'''Dinen Gupta''', (b. 1932)


Bengali director and cameraman born in
Calcutta into a family in the film business.
Member of the 50s generation of Calcutta
cineastes (Ghatak, Sen et al.) influenced by
the IPTA, the Calcutta Film Society (Est: 1941)
and Italian neo-realism (screened in India at
the International Film Festival in 1952). Early
work as assistant to cameraman Ramananda
Sengupta: shot some of Ghatak’s early films
(e.g. Ajantrik, 1957; Bari Theke Paliye, 1959),
Tarafdar’s Ganga (1960) and Harisadhan
Dasgupta’s work. Directorial début with
Natun Pata locates him, somewhat belatedly,
in the post-Pather Panchali (1955) tradition
of rustic lyricism. Pratham Pratisruti was based
on Ashapurna Devi’s famous novel. Ajker
Nayak belonged to the ‘ lumpen rebel’ genre
that emerged in 70s Bengali cinema after the
Naxalite uprising, but it stuck closer to e.g.
Sinha’s version of events rather than the
better-known M. Sen iconography. Later made
some comic melodramas (e.g. Basanta Bilap,
Raag Anuraag, etc.). Shoots his own films as
well as those of other film-makers.

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FILMOGRAPHY''': 1969: Banajyotsna; Natun
Pata; 1971: Pratham Pratisruti; 1972: Ajker
Nayak; Basanta Bilap; Marjina Abdallah;
1973: Pranta Rekha; 1974: Debi Choudhrani;
Sangini; 1975: Raag Anuraag; Nishi Mrigaya;
1977: Rajani; Sanai; Proxy; 1978: Tilottama;
1979: Srikanter Will; 1980: Priyatama; 1981:
Kalankini; 1982: Sathe Satyam; Jwain Pua;
1983: Indira; Sagar Balaka; 1984: Rashifal;
1985: Abasheshe; 1987: Mahamilan; Sargam;
1988: Antaranga; 1990: Bakulbasar (TV);
Tero Sandhyar Galpo (TV); 1991: Kato
Bhalobasha; 1994: Nati Binodini.

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