Partha Pratim Chowdhury

Partha Pratim Chowdhury (1938-1996) was a Bengali Indian theater and film director and playwright.

He studied at the Scottish Church College of the University of Calcutta. Along with other future luminaries of the Bengali theatre, Badal Sircar, Rudraprasad Sengupta, and Manoj Mitra, among others, he was initiated into the theatre world during his college years.

Along with Manoj Mitra and others, he had started a theatre group Sundaram in 1957. Later he moved on to filmmaking.

As director

• Chhaya Surya (1963)
• Subha O Debatar Gras (1965)
• Dolna (1965)
• Hangsa-Mithun (1968)
• Jadu Bangsha (1974)
• Subho Kemon Achho (Canvas)1978
• Rajbabhu (1982)
• Pujarini (1984)

As writer

• Chhaya Surya (1963)
• Hangsa-Mithun (1968)
• Parineeta (1969)
• Jadu Bangsha (1974)
• Troyee (1982)
• Rajbabhu (1982)
• Pujarini (1984)

As cinematographer

• Rajbabhu (1982)
• Pujarini (1984)

As music director

• Indranath Srikanta O Annadadidi (1959)
• Rajbabhu (1982)
• Pujarini (1984)

As actor

• Indranath Srikanta O Annadadidi (1959)
• Rajbabhu (1982)

As producer

• Jadu Bangsha (1974).

He had also worked as an assistant director in the popular Bengali film Deep Jwele Jaai.