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 '''Utpalendu Chakrabarty''' (born 1948) is a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] Indian filmmaker and theater personality, based in [[Kolkata]], India.
 ==Life and career==

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'''Utpalendu Chakrabarty''' (born 1948) is a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] Indian filmmaker and theater personality, based in [[Kolkata]], India.

==Life and career==
He was born in [[Calcutta]] in 1948. He graduated from the [[Scottish Church College]], of the [[University of Calcutta]].<ref>''Some Alumni of Scottish Church College'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008, page 591</ref>

Chakrabarty was involved in politics in his student life and spent time in [[Purulia]] among the tribals. Although he started out as a teacher, his passion was cinema. He made several documentaries and films. He has two daughters, Chitrangada and [[Ritabhari Chakraborty]].

==Filmography==

===Director===

===Feature films===
* ''Prasab'' 1994
* ''Chandaneer'' 1989
* ''Phaansi'' 1988
* ''[[Debshishu]]'' 1985
* ''[[Chokh]]'' 1983
* ''Maina Tadanta'' 1980

===Television films===
* ''Dwibachan'' 1989
* ''Sonar Chheye Dami'' 1989
* ''Rang'' 1989
* ''Bikalpa'' 1988
* ''Aparichita'' 1986
* ''Aparichita(Bengali)'' 2002
* ''Kalo Patharer Itikatha(Balad of the black Stone)''
* ''Chua Chandan''
* ''May Day'' 2005

===Documentaries===
* ''The Music of Satyajit Ray'' 1984
* ''Debrata Biswas'' 1983
* ''Mukti Chai'' 1977
* ''Sunilo Sagore(On The Life of Sunil Gangopadhyay)''

===Writer===
* ''The Music of Satyajit Ray'' (documentary) 1984
* ''Chokh'' (screenplay / story) 1983

===Composer===
* ''Chokh'' 1983

===Music director===
* ''Chhaturtha Panipather Juddha'' 1995

==Awards==
*[[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]] at the [[28th National Film Awards]] in 1980 for ''Maina Tadanta''
*[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]] at the [[30th National Film Awards]] in 1982 for ''Chokh''
*[[National Film Award for Best Direction]] at the [[30th National Film Awards]] in 1982 for ''Chokh''
*[[Berlin International Film Festival]] OCIC Award in 1983 for ''Chokh''
*[[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film]] at the [[32nd National Film Awards]] in 1984 for ''Music of Satyajit Ray''.

==See also==
*[[Satarupa Sanyal]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.calcuttaweb.com/cinema/utpalenduchakrabarty.shtml Calcuttaweb Utpalendu Chakrabarty]
*{{IMDb name|0149812}}
*[http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=748085 On ''The Music of Satyajit Ray'']
*[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060428/asp/etc/story_6139925.asp On ''Chokh'']
*[https://archive.today/20130125053728/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/10/29/stories/2010102951390400.htm On ''Debshishu'']

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