A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Born:
November 11, 1981
Pratim D. Gupta is an Indian journalist, film critic, screenwriter and film director. He reviewed films for The Telegraph Kolkata and later for online platform Film Companion. His first film as writer-director is Paanch Adhyay, starring Priyanshu Chatterjee and Dia Mirza. Written and directed by Gupta, the film was shot almost entirely in Calcutta in November and December 2011. The film was selected as the Centrepiece Premiere at New York's South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF) and picked as the New Voice in Indian Cinema at the Mumbai Film Festival. His subsequent films Shaheb Bibi Golaam and Maacher Jhol have been big box office hits besides being critically acclaimed. Gupta was born in Kolkata in 1981 and studied in South Point School. He has a degree in Mass Communication and Film Studies from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata. While working as a journalist with The Telegraph Kolkata, Gupta's script Vanish was selected for the prestigious Binger Script Lab at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2009. He got his first break with the first Bengali film for Bollywood actress Dia Mirza.
Director:
2012 Paanch Adhyay
2015 X: Past Is Present
2016 Shaheb Bibi Golaam
2017 Maacher Jhol
2018 Ahare Mon
2018 Mirchi Malini
2019 Shantilal O Projapoti Rohoshyo
2020 Love Aaj Kal Porshu
2024 Chaalchitro
???? Ranna Baati
Screenplay:
2012 Paanch Adhyay
2015 X: Past Is Present
2016 Shaheb Bibi Golaam
2017 Maacher Jhol
2018 Ahare Mon
2018 Mirchi Malini
2019 Shantilal O Projapoti Rohoshyo
2020 Love Aaj Kal Porshu
2024 Chaalchitro
???? Ranna Baati
Writer:
2012 Paanch Adhyay
2013 Maach Mishti & More
2015 X: Past Is Present
2016 Shaheb Bibi Golaam
2017 Maacher Jhol
2018 Ahare Mon
2018 Mirchi Malini
2019 Shantilal O Projapoti Rohoshyo
2020 Love Aaj Kal Porshu
2024 Chaalchitro
???? Ranna Baati
Creator:
2023 Tooth Pari: When Love Bites
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