] |date=16 August 2018 |archive-date=27 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127084624/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/2008-blockbuster-chirodini-tumi-je-amar-completes-10-years/articleshow/65420565.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2010 || ''[[Handa and Bhonda]]'' ||<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-04-05 |title='Handa-Bhonda': Collage of inspired films |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/handa-bhonda-collage-of-inspired-films-336083.html |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=News18 |archive-date=25 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125202658/https://www.news18.com/news/india/handa-bhonda-collage-of-inspired-films-336083.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Bye Bye Bangkok]]'' ||<ref>{{cite news |title=TEAM BYE BYE BANGKOK |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/team-bye-bye-bangkok/cid/436980 |access-date=22 January 2025 |work=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]] |date=29 January 2011 |archive-date=23 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123180229/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/team-bye-bye-bangkok/cid/436980 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2012 || ''Koyekti Meyer Galpo'' ||<ref>{{cite news |title=Koyekti Meyer Golpo Movie Review |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/koyekti-meyer-golpo/movie-review/13844134.cms |access-date=26 January 2025 |work=[[Times of India]] |date=18 May 2016 |archive-date=8 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208225821/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/koyekti-meyer-golpo/movie-review/13844134.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Balukabela.com]]'' ||<ref>{{cite news|title=Racing to the top|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120513/jsp/graphiti/story_15483246.jsp#.UJ5EsGdqkoo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521142410/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120513/jsp/graphiti/story_15483246.jsp#.UJ5EsGdqkoo|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 May 2012|access-date=23 January 2025 |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=13 May 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 2013 || ''Kidnapper'' ||<ref>{{cite news |last1=Biswas |first1=Jaya |title=Kidnapper Movie Review |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/kidnapper/movie-review/18890240.cms |access-date=26 January 2025 |work=[[Times of India]] |date=17 May 2016 |archive-date=28 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828203950/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/kidnapper/movie-review/18890240.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Mahapurush O Kapurush]]'' ||<ref>{{cite news |last1=Biswas |first1=Jaya |title=Mahapurush O Kapurush Movie Review |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/mahapurush-o-kapurush/movie-review/20134761.cms |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=[[Times of India]] |date=19 May 2013 |archive-date=23 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123115420/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/mahapurush-o-kapurush/movie-review/20134761.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Room No. 103]]'' ||<ref>{{cite news |title=In Pics: Premiere of Jisshu, Soumitra starrer Room No. 103 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/in-pics-premiere-of-jisshu-soumitra-starrer-room-no-103/articleshow/47354997.cms |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=[[Times of India]] |date=12 January 2017 |archive-date=23 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123115028/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/in-pics-premiere-of-jisshu-soumitra-starrer-room-no-103/articleshow/47354997.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Mahanayika]]'' ||<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mitra |first1=Dola |title=Mahanayika |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/art-entertainment/mahanayika-news-296706 |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook India]] |date=20 February 2016 |archive-date=23 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123135815/https://www.outlookindia.com/art-entertainment/mahanayika-news-296706 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Banchha Elo Phire]]'' ||<ref>{{cite news |title='বাঞ্ছা এলো ফিরে ' সিনেমা রিভিউ : নস্টালজিয়ায় মুড়ে বাঞ্ছা দেদার বিনোদন জুগিয়েছে! |url=https://bengali.oneindia.com/movies/reviews/movie-review-bengali-movie-banchha-elo-fire-011286.html |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=[[Oneindia]] |date=21 October 2016 |language=bn |archive-date=23 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123134247/https://bengali.oneindia.com/movies/reviews/movie-review-bengali-movie-banchha-elo-fire-011286.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2017|| ''Nimki Fulki'' ||<ref>{{cite news |title=আগে আস্তে সুস্থে ফ্লোরে যেতাম, এখন মেকআপ শেষ করেই বউ তাগাদা দেয়: অভিমন্যু |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/nimki-fulki-2-is-coming-soon-dgtl-1.1195984 |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=[[Anandabazar Patrika]] |date=29 August 2020 |language=bn |archive-date=9 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209101151/https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/nimki-fulki-2-is-coming-soon-dgtl-1.1195984 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2017|| ''[[Dekh Kemon Lage]]'' ||<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ganguly |first1=Ruman |title=Dekh Kemon Lage, starring Soham Chakraborty and Subhashree Ganguly is a romcom with a message in the end |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/subhashree-isnt-someone-whos-pretty-she-can-act-to-save-her-life-soham/articleshow/59679343.cms |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=[[Times of India]] |date=20 July 2017}}</ref>
|-
|2018|| [[Naqaab (2018 film)|''Naqaab'']]||<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ghosh |first1=Sankha |title=Sayantika Banerjee is happy to see 'Naqaab' getting an overwhelming response |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/sayantika-banerjee-is-happy-to-see-naqaab-getting-an-overwhelming-response/articleshow/65322529.cms |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=[[Times of India]] |date=8 August 2018 |archive-date=23 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123113316/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/sayantika-banerjee-is-happy-to-see-naqaab-getting-an-overwhelming-response/articleshow/65322529.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

== Awards ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Film
! Result
! {{refh}}
|-
| 2013
|[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards]]
| Best Cinematographer
| ''Mayabazaar''
| {{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web| title = 71st Annual BFJA Awards| publisher = BFJA Awards| url = http://www.bfjaaward.com/award-winners.php?year=2012| access-date = 2025-01-20| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052325/http://www.bfjaaward.com/award-winners.php?year=2012| archive-date = 2016-03-04| url-status = dead}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|nm3354828}}
* Premendu Bikash Chaki at [https://www.moviebuff.com/premendu-bikash-chaki Moviebuff]

[[Category:1964 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Film directors from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Bengali film directors]]
[[Category:Bengali film cinematographers]]
[[Category:Indian cinematographers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian people]]

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