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1. Ghoshal Sarbari

Sarbari Ghoshal is a Bengali writer. In 2010, she worked on Subarnalata, directed by Amitabh Bhattacharjee, and Amitabh Bhattacharya, written by Promita Bhattacharya, Ashapurna Devi, Sarbari Ghoshal, and Bishwajit Guha Roy, and starring Ananya Chatterjee, Biswanath Basu, Savitri Chatterjee, and Anirban Guha. In 2015, she worked on Choturango, directed by Anindya Sarkar, written by Sarbari Ghoshal, and starring Kamalika Banerjee, Debolina Dutta, and Aparajita Ghosh. She also worked on Goyenda Ginni in the same year, directed by Anupam, and Rajat Paul, written by Sarbari Ghoshal, Suparna Ghoshal, and Sahana, and starring Indrani Haldar, Ratna Ghoshal, and Shaheb Chattopadhyay. In 2018, she worked on Ranu Pelo Lottery, directed by Swarnendu...

Gender: Female

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer

Ghoshal Sarbari Biography

Gender: Female

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer

2. Rinki Bhattacharya

Rinki Bhattacharya was born in 1942 in Kolkata, West Bengal. Rinki is a writer, documentary filmmaker and columnist. Rinki is the daughter of the veteran director Bimal Roy. In 1966, she started her career as a freelance journalist. Her articles were published in many periodicals, including The Indian Express, The Hindu, The Telegraph and The Economic Times. Rinki was much interested in making documentaries and she started her filmmaker career with Char Divari. This documentary deals with the domestic abuse of women, especially wife-beating. After this film, she shot another film that deals with the violence against women. She has written a lot about women and movies - especially about her father’s films. In 2014, Rinki released a ...

Date of Birth: 1942

Gender: Female

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer

Rinki Bhattacharya Biography

Date of Birth: 1942

Gender: Female

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer

3. Anurupa Debi

Anurupa Debi was a Bengali writer and poet known prominently as one of the pioneers of women’s writing in Bengali literature. She was born on 9th September 1982. She primarily wrote against the societal institutions of her times and was ruthless in her critique. She wrote about the taboo subjects of dowry, widowhood, and forced marriages. She wrote over thirty-five books in her long-spanning career. In 1906 she published her first work Tilakuthi in the Nabanoor magazine under the pseudonym Rani Devi. The story was featured in the Kuntaleen Purashkar Granthamala and won the coveted Kuntaleen Award and. Debi gained popularity after her stories were published in popular Bengali magazines such as Bharati. Her other works includ...

Date of Birth: 09-09-1982

Age: 41

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Female

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer

Anurupa Debi Biography

Date of Birth: 09-09-1982

Age: 41

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Female

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer

4. Manali Karia

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Gender: Female

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer, Creative Producer

Manali Karia Biography

Gender: Female

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer, Creative Producer

5. Anandarupa Das

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Gender: Female

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer

Anandarupa Das Biography

Gender: Female

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer

6. Kallol Lahiri

Kallol Lahiri is a West Bengal, India-based Screenwriter. He is mainly self-employed and has also worked as a Creative Writer with Organizations like Star Jalsha, Jalsha Movie, Svf, Zee Bangla, and Radio Mirchi. Kallol completed his education at Calcutta University, where did got his B. A. Degree in Bengali Hons. He later went to the Jadavpur University to do his Master in Arts and Film Studies. After completing his M. A. in film studies, he got involved with Akash Bangla and Educational Media Research Center as a Programme Producer, explored different opportunities, and formed his own company in 2007. His company - Kallol Lahiri Production, undertakes projects such as Wildlife Films, Corporate Presentations, Ngo Productions, Short Ficti...

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer, Screenplay Writer

Kallol Lahiri Biography

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer, Screenplay Writer

7. Samaresh Basu

Bengali Literature will be incomplete without talking about this legend, Samaresh Basu. A writer whose works scream excellence got the Sahitya Akademy Award for Shamba in 1980 and the 1983 Filmfare Awards for best story for the movie Namkeen. He has brought an enormous amount of popularity to the genre of Bengali literature. While introspecting about his childhood days, he remembered how the folklores sung by the household women had an immense effect on him while learning the importance of folk culture in Bengal. He performed several jobs before writing the stellar piece of art, Uttaranga. Later on, he wrote novels such as Nayanpurer Mati and gained much well-deserved popularity. He is the creator of favorite child dete...

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer

Samaresh Basu Biography

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer

8. Ashrunu Maitra

Ashrunu Maitra is an Indian Writer best known for his work in the Indian television industry. He is also an Editor. He was born in Kolkata, India. He predominantly worked in the Bengali cinema industry. Ashrunu Maitra is a renowned writer known for his exceptional literary works. From a young age, he displayed a passion for storytelling and a deep appreciation for the written word. He studied at Bhairab Ganguly College, Belghoria, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. In 2011, Ashrunu Maitra got hitched to Manjima Bhattacharyya Maitra in Kolkata. Maitra’s writing journey began during his school years when he immersed himself in books and literature. During this time, he discovered his love of writing and pursued it as a career. He m...

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Editor, Writer

Ashrunu Maitra Biography

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Editor, Writer

9. NK Salil

NK Salil is a Bengali screenplay and story writer whose complete name is Salil Kumar Naskar. He was born in 1971 in Howrah, Bengal. He has worked on more than 40 films in which he has acted, given dialogues, or fulfilled the responsibilities of a story writer. Besides writing plays and movies, he has also performed supporting and leading roles in a few films. He has been in the Bengali Film Industry since 1998. The most recent film project he worked on is Miss Call (a film released in 2021), for which he has writing credits. He wrote dialogues and did screenplay writing for the film Arundhati, released in 2014....

Date of Birth: 1971

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer

NK Salil Biography

Date of Birth: 1971

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer

10. Sourav Sengupta

Sourav Sengupta is a famous Bengali writer. He is known for ’Har Har Byomkesh’ (2015), ‘Mishawr Rawhoshyo’ (2013), and ‘Badshahi Angti (2014).’ Sengupta worked as a writer in ‘Har Har Byomkesh,’ directed by ‘Arindam Sil.’ The film was released in 2015. ‘Shrikant Mohta,’ ‘Mahendra Soni,’ and ‘Nispal Singh Rane’ produced the movie under the Shree Venkatesh Films and Surinder Films banners respectively. The film is based on Byomkesh Bakshi, a fictional investigator created by Bengali novelist Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. ‘Abir Chatterjee’ played the lead detective with ‘Ritwick Chakraborty’ playing his subordin...

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer

Sourav Sengupta Biography

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer

11. Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay was a novelist, lyricist, and writer of Indian origin. He was born in Ghatshila in Muratipur, Bengal (British India) on September 12, 1984. His family originally hailed from Panitar village in the North 24 Parganas district of present-day West Bengal. His great-grandfather, an Ayurvedic physician, settled in Barrackpore village near Gopalnagar, Banagram, North 24 Parganas. However, Bibhutibhushan was born at his maternal uncle's residence in Muratipur village near Kalyani in Nadia. Mahananda Bandyopadhyay, his father was a Sanskrit scholar and a professional storyteller, and Bandyopadhyay was the oldest of his parents' five children. The family resided in Barrackpore during his childhood. He attended ...

Date of Birth: 12-09-1984

Age: 39

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer

Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Biography

Date of Birth: 12-09-1984

Age: 39

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer

12. Jyotirmoy Datta

Jyotirmoy Datta is a writer, poet, essayist, and journalist. He was born in 1936 in Bangladesh. He is married to Meenakshi Dutta, the daughter of a famous Bengali poet Buddhadev Bose. His mother was also a renowned writer and singer named Protibha Bose. Jyotirmoy’s childhood was not memorable, as he became a victim of the historic partition. Dutta traveled to various Universities abroad. He paid visits to The University of Chicago as a guest lecture and went to The University of Lowa. Dutta currently lives in New York City. There he works as an Editor for the South Asian Journal. He achieved all this glory much later in his life, but his first step towards success was when he started working at The Statesman, Calc...

Date of Birth: 1936

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer, Journalist

Jyotirmoy Datta Biography

Date of Birth: 1936

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer, Journalist

13. Adwaita Mallabarman

Adwaita Mallabarman was an editor and writer of Indian origin. He was born in the town of Brahmanbaria in Bengal (currently Bangladesh) in British India in the year 1914. He contributed immensely to Bengali literature. He went to Annada High School and Comilla Victoria College. He was the first child in his community to complete school and go to college. During his teenage years, he had a writing talent and focused mostly on poetry. His work was highly praised, to the point that other aspiring writers would seek his feedback before submitting their work to publishers. After moving to Calcutta, he worked as an assistant editor for the literary and news magazine Navashakti, and later as an editorial assistant for the literary monthly Moham...

Date of Birth: 01-01-1914

Date of Death: 16-04-1951

Age: 110

Star Sign: Capricorn

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer

Adwaita Mallabarman Biography

Date of Birth: 01-01-1914

Date of Death: 16-04-1951

Age: 110

Star Sign: Capricorn

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer

14. Dibyendu Palit

Dibyendu Palit was an Indian writer of Bengali poetry, short stories, and novels. In 1955, his first story, Chandapatan, was published. Dibyendu Palit, born in Bhagalpur in Bihar, British India, was the second oldest son of the Palit Family. Unfortunately, he lost his father at a very young age, and he took on the responsibility of caring for his family. His difficult days were a source of inspiration for many of his writings. He later did a Masters in Comparative Literature at the University of Jadavpur. His son, Amitendu Palit, is a senior IES official and economist. Palit lived in Gariahat in Kolkata. In 2005, Shyamanand Jalan directed the film Eashwar Mime Co., based on the story of Dibyendu Palit, Mukhabhinoy, by renowned pl...

Date of Birth: 05-03-1939

Age: 85

Star Sign: Pisces

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer

Dibyendu Palit Biography

Date of Birth: 05-03-1939

Age: 85

Star Sign: Pisces

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer

15. Arnab Bhaumik

Arnab Bhaumik is a well-known Screenplay Writer and dialogue writer from the Bengali Film Industry. His birth date is 5 August 1987. His birthplace is Kolkata, West Bengal, India. His notable film as a Writer is Parineeta released in 2019 and directed by Raj Chakraborty, Blind Date released in 2020 and directed by Saptaswa Basu, Shree & I released in 2020 and directed by Saptaswu Basu, Recorder released in 2020, Putul released in 2021 and directed by Saptaswu Basu, Pratidwandi released in 2021 and directed by Saptaswa Basu, Magic released in 2021 and directed by Raja Chanda, Putul released in 2022 and directed by Saptaswa Basu, Baazi released in 2021 and directed by Anshuman Pratyush, Katakuti released in 2022, Raavan released in 202...

Date of Birth: 05-08-1987

Age: 36

Star Sign: Leo

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali

Skills: Writer

Arnab Bhaumik Biography

Date of Birth: 05-08-1987

Age: 36

Star Sign: Leo

Gender: Male

Language: Bengali