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	'''Pritish Nandy''' (born 15 January 1951) is an Indian [[poet]],<ref>{{cite web\|title=Sahitya Akademi : Who's Who of Indian Writers\|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/SASearchSystem/sauser/writerinfo.jsp?wrids=824\|website=Sahitya Akademi\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|access-date=27 October 2015}}</ref> painter, journalist, parliamentarian, [[media (communication)\|media]] and television personality, animal activist and maker of films, TV and streaming content. He was member of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the Indian parliament representing Maharashtra based party [[Shiv Sena]].<ref name=rajya>[http://164.100.47.5/newmembers/Website/Main.aspx Biographical Sketches of Members of Rajya Sabha – 1998] accessed September 2007</ref> He is the author of forty books of poetry in English and has translated poems by other writers from Bengali, Urdu and Punjabi into English as well as a new version of the ''Isha Upanishad''. Apart from these, he has authored books of stories and non fiction as well as three books of translations of classical love poetry from Sanskrit. He was Publishing Director of The Times of India Group and Editor of ''The Illustrated Weekly of India'', The Independent, and ''Filmfare'' in the 1980s, all simultaneously.{{cn\|date=March 2021}} He has held six exhibitions of his paintings and calligraphy. He founded Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd, the content company, in 1993. He also founded People for Animals, India’s first animal rights NGO which is currently run by co-founder Maneka Gandhi as Chairperson.{{cn\|date=March 2021}}		'''Pritish Nandy''' (born 15 January 1951) is an Indian [[poet]],<ref>{{cite web\|title=Sahitya Akademi : Who's Who of Indian Writers\|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/SASearchSystem/sauser/writerinfo.jsp?wrids=824\|website=Sahitya Akademi\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|access-date=27 October 2015}}</ref> painter, journalist, parliamentarian, [[media (communication)\|media]] and television personality, animal activist and maker of films, TV and streaming content. He was member of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the Indian parliament representing Maharashtra based party [[Shiv Sena]].<ref name=rajya>[http://164.100.47.5/newmembers/Website/Main.aspx Biographical Sketches of Members of Rajya Sabha – 1998] accessed September 2007</ref> He is the author of forty books of poetry in English and has translated poems by other writers from Bengali, Urdu and Punjabi into English as well as a new version of the ''Isha Upanishad''. Apart from these, he has authored books of stories and non fiction as well as three books of translations of classical love poetry from Sanskrit. He was Publishing Director of The Times of India Group and Editor of ''The Illustrated Weekly of India'', The Independent, and ''Filmfare'' in the 1980s, all simultaneously.{{cn\|date=March 2021}} He has held six exhibitions of his paintings and calligraphy. He founded Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd, the content company, in 1993. He also founded People for Animals, India’s first animal rights NGO which is currently run by co-founder Maneka Gandhi as Chairperson.{{cn\|date=March 2021}}
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	==Journalistic career==		==Journalistic career==
	He was publishing director of ''The Times of India'' between 1982 and 1991. He was also managing editor of the group and editor and publisher of ''The Illustrated Weekly of India'' during its most successful decade. He left ~~the~~ group to start his own ~~content~~ company Pritish Nandy Communications which was founded in 1993. He is currently chairman of Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd, popularly known as PNC. He is also a columnist with ''The Times of India'', ''Dainik Bhaskar'', ''Divya Bhaskar'' and ''Sangbad Pratidin''. His regular column appears in ‘’Mumbai Mirror’’ and his blog on ''Times Online''.<ref name=rajya/> Nandy was one of the first internet evangelists in India and opened India's first [[cyber café]] in 1996 at Hotel Leela Kempinski in Mumbai.<ref name=rajya/>		He was publishing director of ''The Times of India'' between 1982 and 1991. He was also managing editor of the group and editor and publisher of ''The Illustrated Weekly of India'' during its most successful decade. He was also editor and publisher of ‘’The Independent’’, a newspaper launched by the same group and ‘’Filmfare’’ the popular magazine.

			Nandy left The Times of India group to start his own media company Pritish Nandy Communications which was founded in 1993. He is currently chairman of Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd, popularly known as PNC and well known for its films, TV shows and streamed content.

			He is also a columnist with ''The Times of India'', ''Dainik Bhaskar'', ''Divya Bhaskar'' and ''Sangbad Pratidin''. His regular column appears in ‘’Mumbai Mirror’’ and his blog on ''Times Online''.<ref name=rajya/> Nandy was one of the first internet evangelists in India and opened India's first [[cyber café]] in 1996 at Hotel Leela Kempinski in Mumbai.<ref name=rajya/>

	==Political career==		==Political career==
	Pritish Nandy was elected to the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the Indian parliament, in July 1998. He was a member of parliament for six years and was on a number of committees including the National Committee to Celebrate 50 years of Independence, the Parliamentary Committee for Defence, the Parliamentary Committee for Communications, the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs.<ref name=rajya/> He headed the Expert Committee for upgradation of the International Film Festival of India set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and submitted its findings to the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in 2011.		Pritish Nandy was elected to the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the Indian parliament, in July 1998. He was a member of parliament for six years and was on a number of committees including the National Committee to Celebrate 50 years of Independence, the Parliamentary Committee for Defence, the Parliamentary Committee for Communications, the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs.<ref name=rajya/>

			Nandy headed the Expert Committee for upgradation of the International Film Festival of India set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and submitted its findings to the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in 2011.

	==Humanitarian work==		==Humanitarian work==

	Pritish Nandy has worked for many causes but is best known as the founder of [[People for Animals]], India's largest animal protection NGO that [[Maneka Gandhi]], its co-founder, heads and runs as chairperson. He received the International Humanitarian Award at the Genesis Awards in Los Angeles in 2012, supported by the Humane Society of the United States, the largest animal protection body in the US.<ref>{{cite web\|title=The 26th Genesis Awards Nominees\|url=http://www.humanesociety.org/about/events/genesis_awards/26th_nominees.html\|publisher=[[Humane Society]]\|access-date=19 December 2012\|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120906141524/http://www.humanesociety.org/about/events/genesis_awards/26th_nominees.html\|archive-date=6 September 2012\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On 28 November 2012 Pritish Nandy founded World Compassion Day, a platform for promoting the values of compassion and ahimsa, and the first lecture on the occasion was delivered in Mumbai by the 14th Dalai Lama who spoke on the ethical treatment of animals.		Pritish Nandy has worked for many causes but is best known as the founder of [[People for Animals]], India's largest animal protection NGO that [[Maneka Gandhi]], its co-founder, heads and runs as chairperson. He received the International Humanitarian Award at the Genesis Awards in Los Angeles in 2012, supported by the Humane Society of the United States, the largest animal protection body in the US.<ref>{{cite web\|title=The 26th Genesis Awards Nominees\|url=http://www.humanesociety.org/about/events/genesis_awards/26th_nominees.html\|publisher=[[Humane Society]]\|access-date=19 December 2012\|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120906141524/http://www.humanesociety.org/about/events/genesis_awards/26th_nominees.html\|archive-date=6 September 2012\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

			On 28 November 2012 Pritish Nandy founded World Compassion Day, a platform for promoting the values of compassion and ahimsa, and the first lecture on the occasion was delivered in Mumbai by the 14th Dalai Lama who spoke on the ethical treatment of animals.

	==Film and television==		==Film and television==
	Nandy founded [[Pritish Nandy Communications]] in 1993 and remains its non-executive chairman and creative mentor. The company's first programme was a chat show titled ''The Pritish Nandy Show'' which aired on [[Doordarshan]], India's public broadcasting channel. This was the first signature show on Indian television. This was followed by ''Fiscal Fitness: The Pritish Nandy Business Show'', India's first weekly business show, on [[Zee TV]]. Nandy has presented over 500 news and current affairs shows on Doordarshan, Zee TV and [[Sony Entertainment Television (India)\|Sony TV]].<ref name=rajya/> ~~Four~~ More Shots Please! (~~made~~ for Amazon and on Prime Video) won an International Emmy nomination in 2020 and several other awards across the world.		Nandy founded [[Pritish Nandy Communications]] in 1993 and remains its non-executive chairman and creative mentor. The company's first programme was a chat show titled ''The Pritish Nandy Show'' which aired on [[Doordarshan]], India's public broadcasting channel. This was the first signature show on Indian television. This was followed by ''Fiscal Fitness: The Pritish Nandy Business Show'', India's first weekly business show, on [[Zee TV]].

			Nandy has presented over 500 news and current affairs shows on Doordarshan, Zee TV and [[Sony Entertainment Television (India)\|Sony TV]].<ref name=rajya/>

			He has made 24 films over the years, which have won numerous awards and much critical acclaim. His company Pritish Nandy Communications spearheaded the multiplex film genre in India.

			The very successful series made by his company, ‘’Four More Shots Please!’’ (for Amazon and streaming on Prime Video) won an International Emmy nomination in 2020 and several other awards across the world. The Amazon India Creative Head called it their most watched show out of India in a quote to the New York Times which carried a major story on the show and its impact.

	=== Television content ===		=== Television content ===
	* ''India 98 : The Choice'' – A live election debate show on Doordarshan. Moderated by Pritish Nandy and Nalini Singh. Directed by Pankuj Parashar. Won the RAPA Award.		* ''India 98 : The Choice'' – A live election debate show on Doordarshan. Moderated by Pritish Nandy and Nalini Singh. Directed by Pankuj Parashar. Won the RAPA Award.
	* ''The Pritish Nandy Show'' – A signature chat show on Doordarshan and Zee TV Network. Hosted by Pritish Nandy. Directed by Umesh Agarwal. The show was later repeated on Doordarshan Metro, Jain, Sun and Udaya TV. Nominated for the Screen Videocon Awards.		* ''The Pritish Nandy Show'' – A signature chat show on Doordarshan and Zee TV Network. Hosted by Pritish Nandy. Directed by Umesh Agarwal. The show was later repeated on Doordarshan Metro, Jain, Sun and Udaya TV. Nominated for the Screen Videocon Awards.
	* ''Maneka's Ark'' – An environment chat show on Star Plus and Doordarshan. Hosted by Maneka Gandhi. Directed by Amar Sharma and Rima Chhib.<ref>http://www.rupapublications.co.in/client/Author/Maneka-Gandhi.aspx {{Webarchive\|url=https://archive.is/20120909182604/http://www.rupapublications.co.in/client/Author/Maneka-Gandhi.aspx \|date=9 September 2012 }}, http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/essays.nsf/(docid)/33C1A7B42645A91D6525693F00383C8D {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716110455/http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/essays.nsf/(docid)/33C1A7B42645A91D6525693F00383C8D \|date=16 July 2011 }}</ref>		* ''Maneka's Ark'' – An environment chat show on Star Plus and Doordarshan. Hosted by Maneka Gandhi. Directed by Amar Sharma and Rima Chhib.<ref>http://www.rupapublications.co.in/client/Author/Maneka-Gandhi.aspx {{Webarchive\|url=https://archive.today/20120909182604/http://www.rupapublications.co.in/client/Author/Maneka-Gandhi.aspx \|date=9 September 2012 }}, http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/essays.nsf/(docid)/33C1A7B42645A91D6525693F00383C8D {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716110455/http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/essays.nsf/(docid)/33C1A7B42645A91D6525693F00383C8D \|date=16 July 2011 }}</ref>
	* ''Mr Gaayab'' — A comedy serial based on the invisible man on Zee TV Network. Starring [[Joy Sengupta]]. Directed by [[Kushan Nandy]].		* ''Mr Gaayab'' — A comedy serial based on the invisible man on Zee TV Network. Starring [[Joy Sengupta]]. Directed by [[Kushan Nandy]].
	* ''Face Off'' – An election chat show on Doordarshan. Hosted by Pritish Nandy and Javed Akhtar. Directed by Pankuj Parashar.		* ''Face Off'' – An election chat show on Doordarshan. Hosted by Pritish Nandy and Javed Akhtar. Directed by Pankuj Parashar.

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| caption = Pritish Nandy (left), [[Ambika Soni]] (right), [[International Film Festival of India|IFFI]] ([[41st International Film Festival of India|2010]])
| birth_name = Pritish Nandy
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| birth_place = [[Bhagalpur]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]
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| works = ''Calcutta if You Must Exile Me”
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'''Pritish Nandy''' (born 15 January 1951) is an Indian [[poet]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Sahitya Akademi : Who's Who of Indian Writers|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/SASearchSystem/sauser/writerinfo.jsp?wrids=824|website=Sahitya Akademi|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|access-date=27 October 2015}}</ref> painter, journalist, parliamentarian, [[media (communication)|media]] and television personality, animal activist and maker of films, TV and streaming content. He was member of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the Indian parliament representing Maharashtra based party [[Shiv Sena]].<ref name=rajya>[http://164.100.47.5/newmembers/Website/Main.aspx Biographical Sketches of Members of Rajya Sabha – 1998] accessed September 2007</ref> He is the author of forty books of poetry in English and has translated poems by other writers from Bengali, Urdu and Punjabi into English as well as a new version of the ''Isha Upanishad''. Apart from these, he has authored books of stories and non fiction as well as three books of translations of classical love poetry from Sanskrit. He was Publishing Director of The Times of India Group and Editor of ''The Illustrated Weekly of India'', The Independent, and ''Filmfare'' in the 1980s, all simultaneously.{{cn|date=March 2021}} He has held six exhibitions of his paintings and calligraphy. He founded Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd, the content company, in 1993. He also founded People for Animals, India’s first animal rights NGO which is currently run by co-founder Maneka Gandhi as Chairperson.{{cn|date=March 2021}}

==Early life==
Pritish Nandy was born in [[Bhagalpur]] in the state of [[Bihar]] in eastern India to a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] Christian family.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/My-greatest-asset-is-audacity-Pritish-Nandy/articleshow/31041934.cms?intenttarget=no | title=My greatest asset is audacity: Pritish Nandy | work=The Times of India | date=27 February 2014 | access-date=1 March 2014}}</ref> He is the son of [[Satish Chandra Nandy]] and [[Prafulla Nalini Nandy]], and brother of [[Ashis Nandy]] and [[Manish Nandy]]. His daughters Rangita Pritish-Nandy (born 1978) and Ishita Pritish-Nandy (born 1980) are film producers, creators and show runners and his son [[Kushan Nandy]](born 1972) is a film producer, writer and director. Pritish Nandy was educated at [[La Martiniere Calcutta|La Martiniere College]] and, briefly, at [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]] in [[Kolkata]], where he spent the first 28 years of his life.<ref name=rajya/> Nandy's mother was a teacher at La Martiniere Calcutta and subsequently became the school's first Indian vice principal.<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/jan/12nandy.htm Pritish Nandy. 'A short pause'. Rediff on the net.] accessed September 2007</ref>

==Literary career==
Pritish Nandy's first book of poems ''Of Gods and Olives'' was published in 1967. Three further volumes followed in the 1960s and a further 14 volumes were published in the 1970s.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books?id=zGU5AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Pritish+Nandy%22&dq=%22Pritish+Nandy%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&pgis=1 Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (ed). ''A History of Indian Literature in English''. London: Hurst and Company, p254.] accessed September 2007</ref> During the seventies Nandy edited and published a poetry magazine called Dialogue which published many of India's finest poets in English and other languages, in translation. Dialogue also published over forty books of poems, of first time poets as well as famous poets. It became an iconic platform for contemporary Indian poetry, in English and in translation. In July 1981 Nandy was nominated as a [[Poet Laureate]] by the World Academy of Arts and Culture at the Fifth World Congress of Poets in San Francisco.
<ref>[https://www.google.com/books?id=zGU5AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Pritish+Nandy%22&dq=%22Pritish+Nandy%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&pgis=1 Authors Guild of India: ''Indian Author'', 1981.] accessed September 2007</ref> Nandy's poem [[Calcutta If You Must Exile Me]] is considered a pioneering classic in modern Indian literature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amitabhmitra.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=27|title="Poetry of Kolkata - Its Hidden Expanse" - by Dr Amitabh Mitra}}</ref>

The Government of India conferred on him the Padma Shri in 1977 for his contribution to Indian literature.{{citation needed|date = December 2012}} He wrote a new book of poems called “Again” in 2010 after a long hiatus and then, “Stuck on 1/Forty in 2012”. In 2014, his version of the Isha Upanishad was published. His Collected Poems are being published by Seagull Books.

==Journalistic career==
He was publishing director of ''The Times of India'' between 1982 and 1991. He was also managing editor of the group and editor and publisher of ''The Illustrated Weekly of India'' during its most successful decade. He left the group to start his own content company Pritish Nandy Communications which was founded in 1993. He is currently chairman of Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd, popularly known as PNC. He is also a columnist with ''The Times of India'', ''Dainik Bhaskar'', ''Divya Bhaskar'' and ''Sangbad Pratidin''. His regular column appears in ‘’Mumbai Mirror’’ and his blog on ''Times Online''.<ref name=rajya/> Nandy was one of the first internet evangelists in India and opened India's first [[cyber café]] in 1996 at Hotel Leela Kempinski in Mumbai.<ref name=rajya/>

==Political career==
Pritish Nandy was elected to the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the Indian parliament, in July 1998. He was a member of parliament for six years and was on a number of committees including the National Committee to Celebrate 50 years of Independence, the Parliamentary Committee for Defence, the Parliamentary Committee for Communications, the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs.<ref name=rajya/> He headed the Expert Committee for upgradation of the International Film Festival of India set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and submitted its findings to the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in 2011.

==Humanitarian work==

Pritish Nandy has worked for many causes but is best known as the founder of [[People for Animals]], India's largest animal protection NGO that [[Maneka Gandhi]], its co-founder, heads and runs as chairperson. He received the International Humanitarian Award at the Genesis Awards in Los Angeles in 2012, supported by the Humane Society of the United States, the largest animal protection body in the US.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 26th Genesis Awards Nominees|url=http://www.humanesociety.org/about/events/genesis_awards/26th_nominees.html|publisher=[[Humane Society]]|access-date=19 December 2012|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120906141524/http://www.humanesociety.org/about/events/genesis_awards/26th_nominees.html|archive-date=6 September 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On 28 November 2012 Pritish Nandy founded World Compassion Day, a platform for promoting the values of compassion and ahimsa, and the first lecture on the occasion was delivered in Mumbai by the 14th Dalai Lama who spoke on the ethical treatment of animals.

==Film and television==
Nandy founded [[Pritish Nandy Communications]] in 1993 and remains its non-executive chairman and creative mentor. The company's first programme was a chat show titled ''The Pritish Nandy Show'' which aired on [[Doordarshan]], India's public broadcasting channel. This was the first signature show on Indian television. This was followed by ''Fiscal Fitness: The Pritish Nandy Business Show'', India's first weekly business show, on [[Zee TV]]. Nandy has presented over 500 news and current affairs shows on Doordarshan, Zee TV and [[Sony Entertainment Television (India)|Sony TV]].<ref name=rajya/> Four More Shots Please! (made for Amazon and on Prime Video) won an International Emmy nomination in 2020 and several other awards across the world.

=== Television content ===
* ''India 98 : The Choice'' – A live election debate show on Doordarshan. Moderated by Pritish Nandy and Nalini Singh. Directed by Pankuj Parashar. Won the RAPA Award.
* ''The Pritish Nandy Show'' – A signature chat show on Doordarshan and Zee TV Network. Hosted by Pritish Nandy. Directed by Umesh Agarwal. The show was later repeated on Doordarshan Metro, Jain, Sun and Udaya TV. Nominated for the Screen Videocon Awards.
* ''Maneka's Ark'' – An environment chat show on Star Plus and Doordarshan. Hosted by Maneka Gandhi. Directed by Amar Sharma and Rima Chhib.<ref>http://www.rupapublications.co.in/client/Author/Maneka-Gandhi.aspx {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20120909182604/http://www.rupapublications.co.in/client/Author/Maneka-Gandhi.aspx |date=9 September 2012 }}, http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/essays.nsf/(docid)/33C1A7B42645A91D6525693F00383C8D {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716110455/http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/essays.nsf/(docid)/33C1A7B42645A91D6525693F00383C8D |date=16 July 2011 }}</ref>
* ''Mr Gaayab'' — A comedy serial based on the invisible man on Zee TV Network. Starring [[Joy Sengupta]]. Directed by [[Kushan Nandy]].
* ''Face Off'' – An election chat show on Doordarshan. Hosted by Pritish Nandy and Javed Akhtar. Directed by Pankuj Parashar.
* ''[[Ek Raja Ek Rani]]'' – A romantic comedy serial on Doordarshan and Zee TV Network. Starring [[Shekhar Suman]] and [[Bhairavi Raichura]]. Directed by Kushan Nandy. Won the Aashirwad Award for Best Actor in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/april25/tele.htm|title=www.screenindia.com/old/april25/tele.htm|access-date=21 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706150343/http://www.screenindia.com/old/april25/tele.htm|archive-date=6 July 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* ''Raj Kahani'' – A costume drama on Doordarshan. Starring R Madhavan in a double role. Directed by Kushan Nandy.
* ''Khwahish'' – A behind-the-scenes look at the big bad world of fashion on Sony Television. Starring Annie Thomas. Directed by Manu Gargi.
* ''Yudh'' – A daily soap opera on Doordarshan, Sun, Udaya and Jain TV. Starring Mahavir Bhullar and Lalit Tiwari. Directed by Kushan Nandy.
* ''Sanjog'' – A daily show based on the story of an ideal Indian family. This serial crossed 250 episodes on Doordarshan National. Starring Amar Talwar, Anjana Mumtaz, Aamir Ali Malik, etc. Directed by Ajeet Kumar.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/20010914/tvbuz.html |title=www.screenindia.com/old/20010914/tvbuz.html |access-date=21 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410130622/http://www.screenindia.com/old/20010914/tvbuz.html |archive-date=10 April 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* ''India-The Awakening'' – A daily show profiling achievers on Doordarshan. Hosted by Pritish Nandy. Directed by different directors.
* ''Hungama Unlimited'' – A sitcom that lists the best of Hindi films and pop music. Also a countdown show to hit the number one position on Doordarshan Metro in terms of viewership ratings. Directed by different directors.
* ''Heads & Tails'' – An animal rights show on Doordarshan. Hosted by Maneka Gandhi. Directed by Umesh Agarwal. Won the RAPA Award and was nominated for the Screen Videocon and Pinnacle Awards.
* ''Entertainment Now'' – A daily entertainment news show on Doordarshan. Hosted by Sagarika Sonie. Directed by Subir Dhar and Amitabh Tripathi.
* ''Chup Bas Lakshya'' – PNC's foray into regional Marathi television on Doordarshan Sahyadri. Starring Laxmikant Berde. Directed by Bhaskar Jadhav.
* ''New Horizons'' – An alternative lifestyle show on Doordarshan and Zee TV Network. Hosted by Maneka Gandhi. Won a Screen Videocon Award.
* ''Fiscal Fitness: The Pritish Nandy Business Show'' — A business show on Zee TV Network. Directed by Umesh Agarwal.
* Four More Shots Please! – An Amazon Original on Prime Video. Created by Rangita Pritish-Nandy. Produced by Pritish Nandy. Won an International Emmy nomination.
* ‘’Rat-a-tat’’ in ‘’Unpaused’’ - An Amazon anthology on Prime Video. Produced by Pritish Nandy and Rangita Pritish Nandy

=== Films ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Film !! Year !! Notes
|-
| [[Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi]] ||2001|| Producer
|-
| [[Bollywood Calling]] ||2001|| Producer
|-
| [[The Mystic Masseur]] ||2001|| Producer
|-
| [[Sur – The Melody of Life|Sur]] ||2002|| Producer
|-
| [[Kaante]] ||2002|| Producer
|-
| [[Jhankaar Beats]] ||2003|| Producer
|-
| [[Mumbai Matinee]] ||2003|| Producer
|-
| [[Chameli (film)|Chameli]] ||2004|| Producer
|-
| [[Popcorn Khao! Mast Ho Jao]] ||2004|| Producer
|-
| [[Shabd]] ||2005|| Producer
|-
| [[Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi]] ||2005|| Producer
|-
| [[Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena (film)|Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena]] ||2005|| Producer
|-
| [[Ankahee (2006 film)|Ankahee]] ||2006|| Producer
|-
| [[Pyaar Ke Side Effects]] ||2006|| Producer
|-
| [[Bow Barracks Forever]] ||2007|| Producer
|-
| [[Just Married (2007 film)|Just Married]] ||2007|| Producer
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| [[Ugly Aur Pagli]] ||2008|| Producer<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1301329/ Pritish Nandy on the Internet Movie Database] accessed September 2007</ref>
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| [[Meerabai Not Out]] ||2008|| Producer
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| [[Raat Gayi Baat Gayi?]] ||2009|| Producer
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| [[Click (2010 film)|Click]] ||2010|| Producer
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| [[Fatso!]] ||2012|| Producer
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| [[Shaadi Ke Side Effects]] ||2014|| Producer
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==Awards==
*Padma Shri 1977 received from the President of India
*Karmaveer Puraskaar 2008 [http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20081126/914/ten-kajol-pritish-nandy-honoured-for-soc.html]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*International Humanitarian Award at the Genesis Awards 2012 in Hollywood, organised by the Humane Society of the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Pritish-Nandy-wins-International-Humanitarian-Award/articleshow/12467248.cms |title=Pritish Nandy wins International Humanitarian Award - Times of India |website=The Times of India |language=en |access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref>
*Bangladesh Liberation War Award received from the Prime Minister of Bangladesh

==Selected works==

===Books of poems===
* Of Gods & Olives (Calcutta/ Mexico City, 1967) 32pp, [[Writers Workshop|Writers' Workshop]]
* On Either Side of Arrogance (Calcutta, 1968) 32pp, [[Writers Workshop|Writers' Workshop]]
* I Hand You in Turn My Nebbuk Wreath (Calcutta, 1968) 16pp, Dialogue/ [[Writers Workshop|Writers' Workshop]]
* From the Outer Bank of the Brahmaputra (New York, 1969) 38pp, New Rivers Press
* Masks to be Interpreted in Terms of Messages (Calcutta, 1971) 48pp, [[Writers Workshop|Writers' Workshop]]
* Madness is the Second Stroke (Calcutta, 1972) 56pp, Dialogue
* The Poetry of Pritish Nandy: Collected Poems (New Delhi, 1973)
* Riding the Midnight River: Selected Poems (New Delhi/ London, 1974) 144pp, Arnold Heinemann
* Dhritarashtra Downtown: Zero (Calcutta, 1974)
* Lonesong Street (Calcutta, 1975) 32pp, Poets Press
* In Secret Anarchy (Calcutta, 1976) 38pp, United Writers
* The Nowhere Man (Calcutta, 1976) 32pp, Arnold Heinemann
* A Stranger Called I (Calcutta, 1976), 48pp, Kavita/Arnold Heinemann
* Tonight, This Savage Rite/ With Kamala Das (New Delhi, 1977) 55pp, Arnold Heinemann
* Anywhere is Another Place (Calcutta, 1979) 48pp, Arnold Heinemann
* Pritish Nandy 30 (Calcutta, 1980) 30pp, Kavita/Arnold Heinemann
* The Rainbow Last Night (New Delhi, 1981) 48pp, Arnold Heinemann
* Again (New Delhi, 2010) 104pp, Rupa Publications
* Stuck on 1/Forty (New Delhi, 2012) 124pp, Amaryllis
* Tonight, This Savage Rite (New Delhi, 2014) 124pp Harper Collins

===Book of Interviews===
* Peerless Minds: A Celebration Interviews with Thirty Incredible Indians (New Delhi, 2019) 400pp, Harper Collins, also a Special Collectors Edition limited to 500 copies

===Verse play===
* Rites for a Plebeian Statue (Calcutta, 1970), [[Writers Workshop]], [[India]].

===Short stories===
* Some Friends (New Delhi, 1979), Arnold Heinemann

===Translations===
* The Complete Poems of Samar Sen (Calcutta, 1970) 192pp, Writers Workshop
* Subhas Mukhopadhyay: Poet of the People (Calcutta, 1970) 24pp, Dialogue
* Poems from Bangladesh (Calcutta, 1971) Dialogue
* The Prose Poems of Lokenath Bhattacharya (Calcutta, 1971) Dialogue
* [[Bangla Desh – A Voice of a New Nation|Bangladesh: Voice of a New Nation]] (Calcutta/ London/ New York, 1972)
* Shesh Lekha: The Last Poems of Rabindranath Tagore (Calcutta, 1973) Dialogue
* Modern Bengali Poetry (Chicago, 1974) Mahfil, University of Chicago
* The Flaming Giraffe: Poems by Sunil Gangopadhyay (Calcutta, 1975)Dialogue
* Songs of Mirabai with drawings by Rabin Mondal (New Delhi, 1975) Vikas Publishing
* The Poetry of Kaifi Azmi (Calcutta, 1975) 32pp, Poets Press/Arnold Heinemann
* Krishna, Krishna: Poems by Kabir (New Delhi, 1976) Vikas Publishing
* The Lord is my Shepherd (New Delhi, 1982) Vikas Publishing
* Untamed Heart: Poems by Bhartrhari with drawings by Samir Mondal (New Delhi, 1994) Rupa Publications {{ISBN|81-7167-216-7}}
* Unchained Melody: Poems by Amaru with drawings by Samir Mondal (New Delhi, 1994) Rupa Publications {{ISBN|81-7167-217-5}}
* Careless Whispers: Sanskrit Love Poetry with drawings by M.F Husain (New Delhi, 1994) Rupa Publications {{ISBN|81-7167-220-5}}
* The Isha Upanishad: illustrated by Sunandini Banerjee (Calcutta, 2013) Seagull Books

===Poetry recordings===
* Lonesong Street, with Ananda Shankar (EMI, 1977)
* Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, with Shantanu Moitra (Virgin, 2004)

===Bengali translation===
* Pritish Nandyr Kobita translated by Amarendra Chakravarti (Calcutta, 1975)
* Pritish Nandyr Kobita translated by Shakti Chattopadhyay (Calcutta, 1978)

===Anthologies edited===
* Indian Poetry in English: 1947–1972 (Calcutta, 1972) Oxford & IBH
* Indian Poetry in English Today (New Delhi, 1973)
* Modern Indian Poetry (New Delhi/ London, 1974)
* Modern Indian Love Poetry (New Delhi, 1974) Vikas Publishing
* Modern Indian Love Stories (New Delhi, 1974) Vikas Publishing
* Strangertime (New Delhi, 1976) Sterling Publishers<ref>Pritish Nandy (ed.) [http://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/~amit/books/nandy-1977-strangertime-anthology-of.html Book Excerptise: Strangertime: an anthology of Indian Poetry in English] (extensive extracts)</ref>

== Appearances in the following poetry Anthologies ==
* ''The Golden Treasure of [[Writers Workshop]] Poetry'' (2008) ed. by Rubana Huq and published by [[Writers Workshop]], [[Calcutta]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Rubana Huq, ed. The Golden Treasury of Writers Workshop Poetry. Review : ASIATIC, VOLUME 3, NUMBER 1, JUNE 2009 |url=http://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic/index.php/AJELL/article/view/82/67 |website=journals.iium.edu.my |publisher=journals.iium.edu.my |access-date=4 September 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070920215440/http://www.pritishnandycom.com/TVshows.html Pritish Nandy Communications]
*[http://www.writersworkshopindia.com Writer's Workshop India]
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