Subhash Dutta
সুভাষ দত্ত
Dutta, during a TV interview in 2012
Born(1930-02-09)9 February 1930[1]
Dinajpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died16 November 2012(2012-11-16) (aged 82)[2]
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, actor, designer
SpouseShima Dutta (–2001; widower)[3]
AwardsNational Film Awards (1977)
Ekushey Padak (1999)

Subhash Dutta (9 February 1930 – 16 November 2012) was a Bangladeshi filmmaker, theater and film actor. He started his career as a commercial artist.[4]

Career

Dutta and Kabori in the film Sutorang

At the beginning of his career, Dutta worked as a film poster artist. He drew posters for Mukh O Mukhosh (1956), the first Bengali-language movie to be made in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). He directed his first movie, Sutorang, in 1964.[4] The movie won the second prize at the Frankfurt Festival in 1965.[4] In 1972, he acted with the theatrical group, Aranyak Nattyadal.[4]

Awards

Dutta in 2012

His movie Abirbhab won a prestigious[clarification needed] award in Frankfurt Film Festival.[2] His directed movies were awarded in Phnom Penh Film Festival (1968), Moscow Film Festival (1967, 1973, 1979). He also got award for his acting by Pakistan Film Festival (1965).[4]

Personal life and death

Dutta had two sons, Shivaji and Ranaji, and two daughters, Shilpi and Shotabdi.[4]

Dutta died from heart disease on 16 November 2012 at his home in Ram Krishna Mission Road, Dhaka.[2][5]

Filmography

Director
Actor

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Subash Dutta is no longer alive". Prothom Alo. 2012-11-16. Archived from the original on 2012-11-18. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
  2. ^ a b c d "Subhash passes away". The Daily Star. 2012-11-16. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
  3. ^ "Subhash Dutta cremated". bdnews24.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Chole gelen Subhash Dutt". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  5. ^ a b "Filmmaker Subhash Dutta no more". bdnews24.com. 2012-11-16. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
  6. ^ "Nigar Award 1962: 19 September, 1963 Hotel Metropol Karachi". Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  7. ^ a b c d Gazdar 1997, p. 254
  8. ^ a b c Gazdar 1997, p. 257
  9. ^ a b Gazdar 1997, p. 262
  10. ^ a b c d Gazdar 1997, p. 265
  11. ^ a b c d e f g Hasan, Khalid (22 February 2018). "Subhash Dutta: The Visual Storyteller". The Daily Observer. Dhaka.
  12. ^ a b c d Gazdar 1997, p. 250
  13. ^ a b Gazdar 1997, p. 251
  14. ^ Raju 2002, p. 11: "Slahuddin's Sunbath (Surjosnan, 1962)"
  15. ^ Shikdar 2004, p. 110: "১৯৬২ সূর্য স্নান - সালাউদ্দিন [1962 ... Surja Snan - Salahuddin]"
  16. ^ a b Gazdar 1997, p. 253
  17. ^ a b c d Gazdar 1997, p. 255
  18. ^ Gazdar 1997, p. 256
  19. ^ Gazdar 1997, p. 267

Bibliography

  • Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
  • Raju, Zakir Hossain (2002). "Bangladesh: A Defiant Survivor". In Vasudev, Aruna; Padgaonkar, Latika; Doraiswamy, Rashmi (eds.). Being & Becoming: The Cinemas of Asia. MacMillan. ISBN 0333-93820-8.
  • Shikdar, Abdul Hai (2004). বাংলাদেশের চলচ্চিত্র, ইতিহাসের এক অধ্যায় [Cinema of Bangladesh, a section of history]. Dhaka: Himi Books & Books. ISBN 984-8336-42-7.

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Films directed by Subhash Dutta
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