Biswanath Rath

Biswanath Rath is an Indian film director, screenwriter, editor and producer. His films have received Awards and Recognitions in a total of 260 International Film Festivals.[1][2][3][4][5] He is the founder of Production company BnR Films LLP.[6]

Biswanath Rath
Biswanath Rath being honoured at Prabasi Odia Business Summit, Chennai in April 2017
Born18 June 1984
Jeypore, Odisha, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationFilm Director, Screenwriter, Editor, producer
Years active2013–present
Spouse(s)Archana Rath
Children1

His first short film Kar Bhalaa has garnered a total of 42 International Film Festivals nominations and three awards.[7][8][9] His debut music video was Feel the passion.[9][10][11][12][13] It has received 21 International Film Festival nominations. His first ad-film The 'Right' Glass is a social ad-film based on Child Rights, which has garnered two awards and 59 International Film Festival nominations.[7][14] His Tamil Music Video Namma Chennai Chancey Illa, produced by National Daily The Times of India with the theme 'Celebration of Chennai and its culture, was premiered at TourFilm Riga - Tourism Film Festival in 2017.[15] [16] This video is a spiritual successor to Chancey Illa (2014).[17] His English Documentary A Zero to Hero Collaborative Approach, released on World Food Day (2016) received 'Audience Award' at AgriCulture Film Festival held at Rome (Italy) on 9 December 2017.[18][19][20][6][21][22][23][24] This documentary tells the inspirational success story of collaboration between Dangarbheja Gram Panchayat (Nabarangpur) and a Civil Society Organisation named Govindalaya.[25]

His Silent Short Film 'New Champion' received 'Best Films in Indian Panorama' Award at CMS International Children's Film Festival at Lucknow on 9 April 2018.[26]

His latest English Documentary Kotpad Weaving : The Story of a Race Against Time, was telecasted on DD National on 24 March 2018.[27] This documentary explores the uniqueness of Kotpad Handloom, the issues and possible solutions for revival of Kotpad Weaving and Dyeing.[28][29] The film had its Australian Premiere at Sydney on 15 November 2018 as part of a Handloom exhibition titled 'The Kotpad Collection' organised by brand 'Kay Collections' (founded by Kushma Ram).[30] It had its Indian Premiere at Kashmir World Film Festival, Srinagar on 30 November 2018 where it won 'Best Short Documentary' award.[31][32][33][34] The film also features Padma Shri award recipient (2019) Gobardhan Panika. The documentary film has garnered a total of 27 International Film Festivals nominations and two awards.[35] This film is World's first documentary film on Kotpad Handloom.[36] In June 2020, the film premiered on Amazon Prime US, UK, Canada, Australia and other English-speaking territories of Amazon Prime, making it the first documentary from Odisha to feature on a major global OTT platform.[37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]

In June 2020, his romantic Odia Music Video 'ବର୍ଷା ଭିଜା ରାତି' ('Barshaa Bhijaa Raati') premiered on an OTT named 'IndieShorts', making it the first Odia Music Video to feature on a National OTT platform.[46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53]

In August 2020, his Hindi Music Video 'Woh Bhi Kya Din the Yaar' themed on'friendship' premiered on YouTube on Friendship day. This music video is India's first independently-made crowd-sourced Music Video.[54]

Personal life

Biswanath Rath was born in Jeypore, Odisha to Raghunath Rath and Pramila Rath.[2][8] He is an alumnus of Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Warangal.[55] During 2007-2010, he worked in Maruti Suzuki India Limited after which he moved to Chennai for learning film making.[55] At Chennai, he completed formal courses in Screenwriting and Film Direction and started his film-making career.[55][56]

In 2015, he founded film production company BnR Films LLP with his wife Archana Rath.[6][56]

Awards and recognition from Indian Socio-Cultural Associations
YearAwardEvent NameOrganisationLocation
2017Adarsh Prabasi OdiaPrabasi Odia Business SummitOdisha Without BorderChennai
2019Utkal ShreeUtkal Divas (Odisha Day)Thane Odia AssociationMumbai
2019Adarsh Prabasi SammanRaja Mahostav[57]Kalinga Swaraj FoundationPune
2019Bartika Artist AwardOdisha Hastatanta Carnival[58]Bartika HandloomsBhubaneswar

Filmography
Year Title Type/Language Director Writer Producer Editor Awards/Festivals
2013 Kar Bhalaa Short Film (Hindi-Tamil) Yes Yes Yes No (1) 2nd Best Short Film Award—Yuva Nirman Short Film Festival, Ahmednagar (2014)
(2) Best Direction Award—Srishti Short Film Festival, Bhubaneswar (2015)
(3) Nominated—Jaipur International Film Festival, Jaipur (2014)[59]
(4) Nominated—FilmSaaz International Film Festival, Aligarh (2014)
(5) Nominated—Jagran Film Festival, Mumbai (2014)[60]
(6) Nominated—Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth, New Delhi (2016)
2015 The 'Right' Glass Social Ad-Film (Silent) Yes Yes Yes Yes (1) Best Fiction Award—Srishti Short Film Festival, Bhubaneswar (2015)[61]
(2) Children Choice Award—Kallola Short Film Festival, Bhubaneswar (2015)[14][8][62][63][64]
(3) Nominated—FilmSaaz International Film Festival, Aligarh (2015)
(4) Nominated—Jagran Film Festival, Mumbai (2015)[59][65]
(5) Nominated—Development Film Festival, Madurai (2015)
(6) Nominated—Kolkata International Film Festival, Kolkata (2015)
(7) Nominated—CMS International Children's Film Festival, Lucknow (2016)[66][67]
(8) Nominated—Bradford Small World Film Festival, UK (2016)
(9) Nominated—Phoenix Film Festival, USA (2016)
[68][69][70][66]
(10) Nominated—Marano Ragazzi Spot Festival, Italy (2016)
(11) Nominated—PickUrFlick Indie Film Festival, Bengaluru (2017)
(12) Nominated—Cardiff Film Festival, UK (2017)[2][4]
[71][72][73]
(13) Nominated—International Open Film Festival, New York (2016)[74]
(14) The Encouragement Award—International Public Advertisement Festival of Seoul, South Korea (2020)[75]
2015 Feel The Passion Music Video (English) Yes Yes No No (1) Nominated—FilmSaaz International Film Festival, Aligarh (2016)[76][77]
2016 New Champion Silent Short Film Yes Yes Yes Yes (1) 'Best films in Indian Panorama' Award—CMS International Children's Film Festival, Lucknow (2018)[71][72][78]
2016 A Zero To Hero
Collaborative Approach		 Documentary (English) Yes Yes Yes Yes (1) Audience Choice Award—AgriCulture Film Festival, Rome (2017)[79][80][23][81]
(2) Nominated—Cardiff Film Festival, UK (2017)[2][4]
(3)Semi-Finalist—G2 Green Earth Film Festival, Los Angeles (2017)
2017 Namma Chennai Chancey illa Music Video (Tamil) Yes Yes No No (1) Nominated—Cardiff Film Festival, UK (2017)[16][15][2][4]
2018 Kotpad Weaving :
The Story of a Race Against Time		 Documentary (English) Yes Yes No No (1) World Premiere—Marin County International Festival of Short Film & Video, California (2018)[82]
(2) European Premiere—Zagreb Tourfilm Festival, Croatia (2018)[82]
(3) Award of Excellence-Metro Film & TV Awards, USA (2018)[83]
[84]
(4) Best Short Documentary Award—Kashmir World Film Festival, Srinagar (2018)[85][86][87][88][89][90]
(5) Best Documentary Award—Kala Samruddhi International Film Festival, Mumbai (2019)
(6) Nominated—Smita Patil International Film Festival, Pune (2018)[91][92][93][94]
(7) Educational Screening—Asian College of Journalism, Chennai (2019)
(8) Educational Screening—Golden Jubilee Convention by OSA, New Jersey (2019)[95][96][97][98][99][100][101][102][103][104][105]
(9) Nominated—Open Frame Film Festival, Delhi (2019)[106][107][108][109][110][111][112][113][114][115]
(10) Best Indian Film Award (in Documentary Category)-Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Film Festival, Surat (2020)
2018 ଶତ ପ୍ରତିଶତ Original
(100% Original)[116][117]		 Comedy Short Film (Odia) Yes Yes Yes Yes
2019 WAR : Rescue. Release. Repeat[118][119][120] Documentary Web Series (Odia) Yes Yes Yes Yes (1) World Premiere—The Lift-Off Sessions, UK (2020)[121]
2019 Desh Dosti Etc[122][123][124][125][126] Short Film (Hindi) Yes Yes Yes Yes
2019 ବର୍ଷା ଭିଜା ରାତି

(Barshaa Bhijaa Raati)[127][128][129]

 Music Video (Odia) Yes Yes No No (1) World Premiere—The Lift-Off Sessions, UK (2020)[130][131][132][133]
2020 Ravaiyaa[134][135][136][137] Short Film (Hindi) Yes Yes Yes No (1) Best Short Film Award-RATMA International Film Festival, UK (2020)[138]
(2) Best Thought Provoking Concept Award-Cinema of the World, Mumbai (2020)
(3) Top Inspiring Film-Creative International Online Film Festival, Kolkata (2020)
(4) Best Message Film (2nd Runner-up)-Indian International Film Awards, Bengaluru (2020)
(5) Special Mention Jury Award-Cochin International Film Awards, Kerala (2020)
(6) Special Festival Mention Award-South Indian International Film Awards, Bengaluru (2020)
(7) Up Coming Filmmaker Award-Kolkata Online International Film Festival, Kolkata (2020)
(8) Nominated-Indian Film Festival of Melbourne
2020 India Jeetega[134][135][136][137] Music Video (Hindi) Yes Yes Yes Yes (1) Nominated—Creative International Online Film Festival, Kolkata (2020)
2020 Woh Bhi Kya Din the Yaar[139][140][141][142][143] Music Video (Hindi) Yes Yes Yes No (1) Best Music Video Award-Cochin International Film Awards, Kerala (2020)
(2) Best Singer & Composer Award-Cochin International Film Awards, Kerala (2020)
(3) Best Lyricist Award-Cochin International Film Awards, Kerala (2020)
(4) Best Music Video Award(First Runner-Up)-Indian International Film Awards, Bengaluru (2020)
(5) Best Singer Award-Indian International Film Awards, Bengaluru (2020)
(6) Best Music Video Award(First Runner-Up)-Global Indie Film Awards, Kolkata (2020)
(7) Best Male Singer Award-South Indian International Film Awards, Bengaluru (2020)

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