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Suman Mukhopadhyay

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Suman Mukherjee
Mukhopadhyay at the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival in 2013
Born(1966-11-20)20 November 1966(age 57)
Howrah,West Bengal,India
OccupationDirector
Parent
RelativesSujan Mukherjee(brother)

Suman Mukherjee(Bengali:সুমন মুখোপাধ্যায়;born 20 November 1966) is an Indian film director.His popular films areHerbert (film),Kangal Malsat,Shesher Kobita (2014).

Career[edit]

Suman Mukhopadhyay is currently visiting USA as a George A. Miller Visiting Artist atUniversity of Illinoisat Urbana Champaign to work for Tagore Festival. In 2022 he was on aFulbright FellowshipwithColumbia University,New York.

His first cinematic directorial debut film wasHerbertwhich released in 2005 won theNational Award for Best Bengali film.

Suman recently completed his new feature film "Putulnacher Itikatha"(A Puppet's Tale), based on the novel by Manik Bandyopadhyay. His feature film"Nazarband"(2020) premiered at Busan International Film Festival 2020. His earlier film"Asamapta"(Incomplete), premiered in IFFLA, USA. Before that"Shesher Kabita"(The Last Poem) with Rahul Bose andKonkona Sen Sharmapremiered in Dubai International Film Festival and released on 7 August 2015. "Kangal Malsat"(The War Cry of the Beggars) his 4th feature film released in August 2013.Mahanagar@Kolkatawas completed in 2009. The film was screened in Munich, Kerala and New York film festivals. His second filmChaturanga,based on Tagore's novel, was completed in 2008 and premiered at theMontreal World Film Festival.Chaturanga was screened in 36 national and international festivals. The film received a Gran Prix award at Bridgefest, Sarajevo; the Best Director award at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival and the Golden Palm at Mexico International Film Festival.[citation needed]

Recently Mukhopadhyay has done a Zee5 original feature filmPosham Paand directed five episodes ofParchhayeebased on Ruskin Bond stories.[1]

Suman's latest theatre productions are "Bechara B.B" (based on Brecht's works), "Aajker Sajahan" (a play by Utpal Dutt) and an adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya". In 2022, he directed "Shikhandi",a solo act, which opened in New Jersey. (June 2022). Mukhopadhyay has done theatre productions ranging from European drama to major adaptations of Bengali works. He used to be a part of the Bengali theatre GroupChetana.Among his many works some areThe Cherry Orchard(Anton Chekhov) with National School of Drama,Raja Lear(Shakespeare'a King Lear) with Minerva Repertory Theatre,Sunyo Sudhu Sunyo Noy,Bisarjan(Rabindranath Tagore),Teesta Paarer BrittantoandSamay Asamayer Brittanto,adapted from the novels byDebesh RoyandMephisto,based onKlaus Mann's German novel. He has also stagedRabindranath Tagore'sRaktakarabi;Falguni-Prelude,Shakespeare/Brecht'sCoriolanusandŚūdraka'sThe Little Clay Cart.He directedThe Man of the Heart(Life and times of Lalon Fokir) at theUniversity of California, BerkeleyandGirish Karnad'sNagamandalaat the Department of Theatre,Kalamazoo College,Michigan.Man of the Heartwas also invited toBarbican Centre,London.

Filmography[edit]

Feature films[edit]

Awards[edit]

"Nazarband" - Audience Award at River to River Indian Film Festival, Florence

"Posham Pa' - Kali Film Award at Female Filmmakers Festival, Berlin

Recipient of MPA/APSA Script Development Award at Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Brisbane

  • His filmChaturangareceived the Gran Prix at Bridge Fest,Sarajevo;[2]Best Director at Philadelphia Independent Film Festival[3]and the Golden Palm at Mexico International Film Festival.
  • His film Herbert for Silver Lotus for the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali, 2005.Audience Award at the Dhaka International Film Festival, 2006.[4]

Others[edit]

Suman Mukhopadhyay in a rally of intellectuals against Kamduni Murder Case

Mukhopadhyay is a known face ofCivil Society Movementin West Bengal from the tenure of Left Front Government. He also participated in rallies or talk shows against political violence by all the parties.[5]On 21 June he joined in a protest march in Metro Channel with other intellectuals ofKolkataled by poetShankha Ghoshin protest against the growing crimes against women in the state and the2013 Kamduni gang rape and murder case.[6][7]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Mahie Gill, Sayani Gupta team up for all-female thriller Posham Pa".Cinema Express.16 July 2019.Retrieved15 May2020.
  2. ^"Winners Bridge fest 2009".Bridge Fest. 15 May 2009.Retrieved19 January2012.
  3. ^"Philadelphia Independent Film Festival: Past Winners".Philadelphia Independent Film Festival. Archived fromthe originalon 10 March 2012.Retrieved19 January2012.
  4. ^"Golden Palm Award Winners".Mexico International Film Festival. Archived fromthe originalon 14 March 2012.Retrieved19 January2012.
  5. ^"Divideand rule".16 April 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 19 April 2016.Retrieved29 September2017.
  6. ^Sarkar, Koushik; Sengupta, Manipushpak (22 June 2013)."মহামিছিল বার্তা দিল মমতাকে".Ei Samay(in Bengali). Kolkata.Retrieved23 June2013.
  7. ^"Trinamul hunts for motive".telegraphindia.com.22 June 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 30 September 2017.Retrieved29 September2017.

External links[edit]

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