Birsa Dasgupta

Birsa Dasgupta
Born	1979 (age 45–46) Kolkata
Occupation	film director

Birsa Dasgupta (Bengali: বিরসা দাশগুপ্ত; born 1979) is an Indian film director based in Tollywood.

Early life and background

Born in Kolkata, his grandfather was noted documentary filmmaker Harisadhan Dasgupta, and grandmother was screenwriter Sonali (Senroy) Dasgupta, who later married Italian film director, Roberto Rossellini. His father is film director Raja Dasgupta, while his mother is television presenter and actress Chaitali Dasgupta. Ribhu Dasgupta is his only brother. He did his class 10 from South End School and class 12 from G D Birla

Career

Intending to learning film making, Dasgupta left his graduation midway and moved to Mumbai. Here he started assisting in serials and films. Thereafter, he started making fillers and promos for the newly established audiovisual division of publishing house, MiD DAY. In 2003, he became a unit director in Anurag Kashyap's film Black Friday (2004), though the film's release was stalled for further three years as it ran into troubles with Indian Censor Board. Nevertheless, the music video Dasgupta directed for the song Arey Ruk Ja Re Bandeh of the film soundtrack album, performed by band Indian Ocean, got him noticed.

Dasgupta returned to Kolkata in 2005, realising he would prefer making films in his native Bengali, thus made he went on make Bengali telefilms, Ekti Romharshak Dakatir Golpo and K, both made in 2006 for Bengali music channel, Tara Muzik. The film instantly got him acclaim, though a telefilm, Ekti Romharshak Dakatir Golpo , even took part in the Thrissur International Film Festival.

Eventually, Dasgupta made his feature film debut with, 033 in 2010. 033 is the STD code for Kolkata city, and the film was incidentally based on the theme of increasing youth migration outside Kolkata for career opportunities.

Personal life

Birsa married Bengali actress, Bidipta Chakraborty. Meghla Dasgupta and Idara Dasgupta are his daughters.

Release date			Title	CBFC rating	Composer	Producer	Cast	Original film
2010	March	5	033	U	Example	Example	Example
2011	November	25	Jaani Dekha Hobe	Example	Example	Example	Example
2014	February	14	Obhishopto Nighty	Example	Example	Example	Example
	July	4	Golpo Holeo Shotti	Example	Example	Example	Example	Pizza
2015	October	16	Shudhu Tomari Jonyo	Example	Example	Example	Example	Raja Rani

External links

• Birsa Dasgupta at the Internet Movie Database