Utpalendu Chakrabarty

Utpalendu Chakrabarty (born 1948) is a Bengali Indian filmmaker and theater personality, based in Kolkata, India.

He was born in Calcutta in 1948. He graduated from the Scottish Church College, of the University of Calcutta.

Chakrabarty was involved in politics in his student life and spent time in Purulia among the tribals. Although he started out as a teacher, his passion was cinema. He made several documentaries and films.

Director

Feature films

• Prasab 1994
• Chandaneer 1989
• Phaansi 1988
• Debshishu 1985
• Chokh 1983
• Maina Tadanta 1980

Television films

• Dwibachan 1989
• Sonar Chheye Dami 1989
• Rang 1989
• Bikalpa 1988
• Aparichita 1986
• Aparichita(Bengali) 2002
• Kalo Patharer Itikatha(Balad of the black Stone)
• Chua Chandan
• May Day 2005

Documentaries

• The Music of Satyajit Ray 1984
• Debrata Biswas 1983
• Mukti Chai 1977
• Sunilo Sagore(On The Life of Sunil Gangopadhyay)

Writer

• The Music of Satyajit Ray (documentary) 1984
• Chokh (screenplay / story) 1983

Composer

• Chokh 1983

Music director

• Chhaturtha Panipather Juddha 1995

• Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director at the 28th National Film Awards in 1980 for Maina Tadanta
• National Film Award for Best Feature Film at the 30th National Film Awards in 1982 for Chokh
• National Film Award for Best Direction at the 30th National Film Awards in 1982 for Chokh
• Berlin International Film Festival OCIC Award in 1983 for Chokh
• National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film at the 32nd National Film Awards in 1984 for Music of Satyajit Ray.