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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian film director (born 1966)}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Suman Mukhopadhyay<br />
| image = Suman Mukhopadhyay.jpg<br />
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| caption = Suman Mukhopadhyay at the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1966|11|20}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Howrah]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = Director<br />
| father = [[Arun Mukhopadhyay]]<br />
| relatives = [[Sujan Mukhopadhyay]] (Brother)<br />
| spouse = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Suman Mukhopadhyay''' ({{lang-bn|সুমন মুখোপাধ্যায়}}; born 20 November 1966) is an [[India]]n film director. <br />
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==Career==<br />
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His first cinematic directorial debut film was ''[[Herbert (film)|Herbert]]'' which was released in 2005. Herbert won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali|National Award for Best Bengali film]].<br />
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He is in the post-production of his latest Hindi feature film "[[Nazarband]]". His last film is "[[Asamapta]]"(Incomplete), premiered in IFFLA, USA and is on Netflix. Before that "[[Shesher Kabita]]" (The Last Poem) with Rahul Bose and [[Konkona Sen Sharma]] premiered in Dubai International Film Festival and released on 7 August 2015. "[[Kangal Malsat]]"(The War Cry of the Beggars) his 4th feature film released on August 2013. ''Mahanagar@Kolkata'' was completed in 2009. The film was screened in Munich, Kerala and New York film festivals. His second film ''[[Chaturanga (film)|Chaturanga]]'', based on Tagore's novel, was completed in 2008 and premiered at the [[Montreal World Film Festival]]. Chaturanga was screened in 36 national and international festivals. The film received a Gran Prix award at Bridgefest, Sarajevo; the Best Director award at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival and the Golden Palm at Mexico International Film Festival.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}<br />
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Recently Mukhopadhyay has done a Zee5 original feature film ''[[Posham Pa]]'' and directed five episodes of ''[[Parchhayee]]'' based on Ruskin Bond stories.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mahie Gill, Sayani Gupta team up for all-female thriller Posham Pa|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2019/jul/16/mahie-gill-sayani-gupta-team-up-for-all-female-thriller-posham-pa-13002.html|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref><br />
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Mukhopadhyay has done theatre productions ranging from European drama to major adaptations of Bengali works. He used to be a part of Bengali theatre Group [[Chetana (theatre group)|Chetana]]. Among his many works some are ''[[Raja Lear]]'', ''[[Sunyo Sudhu Sunyo Noy]]'', ''[[Bisarjan]]'', ''[[Teesta Paarer Brittanto]]'' and ''[[Samay Asamayer Brittanto]]'', adapted from the novels by [[Debesh Roy]] and ''[[Mephisto (play)|Mephisto]]'', based on [[Klaus Mann]]'s German novel. He has also staged [[Rabindranath Tagore]]'s ''[[Raktakarabi]]''; ''Falguni-Prelude'', Shakespeare/Brecht's ''[[Coriolanus (Brecht)|Coriolanus]]'' and [[Śūdraka]]'s ''[[Mṛcchakatika|The Little Clay Cart]]''. He directed ''The Man of the Heart'' (''Life and times of Lalon Fokir'') at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] and [[Girish Karnad]]'s ''Nagamandala'' at the Department of Theatre, [[Kalamazoo College]], [[Michigan]]. ''Man of the Heart'' was also invited to [[Barbican Centre]], London. <br />
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== Filmography ==<br />
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=== Feature films ===<br />
*''[[Herbert (film)|Herbert]]'' (2005)<br />
*''[[Chaturanga (film)|Chaturanga]]'' (2008)<br />
*''[[Mahanagar@Kolkata]]'' (2009)<br />
*''[[Kangal Malsat]]'' (2013)<br />
*''Shesher Kobita'' (2014)<br />
*''[[Asamapta]]'' (2017)<br />
*''[[Nazarband]]'' (2018 post-production)<br />
*''[[Posham Pa]]'' (2019)<br />
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==Awards==<br />
His film ''Chaturanga'' received the Gran Prix at Bridge Fest, [[Sarajevo]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Winners Bridge fest 2009|url=http://bridge-fest.com/index.php/press.html|publisher=Bridge Fest |access-date=19 January 2012 |date=15 May 2009}}</ref> Best Director at Philadelphia Independent Film Festival<ref>{{cite web |title=Philadelphia Independent Film Festival: Past Winners |url=http://www.philadelphiaindependentfilmfestival.com/press/past-festival-winners |publisher=Philadelphia Independent Film Festival |access-date=19 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310182920/http://www.philadelphiaindependentfilmfestival.com/press/past-festival-winners |archive-date=10 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and the Golden Palm at Mexico International Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Palm Award Winners|url=http://www.mexicofilmfestival.com/Festival_2007/past_winners/2009_Golden_Palm_Winners.aspx|publisher=Mexico International Film Festival|access-date=19 January 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314192258/http://www.mexicofilmfestival.com/Festival_2007/past_winners/2009_Golden_Palm_Winners.aspx|archive-date=14 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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== Others ==<br />
[[File:Suman_Mukhopadhyay_speaks_in_the_Rally_against_Kamduni_Case.jpg|thumb|Suman Mukhopadhyay in a rally of intellectuals against Kamduni Murder Case]]<br />
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Mukhopadhyay is a known face of [[Civil Society Movement]] in West Bengal from the tenure of Left Front Government. He also participated in rallies or talk shows against political violence by all the parties.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1160416/jsp/calcutta/story_80386.jsp|title=Divideand rule|date=April 16, 2016|access-date=September 29, 2017}}</ref> On 21 June he joined in a protest march in Metro Channel with other intellectuals of [[Kolkata]] led by poet [[Shankha Ghosh]] in protest against the growing crimes against women in the state and the [[2013 Kamduni gang rape and murder case]].<ref name="es20130622-2">{{cite news|url=http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=4574&boxid=323931|title=মহামিছিল বার্তা দিল মমতাকে|last1=Sarkar|first1=Koushik|date=22 June 2013|work=Ei Samay|access-date=23 June 2013|last2=Sengupta|first2=Manipushpak|location=Kolkata|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1130622/jsp/calcutta/story_17034607.jsp|title=Trinamul hunts for motive|date=June 22, 2013|website=telegraphindia.com|access-date=September 29, 2017}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|http://www.sumanmukhopadhyay.com/}}<br />
*{{IMDb name|id=2655736|name=Suman Mukhopadhyay}}<br />
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