1. Agnidev Chatterjee
Agnidev Chatterjee is an Indian Director and filmmaker. His works are mainly in the Bengali film industry. He was born in the year 1965 in the metropolitan city of India – Kolkata. From an early age, he aspired to be in films and started preparing for it. He has been associated with Bengali Television for about 20 years and has yielded about five thousand hours worth of programming and serials. He has directed almost all types of television genres that could possibly exist. He has been involved in the direction of sitcoms, news, current affair series, television drama series, television movies and much more. He was the Executive Producer of the English feature film called ‘15 Park Avenue’.
The National Award win...
2. Himanshu Dhanuka
Himanshu Dhanuka is an Indian movie producer and distributor who chiefly works in the Bengali film industry. Himanshu Dhanuka was born on July 18, 1985, and grew up in North India. He was the elder son of Ashok Dhanuka, who was also a producer and distributor. Himanshu married Shristy Tibrewall in October 2013. Himanshu graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra. Himanshu started his career at the age of 23 as a producer. His famous movies are “Dujone (2009),” “Bhalobasha (2008),” and “Khiladi (2013).” Bhalobasha was the first Bengali movie to be shot outside Asia and Southeast Asia. The movie wa...
3. Suman Mukhopadhyay
Suman Mukhopadhyay is a famous theater director and a well-known director of Indian Bengali films. Suman Mukhopadhyay was born on 20 November, 1966, in Howrah, West Bengal. His father, Arun Mukhopadhyay, is an actor who received the National Film Award for Best Actor for his film, Parashuramer Kuthar. His brother, Sujan Mukhopadhyay, is an actor who has been part of several Bengali serials and movies. His wife is a movie producer, Malika Jalan.
Suman Mukhopadhyay is a Bengali theater veteran who was a member of the theater group called Chetna. Raha Lear, Sunyo Sudhu Sunyo Noy, Bisarjan, Teesta Paarer Brittanto, and Samay Asamayer are known to be his famous plays.&nbs...
4. Mujibar Rahaman
Mujibar Rahaman is an Indian director, producer, and documentary filmmaker who works mainly in the Bengali film industry. He was born on May 25, 1973, in Murshidabad, West Bengal. Mujibar went to Kolkata after completing his school. Mujibar graduated from Calcutta University in 1995. After that, he did a Film Appreciation Course at the West Bengal Film Centre, Nandan. Mujibar has directed full-length and short-length documentaries. Some of his full-length documentaries are “Rokya - Aloker Dooti,” produced by Kolkata Municipal Corporation, “Munshi Premchand, Kalam Ke Sipahi,” produced by Munshi Premchand Birth Centenary Committee, “Rabindranath Thakur – Jeevan O Samay (Bengali Version),” and &ldqu...
5. Pijush Saha
Pijush Saha is a writer, director, and producer who has predominately worked in the Tollywood industry since 2001.
Pijush Saha was born to Primal Chandra Saha on 5th February 1970. He pursued his higher studies at the University of Calcutta. He first debuted in the film industry by directing his first feature film, Satrur Mukabela (2002). A few of his notable works include- Kellafate (2010), Bazzimaat (2008), Hari Ghosher Gowal (2019), and many more. He has a film production company in Kolkata known as Pijush Saha Films Pvt Ltd, incorporated on 16th August 2019.
Pijush Saha has been honored with several awards for his outstanding performance in the film industry. In, 2005 his film Gerakal claimed him a Hero Honda 68...
6. Hiralal Sen
Hiralal Sen is considered India’s first filmmaker. He was born on August 2, 1868, in Bagjuri, a village in Manikganj, Bengal Presidency, British India, in a Baidya Zamindar family to parents Chandramohan Sen(father), a successful lawyer and Bidhumukhi Sen(mother). He had one sibling, a brother named Motilal Sen.
Hiralal grew up in Calcutta. He developed a great interest and love for photography in his college days. In 1898, Professor Stevenson’s short film, along with the stage show named The Flower of Persia, was screened at the Star Theatre. While watching it, Hiralal got an idea and borrowed a camera from its director. He then recorded the whole film and mad...
7. Anup Sengupta
Anup Sengupta is a Bengali director who has worked in the Bollywood Film Industry. He is also known to have written and produced several films. He is married to the actress Priya Sengupta. His son, Bonny Sengupta, is also an actor. Anup Sengupta is best known for movies which include Sinthir Sindoor, Ghar Jamai, Badla, etc.
He had a keen interest in directing and making short movies from a very early age of his life. He started his career with his debut as a director in the movie, Asha in 1989. The films Sengupta has directed include Bangla Banchao, Pratidwandi, Mama Bhagne, Gharjamai, and several others. He is also known to have worked in the movie, Jaanbaaz. His work is ...
8. Nispal Singh
Nispal Singh is a talented producer from the Bengali film and television industry. He produced the film under the Indian media and entertainment company Surinder Films. The Surinder Films production company was established by his father, Surinder Singh, in 1970. The production house has three divisions production, exhibition, and distribution. Nispal has worked on the distribution of more than 200 films. SF production is one of the largest production houses in East India. He is married to Koel Mallick, a Tamil actress, in 2013.
Nispal debuted as a producer from the film Tiger (2007). His notable films as a producer are Paglu 2 (2012), Jaaneman (2012), Raangbaaz...
9. Ashok Dhanuka
10. Inder Sen
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