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Indian filmmaker (1948–2024) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Utpalendu Chakrabarty (1948 – 20 August 2024) was an Indian filmmaker based in Kolkata.
Utpalendu Chakrabarty | |
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Born | 1948 |
Died | (aged 76) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Filmmaker |
Notable work | Chokh Maina Tadanta |
Spouses | Indrani Chakraborty (div.)[1] Satarupa Sanyal (sep.) |
Children | 3, including Ritabhari Chakraborty Chitrangada Satarupa |
Chakrabarty was born in Pabna District in 1948.[2] Utpalendu graduated from Scottish Church College, of the University of Calcutta.[3]
Chakrabarty was involved in left-wing politics in his student life and spent time in Purulia among the tribal.[4] Although he started out as a teacher, his passion was cinema. He made several documentaries and films. He was once married to Indrani Chakraborty and later divorced.[5] He remarried to director and activist Satarupa Sanyal but divorced in 2000. His daughters Chitrangada Satarupa and Ritabhari Chakraborty[6][7] revealed that they had no connection to Utpalendu, their biological father.[8][9]
Chakrabarty died in Kolkata on 20 August 2024, at the age of 76.[10]
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