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Chidananda Dasgupta (1921-2011)

Chidananda Dasgupta
(1921-2011)

Chidananda was a noted film critic, author and historian. Along with Satyajit Ray and Hari Sadhan Dasgupta, he founded the Calcutta Film Society in 1947. A college lecturer who switched to advertising, Chidananda directed seven films. Apart from feature films like Amodini and Bilet Pherot, the rest were all documentaries including Portrait of a City (1961), The Dance of Shiva (1968) and Mrinal Sen Revisited (2001). Produced by the Calcutta Film Society and distributed by the Films Division of India, Portrait of a City comes across as a day in the life of Kolkata. It is ...

Filmography
    • Portrait of a City (1961) 
    • The Dance of Shiva (1968)
    • The Stuff Of Steel (1969) 
    • Theatre-er Baire Theatre (1971)
    • Birju Maharaj (1972) 
    • Zaroorat Ki Purti (1979) 
    • Mrinal Sen Revisited (2001)
Did You Know?

The National Film Archives of India (NFAI) has digitised Portrait of a City, Birju Maharaj and Zaroorat Ki Purti.