Buddhadeb Dasgupta

Buddhadeb Dasgupta

director · 1944–2021 · Parallel Cinema

Silver Lion for Best Director at Venice 2000 (Uttara); Locarno critics' and Special Jury awards; 12 National Film Awards.

17 films catalogued17 directed

A poet-turned-filmmaker whose surreal, painterly images of rural Bengal made him one of the most internationally decorated directors of the post-Ray generation.

Defining films

Bagh Bahadur (1989) · Charachar (1993) · Uttara (2000) · Kaalpurush (2005)

Directed (17)

Distance poster
Distance
1978 · Parallel Cinema
Bitter Morsel poster
Bitter Morsel
1980 · Parallel Cinema
Crossroads poster
Crossroads
1982 · Parallel Cinema
The Return poster
The Return
1988 · Parallel Cinema
Bagh Bahadur poster
Bagh Bahadur
1989 · Parallel Cinema
Their Story poster
Their Story
1992 · Mainstream 80s-90s
Shelter of the Wings poster
Shelter of the Wings
1994 · Mainstream 80s-90s
The Red Door poster
The Red Door
1997 · Mainstream 80s-90s
The Wrestlers poster
The Wrestlers
2000 · Bengali Renaissance
Mondo Meyer Upakhyan poster
Mondo Meyer Upakhyan
2002 · Bengali Renaissance
Chased by Dreams poster
Chased by Dreams
2004 · Bengali Renaissance
Kaalpurush poster
Kaalpurush
2005 · Bengali Renaissance
The Voyeurs poster
The Voyeurs
2007 · Bengali Renaissance
The Window poster
The Window
2009 · Bengali Renaissance
Arjun
Arjun
2012 · Bengali Renaissance
The Bait poster
The Bait
2016 · Contemporary Tollywood
The Flight poster
The Flight
2018 · Contemporary Tollywood