About

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Birthday:
1937-11-21
Place of birth:
Kolkata, India
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Nabyendu Chattopadhyay

Overview

Nabyendu Chatterjee (1937 – 14 January 2009) was an Indian Bengali and Hindi film director and producer. In 1991 he received the 38th National Award for the Best Feature Film in Bengali.

Chatterjee started his career as an actor in 1962 but soon turned into direction. He worked with Bengali director Aravind Mukherjee as an assistant. He made his directorial debut with an experimental Hindi film Naya Rasta in 1967. In his career, he was known as an independent, offbeat filmmaker with unparalleled art films. His choice of literary stories to be translated into film scripts by himself. In 1981 Chatterjee made Sarisreep - The Reptile based on Manik Bandopadhyay's story. His last finished work Mansur Miyar Ghora attracted positive criticism soon after release. Chatterjee could not complete his last film, Sanskar, a project he pursued for years. He died at the age of 71 after a massive heart attack in his North Kolkata residence in 2009.

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Acting
1958 Lukochuri Actor N/A
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Directing
2011 Sanskar Directing Director N/A
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2001 Mansoor Miyanar Ghora - The Last Ride Directing Director N/A
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1998 Dusri Kahani Directing Director N/A
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1994 Shilpi Directing Director N/A
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1990 Atmaja Directing Director N/A
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1989 Parshuramer Kuthar Directing Director N/A
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1987 Sarisreep - The Reptile Directing Director N/A
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1986 Chopper Directing Director N/A
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1981 Aaj Kal Parsur Galpa Directing Director N/A
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1975 Ranur Prothom Bhag Directing Director N/A
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1973 Chithi - The Letter Directing Director N/A
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1968 Adwitiya Directing Director N/A
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1967 Naya Raasta - The New Road Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2001 Mansoor Miyanar Ghora - The Last Ride Writing Screenplay N/A
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1987 Sarisreep - The Reptile Writing Screenplay N/A
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1987 Sarisreep - The Reptile Writing Dialogue N/A
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1981 Aaj Kal Parsur Galpa Writing Screenplay N/A
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1975 Ranur Prothom Bhag Writing Screenplay N/A
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1973 Chithi - The Letter Writing Screenplay N/A
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1968 Adwitiya Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1981 Aaj Kal Parsur Galpa Production Producer N/A
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