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| name = Ramananda Sengupta<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1916|5|8}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Dhaka|Dacca]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br><small>(present-day [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]])</small><br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|8|23|1916|5|8|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<br />
| education = <br />
| alma_mater = [[Visva-Bharati University]]<br />
| occupation = [[Cinematographer]]<br />
| years_active = 1938–1976<br />
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'''Ramananda Sengupta''' (8 May 1916 – 23 August 2017) was an Indian cinematographer.<ref>{{cite web|title=KFF spotlight on India's oldest cinematographer|url=http://www.rangdeindia.jp/detailnews/sitenews/todaysfeature/kff-spotlight-on-indias-oldest-cinematographer/2962|publisher=Rang De India|accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref> He was born in Dhaka in 1916 and [[centenarian|became a centenarian]] in 2016.<ref>[http://cameraworking.raqsmediacollective.net/pdf/interviews/ramananda_sengupta.PDF The History and Practice of Cinematography in India: Interview Ramananda Sengupta]</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Mitra|first1=Prithvijit|title=Ace cinematographer turns 100|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Ace-cinematographer-turns-100/articleshow/47195300.cms|accessdate=21 June 2015|work=Times of India}}</ref><br />
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Sengupta stood behind the lens in more than 70 films. His work in cinematography began in 1938 when he joined as an apprentice at the [[Aurora Film Corporation]] in Kolkata (formerly ''Calcutta''). He worked with G. K. Mehta, as first assistant on the 1941 film ''Kurukshetra''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mukherjee|first1=Partha|title=Golden eye|url=http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPageView.jsp?page_id=23728&index1=2|publisher=Harmony|accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref><br />
Sengupta's first independent work was ''Purbaraag'' directed by Ardhendu Mukherjee. Sengupta worked with French director [[Jean Renoir]] when he came to Kolkata to shoot his 1951 film ''[[The River (1951 film)|The River]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=The old man and the river he shot|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070218/asp/calcutta/story_7407905.asp|accessdate=22 June 2015|work=The Telegraph|issue=18 February 2007}}</ref><br />
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In 2007 Utsav Mukherjee prepared a documentary ''Under Exposed'' about Sengupta. Siddhartha Maity has written a book and made a documentary, ''Alor Frame e Chhayar Saaj (Framing Light Against the Shadows)'' about Sengupta.<ref name="Lens">{{cite news|last = Biswas|first = Premankur|title = Ramanand Sengupta: Life Through a Lens|newspaper = [[The Indian Express]]|publisher = [[Indian Express Limited]]|date = 2015-06-21|url = http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/ramanand-sengupta-life-through-a-lens/|access-date = 2015-12-13}}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
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* ''Dakghar'' (Bengali)<br />
* ''Bindur Chhele'' (Bengali)<br />
* ''Kankabatir Ghat'' (Bengali)<br />
* ''Personal Assistant'' (Bengali)<br />
* ''Bandhu'' (Bengali)<br />
* ''Hangsamithun'' by Partha Pratim Bandopadhyay<br />
* ''Dakharkara'' (Bengali)<br />
* ''[[Nagarik]]'' (1977, Bengali)<br />
* ''[[Teen Bhubaner Pare]]'' (1969, Bengali)<br />
* ''Nishithe'' (1961, Bengali)<br />
* ''Megh'' (1960, Bengali)<br />
* ''[[Sri Lokanath]]'' (1960, Oriya)<br />
* ''Headmaster'' (1959, Bengali)<br />
* ''Shilpi'' (1956, Bengali)<br />
* ''[[Raat Bhore]]'' (1955, the first film by Mrinal Sen)<br />
* ''Ghoom Bhangar Gaan'' by Utpal Dutta<br />
* ''[[The River (1951 film)|The River]]'' (1951)<br />
* ''Purbaatra'' (1947)<br />
* ''Purbaraag'' (1946, Bengali)<br />
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===Documentaries===<br />
* ''Modern and Ancient Architecture of India''<br />
* ''Religion''<br />
* ''Autobiography of an Elephant''<br />
* ''Life in the Backwater of Malabar Cochin''<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|nm0783988}}<br />
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[[Category:Artists from Dhaka]]<br />
[[Category:Cinematographers from West Bengal]]<br />
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