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Dinen Gupta
v1 v2 5 5 Calcutta into a family in the film business. 6 6 Member of the 50s generation of Calcutta 7 cineastes ( Ghatak, Senet al.) influenced by8 the IPTA, the Calcutta Film Society (Est: 1941)7 cineastes ([[Ghatak]], [[Sen]] et al.) influenced by 8 the [[IPTA]], the Calcutta Film Society (Est: 1941) 9 9 and Italian neo-realism (screened in India at 10 10 the International Film Festival in 1952). Early 11 11 work as assistant to cameraman Ramananda 12 12 Sengupta: shot some of Ghatak’s early films 13 (e.g. Ajantrik, 1957; Bari Theke Paliye, 1959),14 Tarafdar’s Ganga (1960) and Harisadhan 15 Dasgupta’s work. Directorial début with16 Natun Patalocates him, somewhat belatedly,17 in the post- Pather Panchali(1955) tradition13 (e.g. [[Ajantrik]], 1957; Bari Theke Paliye, 1959), 14 [[Tarafdar]]’s [[Ganga]] (1960) and [[Harisadhan]] 15 [[Dasgupta]]’s work. Directorial début with 16 [[Natun Pata]] locates him, somewhat belatedly, 17 in the post-[[Pather Panchali]] (1955) tradition 18 18 of rustic lyricism. Pratham Pratisruti was based 19 19 on Ashapurna Devi’s famous novel. Ajker 20 20 Nayak belonged to the ‘ lumpen rebel’ genre 21 21 that emerged in 70s Bengali cinema after the 22 Naxaliteuprising, but it stuck closer to e.g.23 Sinha’s version of events rather than the22 [[Naxalite]] uprising, but it stuck closer to e.g. 23 [[Sinha]]’s version of events rather than the 24 24 better-known M. Sen iconography. Later made 25 25 some comic melodramas (e.g. Basanta Bilap,