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Asim Chaudhuri
Asim Chaudhuri
Based in Kolkata, Asim Chaudhuri used to work in the Public Service Commission. Despite his busy professional schedule, the passion for cinema never left him. Doing a regular ten-to-five job did not leave him much time to assist any film-maker. Evenings were often spent in the company of like-minded friends at Nandan. That's where he met Sivananda Mukherjee and Debashis Chakraborty.Asim, along with Sivananda and Debashis, made Pakhira in 1990. The film was on Badal Sircar's third theatre movement. The film was in competition at the second edition of the Mumbai International Film Festival.In 1992, Sivananda and Asim began working on a film ...
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Filmography
- Pakhira (1990)
- Sudur Samuddur (2013)
- Ek Maut Kuchh Sawal (2016)
Did You Know?
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) had classified Pakhira not as a documentary but as 'other'. When the makers had asked why it didn't get the documentary tag, the reply given by CBFC was that the film had no interviews, paper cuttings and clippings. Without these, the work could not be classified as a documentary.
Research by: Geety Sahgal
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