Debalina Majumder: Difference between revisions

[[File:Debalina Majumder.jpg|thumb|Debalina Majumder is a film director, cinematographer and writer based in Kolkata, India.]]

'''Debalina Majumder''' (born 1972, [[Kolkata]], India) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] filmmaker, writer, producer, and cinematographer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5165983/filmotype|title=Filmography by type for Debalina Majumder|publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=9 November 2013}}</ref> She studied Comparative Literature at [[Jadavpur University]]. Debalina has worked on feature-length documentary films, short films, travelogues, music videos, corporate films, telefilms and experimental films. She is passionate about environmental issues, gender, sexuality and occasionally writes for newspapers and magazines. She has also extensively worked as a cinematographer.

Based on the story of two lovers who committed suicide, in the village of Nandigram (West Bengal, India), Debalina's film "... ''ebang bewarish''" ("...and the Unclaimed"), questioned social taboos and familial non-acceptance in regards to [[same-sex relationship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1131027/27rabimag.html |title=Rabibasariya Magazine|publisher=Anandabazar.com|accessdate=9 November 2013}}</ref> " Based on the same event, Debalina's fiction film "''Abar Jodi Ichha Koro''" (If You Dare Desire) was released in 2017.

She has then followed up with "''Tin Sottyi''..."(In Fact...), a celebration and documentation of three non-normative lives. ''Gay India Matrimony'' and ''Citizen Nagar'' are in their post production phases .

| 2010 ||''Taar Cheye Se Anek Aaro (More Than a Friend)''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2292244/ |title=Taar Cheye Se Anek Aaro (More Than a Friend) (2010)|publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=9 November 2013}}</ref>|| Yes ||  || Yes ||  

| 2009 ||''Habul & Co.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2316952/ |title=Habul & Co. (2009)|publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=9 November 2013}}</ref>|| Yes ||  ||  ||  

| 2008 ||''Katha (Monologues)''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2316946/|title=Katha Monologues (2008)|publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=9 November 2013}}</ref>|| Yes || Yes || Yes ||  

| 2005 ||''A Stranger in a Bioscope''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2301266/|title=A Stranger in a Bioscope (2005)|publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=9 November 2013}}</ref>|| Yes || Yes ||  ||  

| 2005 ||''Bombagarh Natyacompany''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2316958/ |title=Bombagarh Natyacompany (2005)|publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=9 November 2013}}</ref>|| Yes ||  ||  ||  

| 2004 ||''Sar..rr..ra (Joy Run)''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2301338/|title=Sar..rr..ra (Joy Run) (2004)|publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=9 November 2013}}</ref>|| Yes ||  || Yes ||