Subhash Dutta

Subhash Dutta
Subhash Dutta
সুভাষ দত্ত
	Dutta, during a TV interview in 2012
Born	9 February 1930; Dinajpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	16 November 2012 (aged 82); Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Occupation(s)	Filmmaker, actor, designer
Spouse	Shima Dutta (–2001; widower)
Awards	National Film Awards (1977); Ekushey Padak (1999)

Subhash Dutta (9 February 1930 – 16 November 2012) was a Bangladeshi filmmaker, theater and film actor. He started his career as a commercial artist.^[4] Dutta was heavily influenced by Satyajit Ray and his deep affection towards Satyajit earned him the nickname "Duttajit".

Career

At the beginning of his career, Dutta worked as a film poster artist. He drew posters for Mukh O Mukhosh (1956), the first Bengali-language movie to be made in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). He directed his first movie, Sutorang, in 1964.^[4] The movie won the second prize at the Frankfurt Festival in 1965.^[4] In 1972, he acted with the theatrical group, Aranyak Nattyadal.^[4]

Awards

Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director (1976)
Ekushey Padak (1999)^[5]
Nigar Award (1962)^[6]

His directed movies were awarded at the Phnom Penh Film Festival (1968) and the Moscow Film Festival (1967, 1973, 1979). He also got an award for his acting from the Pakistan Film Festival (1965).^[4]

Personal life and death

Dutta had two sons, Shivaji and Ranaji, and two daughters, Shilpi and Shotabdi.^[4]

Dutta died from heart disease on 16 November 2012 at his home in Ram Krishna Mission Road, Dhaka.^[2]^[5]

Filmography

Director

Sutorang (1964)^[7]
Aina Obo Shishta (1966)^[8]
Kagazer Nouka (1966)^[8]
Abirbhab (1968)^[9]
Alingan (1969)^[10]
Pala Bodal (1969)^[10]
Binimoy (1970)^[11]
Akankha (1976)
Arunodoyer Agnishakkhi (1972)^[11]
Bashundhara (1977)^[11]
Dumurer Phul (1978)^[11]
Sabujsathi (1982)
Nazma (1983)
Sakal Sandha (1984)^[11]
Phulshajya^[11]
Abdaar
Swami-Stri (1987)
O Aamar Chhele (2008)^[11]

Actor

Ei Desh Tomar Amar (1959)^[2]
Harano Din (1961)^[12]
Rajdhanir Buke (1961)^[12]
Chanda (1962)^[12]
Notun Sur (1962)^[13]
Surja Snan (1962)^[12]^[14]^[15]
Talash (1963)^[13]
Milan (1964)^[16]
Paisay (1964)^[16]
Sutorang (1964)^[7]
Aakhri Station (1965)^[17]
Kaise Kahun (1965)^[17]
Kajal (1965)^[7]
Nadi-o-Nari (1965)^[17]
Rupban (1965)^[17]
Saagar (1965)^[7]
Aina Obo Shishta (1966)^[8]
Phir Milinge Hum Dono (1966)^[18]
Abirbhab (1968)^[9]
Alingan (1969)^[10]
Pala Bodal (1969)^[10]
Chalo Maan Gayai (1970)^[19]
Kolkata 71
Noya Micchil
Ayna (2004)^[4]
O Amar Chhele (2006)

References

Footnotes

^ "Subash Dutta is no longer alive". Prothom Alo. 2012-11-16. Archived from the original on 2012-11-18. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Subhash passes away". The Daily Star. 2012-11-16. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
^ "Subhash Dutta cremated". bdnews24.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Chole gelen Subhash Dutt". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
^ ^a ^b "Filmmaker Subhash Dutta no more". bdnews24.com. 2012-11-16. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
^ "Nigar Award 1962: 19 September, 1963 Hotel Metropol Karachi". Retrieved 14 April 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gazdar 1997, p. 254
^ ^a ^b ^c Gazdar 1997, p. 257
^ ^a ^b Gazdar 1997, p. 262
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gazdar 1997, p. 265
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Hasan, Khalid (22 February 2018). "Subhash Dutta: The Visual Storyteller". The Daily Observer. Dhaka.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gazdar 1997, p. 250
^ ^a ^b Gazdar 1997, p. 251
^ Raju 2002, p. 11: "Slahuddin's Sunbath (Surjosnan, 1962)"
^ Shikdar 2004, p. 110: "১৯৬২ সূর্য স্নান - সালাউদ্দিন [1962 ... Surja Snan - Salahuddin]"
^ ^a ^b Gazdar 1997, p. 253
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gazdar 1997, p. 255
^ Gazdar 1997, p. 256
^ Gazdar 1997, p. 267

Bibliography

Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
Raju, Zakir Hossain (2002). "Bangladesh: A Defiant Survivor". In Vasudev, Aruna; Padgaonkar, Latika; Doraiswamy, Rashmi (eds.). Being & Becoming: The Cinemas of Asia. MacMillan. ISBN 0333-93820-8.
Shikdar, Abdul Hai (2004). বাংলাদেশের চলচ্চিত্র, ইতিহাসের এক অধ্যায় [Cinema of Bangladesh, a section of history]. Dhaka: Himi Books & Books. ISBN 984-8336-42-7.