Raja Sen

Raja Sen (Born 10 November 1955) is an Indian film and television director, and the winner of three National Film Awards

from Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Career

Raja Sen first received recognition with Subarnalata (1997), a teleserial, he followed it up with Adarsha Hindu Hotel, Arogyo Niketan, few episodes of Desh Amaar Desh are some of the notables of the Bengali television arena.

He has also documented the real life paradigm of the living legends of Bengal's World of Art & Culture, namely, Suchitra Mitra, Tapan Sinha, Sombhu Mitra, Subhas Mukhopadhyay.

Personal life

Raja Sen is married to Papiya Sen and has two daughters.

Filmography

Feature film

• Damu (1996) - Cast: Raghuvir Yadav, Satya Banerjee, Monoj Mitra, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Rimi Sen (Child Artist).
• Atmiyo Swajan (1999) - Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee, Supriya Devi, Dipankar De, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Rituparna Sengupta, Shakuntala Barua, Alok Mukherjee, Ashok Mitra, Asit Mukherjee, Chaitali Ghoshal, June Malia, Papiya Sen, Piyush Ganguly, Pradip Chakraborty, Rimi Sen (Child Artist), Tridib Ghosh.
• Chakrabyuhya (2000) - Indrajeet, Chiranjeet, Anjan Srivastava, Rituparna Sen Gupta, Indrani Haldar, Chitra Sen, June Maliya.
• Desh (2002) - Cast: Jaya Bhaduri, Abhishek Bachchan, Sabyasachi Chakravarthy, Subhendu Chatterjee, Gyanesh Mukherjee, Nayana Das, Monu Mukherjee, Kaushik Sen, Rajesh Sharma, Dulal Lahiri.
• Debipaksha (2004) - Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee, Rituparna Sengupta, Satabdi Roy, Koel Mullick.
• Krishnakanter Will (2007) - Cast: Jeet, Soumitra Chatterjee, Swastika Mukherjee.
• Tinmurti (2009) - Cast: Ranjit Mullick, Dipankar Dey, Manoj Mitra, Paoli Dam.
• Laboratory (2010) - Cast: Raveena Tandon (debut in the Bengali film industry), Arpita Chatterjee, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Ranjit Mullick.
• Moubone Aaj (2011) - Cast: Ranjit Mullick, Manoj Mitra, Dipankar Dey, Rahul, Priyanka and Rachana Banerjee.
• Colonel (2012) - Cast: Chiranjit, Sabyasachi, Kharaj, Saheb, Shakar, Sudip, and Tapas Paul.

Documentaries

• Filmmaker for Freedom (A film on Tapan Sinha) - (YouTube link : http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd9drUc53NP6EbPAobtYbWxw6-1yXojMM )
• Subhas Mukhopadhyay
• Suchitra Mitra
• Sambhu Mitra - 3 hours documentation by EZCC
• Jyotirmoyee Devi (YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd9drUc53NP7yG7vv6J0hM8_HPCeMqn8O )
• Alkaap - a dying folk culture
• Itihasher Kolkata (5 episodes on HEritage of Kolkata)
• Samaresh Basu (ICIL)
• Rosogolla - brand ambassador of Bengal(EZCC)

TV serials

• Kolkata Kolkata
• Adarsha Hindu Hotel
• Subarnalata
• Samparka
• Arogya Niketan
• Anirban
• Anjuman
• Streeash Charitram
• Tarasankarer Chhoto Galpo
• Golpo Guchha (ETV - Rabindranath Tagore)
• Bankim Sahitye Naari
• Desh Amar Desh
• Jal Porey Pata Norey
• Chirantan

Awards

• 1993 - Documentary Suchitra Mitra - National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film
• 1997 - Debut feature film 'Damu' - National Film Award for Best Children's Film
• 1997 - Best Film - Shiromoni Award
• 1997 - Best Audinence Juvenile Award in Dhaka International Film Festival
• 1999 - Atmiyo Swajan - National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare
• 1999 - Cairo International Film Festival