Subhash Dutta
| Subhash Dutta | |
|---|---|
| সুভাষ দত্ত | |
| File:Subhash Dutta 1964.jpg | |
| Dutta in the film Sutorang (1964) | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 February 1930[1] Dinajpur, Bengal Presidency, British India  | 
| Died | 16 November 2012 (aged 82)[2] Dhaka, Bangladesh  | 
| Nationality | Bangladeshi | 
| Occupation | Filmmaker, actor, designer | 
| Spouse(s) | Shima Dutta (–2001; widower)[3] | 
| Awards | National Film Awards (1977) Ekushey Padak (1999)  | 
Subhash Dutta (9 February 1930 – 16 November 2012) was a Bangladeshi filmmaker, theater and film actor. He started his career as a commercial artist.[4]
Career[edit]
At the beginning of his career, Dutta worked as a film poster artist. He drew posters for Mukh O Mukhosh (1956), the first Bengali-language movie to be made in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). He directed his first movie, Sutorang, in 1964.[4] The movie won the second prize at the Frankfurt Festival in 1965.[4] In 1972, he acted with the theatrical group, Aranyak Nattyadal.[4]
Awards[edit]
- Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director (1976)
 - Ekushey Padak (1999)[5]
 - Nigar Award (1962)[6]
 
His movie Abirbhab won a prestigious[clarification needed] award in Frankfurt Film Festival.[2] His directed movies were awarded in Phnom Penh Film Festival (1968), Moscow Film Festival (1967, 1973, 1979). He also got award for his acting by Pakistan Film Festival (1965).[4]
Personal life and death[edit]
Dutta had two sons, Shivaji and Ranaji, and two daughters, Shilpi and Shotabdi.[4]
Dutta died from heart disease on 16 November 2012 at his home in Ram Krishna Mission Road, Dhaka.[2][5]
Filmography[edit]
- Director
 
- Sutorang (1964)[7]
 - Aina Obo Shishta (1966)[8]
 - Kagazer Nouka (1966)[8]
 - Abirbhab (1968)[9]
 - Alingan (1969)[10]
 - Pala Bodal (1969)[10]
 - Binimoy (1970)[11]
 - Akankha (1976)
 - Arunodoyer Agnishakkhi (1972)[11]
 - Bashundhara (1977)[11]
 - Dumurer Phul (1978)[11]
 - Sabujsathi (1982)
 - Nazma (1983)
 - Sakal Sandha (1984)[11]
 - Phulshajya[11]
 - Abdaar
 - Swami-Stri (1987)
 - O Aamar Chhele (2008)[11]
 
- Actor
 
- Ei Desh Tomar Amar (1959)[2]
 - Harano Din (1961)[12]
 - Rajdhanir Buke (1961)[12]
 - Chanda (1962)[12]
 - Notun Sur (1962)[13]
 - Surja Snan (1962)[12][14][15]
 - Talash (1963)[13]
 - Milan (1964)[16]
 - Paisay (1964)[16]
 - Sutorang (1964)[7]
 - Aakhri Station (1965)[17]
 - Kaise Kahun (1965)[17]
 - Kajal (1965)[7]
 - Nadi-o-Nari (1965)[17]
 - Rupban (1965)[17]
 - Saagar (1965)[7]
 - Aina Obo Shishta (1966)[8]
 - Phir Milinge Hum Dono (1966)[18]
 - Abirbhab (1968)[9]
 - Alingan (1969)[10]
 - Pala Bodal (1969)[10]
 - Chalo Maan Gayai (1970)[19]
 - Kolkata 71
 - Noya Micchil
 - Ayna (2004)[4]
 - O Amar Chhele (2006)
 
References[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
- ↑ "Subash Dutta is no longer alive". Prothom Alo. 2012-11-16. Archived from the original on 2012-11-18. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
 - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Subhash passes away". The Daily Star. 2012-11-16. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
 - ↑ "Subhash Dutta cremated". bdnews24.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
 - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "Chole gelen Subhash Dutt". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
 - ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Filmmaker Subhash Dutta no more". bdnews24.com. 2012-11-16. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
 - ↑ "Nigar Award 1962: 19 September, 1963 Hotel Metropol Karachi". Retrieved 14 April 2022.
 - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Gazdar 1997, p. 254
 - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Gazdar 1997, p. 257
 - ↑ 9.0 9.1 Gazdar 1997, p. 262
 - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Gazdar 1997, p. 265
 - ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 Hasan, Khalid (22 February 2018). "Subhash Dutta: The Visual Storyteller". The Daily Observer. Dhaka.
 - ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Gazdar 1997, p. 250
 - ↑ 13.0 13.1 Gazdar 1997, p. 251
 - ↑ Raju 2002, p. 11: "Slahuddin's Sunbath (Surjosnan, 1962)"
 - ↑ Shikdar 2004, p. 110: "১৯৬২ সূর্য স্নান - সালাউদ্দিন [1962 ... Surja Snan - Salahuddin]"
 - ↑ 16.0 16.1 Gazdar 1997, p. 253
 - ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Gazdar 1997, p. 255
 - ↑ Gazdar 1997, p. 256
 - ↑ Gazdar 1997, p. 267
 
Bibliography[edit]
- Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
 - Raju, Zakir Hossain (2002). "Bangladesh: A Defiant Survivor". In Vasudev, Aruna; Padgaonkar, Latika; Doraiswamy, Rashmi (eds.). Being & Becoming: The Cinemas of Asia. MacMillan. ISBN 0333-93820-8.
 - Shikdar, Abdul Hai (2004). বাংলাদেশের চলচ্চিত্র, ইতিহাসের এক অধ্যায় [Cinema of Bangladesh, a section of history]. Dhaka: Himi Books & Books. ISBN 984-8336-42-7.
 
External links[edit]
- 2012 deaths
 - 1930 births
 - People from Dinajpur District, Bangladesh
 - Pakistani male film actors
 - Pakistani film directors
 - Bangladeshi male film actors
 - Bangladeshi film directors
 - Bangladeshi Hindus
 - Recipients of the Ekushey Padak
 - Nigar Award winners
 - Best Director National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners
 - Meril-Prothom Alo Lifetime Achievement Award winners