Nabyendu Chattopadhyay
Directing
Biography
Nabyendu Chatterjee (1937 – 14 January 2009) was an Indian Bengali and Hindi film director and producer. In 1991 he received the 38th National Award for the Best Feature Film in Bengali. Chatterjee started his career as an actor in 1962 but soon turned into direction. He worked with Bengali director Aravind Mukherjee as an assistant. He made his directorial debut with an experimental Hindi film Naya Rasta in 1967. In his career, he was known as an independent, offbeat filmmaker with unparalleled art films. His choice of literary stories to be translated into film scripts by himself. In 1981 Chatterjee made Sarisreep - The Reptile based on Manik Bandopadhyay's story. His last finished work Mansur Miyar Ghora attracted positive criticism soon after release. Chatterjee could not complete his last film, Sanskar, a project he pursued for years. He died at the age of 71 after a massive heart attack in his North Kolkata residence in 2009.
Known For
Rawmapawdo is a poor farmer in Bengal who reunites with his ravaged wife and starts afresh with the help of Shankar, a social reformer.
Aaj Kal Parsur Galpa
Ranur Prothom Bhag is a heartwarming Bengali comedy about the endearing relationship between a young, mischievous girl named Ranu and her doting uncle, Mejo Kaka. As Ranu tries to embrace adulthood prematurely, her uncle's patience is tested while his love for her grows stronger. A delightful blend of humor and pathos, this film is a classic tale of family and childhood.
Ranur Prothom Bhag
A top man in the society, placed high in the educational world, loved and respected by all, worshipped by many for his great qualities, suddenly died far away from his personal surrounding. He died in the arms of a prostitute incognito. The shocking revelation, the unbelievable disgrace of the situation and the total absurdity of the fact created a quake of such magnitude in his close circle that the long nourished relations started to crack, crush and rumble down. Old father, wife, son, friends and colleagues faced a meaningless catastrophe with utter disbelief and with astounded inertia started to evaluate the long relation with hatred and pain.
Sanskar
Rajat has inherited his brother's mantle as keeper of the family after his brother is killed in a union demonstration. Unlike his deceased sibling, Rajat is a dreamer whose ideals run counter to financial success, or even having a normal love relationship.
Chopper
The Letter.
Chithi - The Letter
A Bengali Movie by nabyendu Chattejree
Atmaja
An award winning film by Nabyendu Chatterjee
Sarisreep - The Reptile
In 1967, Nabyendu Chatterjee made his first feature film in Hindi.
Naya Raasta - The New Road
A man, who works at the house of Roy Bahadur, falls in love with his daughter. However, Roy Bahadur wants his daughter to marry his friend's son.
Shilpi
A film made for television.
Dusri Kahani
Drama about an upper middle class man who meets a beautiful girl while he is performing. In Bengali with English subtitles.
Adwitiya
The film is about Lakkhi (Sreelekha Mukherji), a Bengali village woman who was expecting her first baby when her husband fell from a roof and remained crippled. She lost her baby from the shock, and as a meagre compensation, is offered work as a wet-nurse in middle-class families where presumably women have other things to do than feed their children.
Parshuramer Kuthar
A poor Muslim man's horse.