Nityananda Datta
Nityananda Datta (born 13 August 1933) was an Indian filmmaker who was originally from Chittagong, then in Bengal Presidency.[1]
Datta is best known for his work with Satyajit Ray as his assistant director.[2][3] His body of work includes some of Ray's most renowned works depicting life and struggles of people in Calcutta and West Bengal, such as Charulata, Aparajito, Kanchenjungha, Devi, The World of Apu, and Jalsaghar.[4]
Later in his career, Dutta also directed his own features, including Baksa Badal (1970) (written by Ray, who also composed the music[5]) and Hathat Dekha (1967).[6][7][8]
After relocating to Bombay, Datta supported filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee as associate director in several more films. He also worked on several documentary films sponsored by Doordarshan between 1977 and 1983.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Movie Details of 29th Kolkata International Film Festival". kiff.in. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "Baksa Badal: Satyajit Ray the Scriptwriter of a Delightful Bangla Rom-Com – Indigenous". Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ Sarkar, Anil Kumar (1995). Triadic Avenues of India's Cultural Prospects: Philosophy, Physics, and Politics. South Asian Publishers. ISBN 978-81-7003-177-2.
- ^ Movies of Nityananda Dutta & Satyajit Ray. Gomolo.
- ^ Satyajit Ray'S Contributions to Films Other than His Own, Columbia University Press, 2 April 2013, pp. 162–163, doi:10.7312/ray-16494-025, ISBN 978-0-231-53547-2, retrieved 1 December 2023
- ^ Nityananda Datta - Highlighted Works. BFI.
- ^ V-Day Vows. The Telegraph.
- ^ Baksha Badal. Indiancine.