Nabyendu Chatterjee (21st November 1937 – 14th January 2009) was an Indian Bengali and Hindi film director and producer.^[1] A director of twelve feature films and three documentaries, Nabyendu has curved out a sure niche for him in the field of serious and useful cinema of India. His films such as Aaj Kaal Parsur Golpo, Sarisreep, Chopper,Sanskar, Atmaja, Sauda, Shilpi, Parasuramer Kuther,Ranur Pratham Bhaag and Mansur Mian-r Ghora offers glimpses into his directorial directorial talent engaged in exploring diverse social, political and humane issues. He has to his credit a bunch of National Awards. Shilpi, one of his films screened at the 25th International Film Festival of India(IFFI) at Calcutta won two international awards. One at the World Television Film Festival in Japan and the other at the 14th Festival International du film d' Amiens held in France.

Career

Nabyendu Chatterjee started his career as an actor in 1962 but soon turned into the direction of films.He worked with Bengali director Aravind Mukherjee as an assistant.In his career he was known as independent, off beat film maker with unparallel and art films. His choice of literary stories to be translated into film scripts by himself.^[2][3] He died at the age of 71 after a massive heart attack in his North Kolkata residence in 2009 leaving behind his wife, Protima Chatterjee; son, Naibedya and grandchildren Niravhra and Nairwita.^[4]

Filmography

• Adwitiya (1967) Play Back Singer: Hemanta Mukhopadhyay Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Manna Dey. Featuring: Madhabi Mukherjee, Sarbendra,Ajitesh Banerjee, Bikash Roy, Dilip Roy,Lily Chakraborty.

• Chitthi (1972) Music: Shyamal Mitra. Featuring: Sandhya Roy, Samit Bhanja, Ajitesh Banerjee, Ashim Chakraborty, Nivanani Devi, Rabi Ghosh, Anuva Gupta, Jahar Roy, Lalita Chatterjee. Lyrics: Gouriprasanna Mazumder.

• Ranur Pratham Bhag (1973) Music: Nikhil Chattopadhyay. Lyrics: D. L. Roy. Featuring: Ajitesh Banerjee, Neera Malya, Bankim Ghosh, Geeta Dey, Nivanani Devi, Dwiju Bhowal.

• Aaj Kal Parshur Galpo (1981) Music: Nikhil Chattopadhyay. Playback Singer: Haimanti Shukla. Featuring: Mahua Roychowdhury, Dipankar Dey, Mamata Chattopadhyay, Subrata Sen Sharma, Niranjan Roy.

• Chopper (1985) Featuring: Joy Banerjee, Sreela Majumder, Karuna Kanta Bhattacharya, Mrinal Basu Chowdhury, Pradip Mukherjee, Sova Sen and Santana Basu.

• Sarisreep (1987) Featuring: Dhritiman Chatterjee, Sumitra Mukherjee.

• Parshuramer Kuthar (1989) Featuring: Sreelekha Mukhopadhyay, Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Arun Mukhopadhyay, Shyamal Ghoshal.

• Atmaja (1990) Featuring: Gouri Ghosh, Arjun Chakraborty, Meghnad Bhattacharya, Partha Sarathy Deb,Dhurjoti Prasad Mukherjee.

• Shilpi (1993) Featuring: Anjan Dutta, Rwita Dutta Chakraborty, Asit Bandopadhyay, Sreelekha Mukherjee.

• Mansur Miyar Ghora (1999) Featuring: Arun Mukhopadhyay, Raisul Islam.

• Souda (1997) Featuring: Vasanta Chowdhury, Joy Banerjee, Chaiti Ghosal.

Awards and Participation

FEATURE FILM

RANUR PRATHAM BHAG(First Book of Ranu)

President's Award Winner (Best Child Actress)-1972.

AAJ KAAL PARSHUR GALPA(Story of today, tomorrow and day after)

• Indian Panorama - 1982.
• Commonwealth Film Festival (Brisbane)-1982 (certificate of merit)
• Moscow Film Festival-1982
• BFJA Award (Bengal Film Journalists' Association)-(Best Film & Best Direction)-1983.
• Ritwik Ghatak Award-1983 (Best Direction)
• Pramathesh Barua Paritosik Award-1983 (Best Film & Best Direction)
• Dishari Award (West Bengal Journalists' Association)-1982 (Best Film & Best Direction) *Kamal Majumdar Smriti Puroskar (Art Forum) Award-1984 (Best Film & Best Direction)
• Uttam Kumar Paritoshik Award- 1982 (Best Direction)

CHOPPER

• Indian Panorama-1986
• Tashkent Film Festival-1986
• Karlovy Vary Film Festival-1986
• Cairo Film Festival-1986
• Montreal Film Festival-1986

*BFJA Award (Bengal Film Journalists' Association) (Best Director & Best Film)-1987

• CCI Award (Critics Circle of India, Best Film & Best Direction)-1987 Art Forum-(Best Direction)-1987

SARISREEP (Reptile)

• Indian Panorama-1988
• Montreal Film Festival-1988
• Moscow Film Festival-1988
• Chicago Film Festival-1988

PARASHURAMER KUTHAR (The Avenger)

• Indian Panorama-1990
• National Award Second Best Feature Film (Silver Lotus)-1990
• National Award Best Actress- 1990
• 14th Cairo International Film Festi- val-1990
• Ritwik Kumar Ghatak Award (Best Director)-1990

ATMAJA (Born Within)

• Indian Panorama-1991
• National Award - Best Bengali Feature Film-1991
• Fukuoka Film Festival Japan-1991
• ABC Network-1991
• Nataraj Puroskar (Best Director)- 1993

SHILPI (The Dreamer)

• Indian Panorama-1994
• World Premier 44th International Film Festival - Berlin-1994
• Best Award for the artistic contribution, excellence in cinema in the 14th Amiens International Film Festival France-1994
• Best film in the World Television Competition Japan-1994
• Sydney Film Festival-1994
• Karlovy Vary Film Festival-1994
• Toronto Film Festival-1994
• Vancouver Film Festival-1994
• Fribourg Film Festival-1995
• Dhaka International Film Festival (Bangladesh)-2002
• Pramathesh Barua Paritosik Award (Best Director & Best Film)-1995
• Dishari (West Bengal Journalists' Association, Best Direction & Best Scenario writer-1995 Art Forum (Best Director)-2002

MANSUR MIAN-R GHORA(Last Ride)

• Indian Panorama-1999
• Bite the Mango Film Festival (U.K.)- 2000
• Dhaka International Film Festival (Bangladesh)-2001
• Festival of Contemporary Indian Cinema Scychelles-2001
• BFJA Award (Best Film)-2001
• BFJA Award (Best Actor)-2001
• Dishari (West Bengal Journalists' Association-Best Director)-2001

SOUDA(A Deal)

• Indian Panorama-1997
• Pyong Yong International Film Festival (Best Film)-1998
• Sochi International Film Festival- 1998
• Alexandria International Film Festival-1998

DOCUMENTARIES

GLIMPSES OF BENGAL TERRACOTTA

• Nationally and Internationally acclaimed

BLEEDING IN THE SUN

• Indian Panorama-1997
• BFJA Award (Best Director & Best Documentary Film)-1997