Ramananda Sengupta

Ramananda Sengupta (8 May 1916 – 23 August 2017) was an Indian cinematographer.[1] He was born in Dhaka in 1916 and became a centenarian in 2016.[2][3]

Ramananda Sengupta
Born(1916-05-08)8 May 1916
Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India
(now Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Died23 August 2017(2017-08-23) (aged 101)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Alma materVisva-Bharati University
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1938-1976

Sengupta stood behind the lens in more than 70 films. His work in cinematography began in 1938 when he joined as an apprentice at the Aurora Film Corporation in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). He worked with G. K. Mehta, as first assistant on the 1941 film Kurukshetra.[4] Sengupta's first independent work was Purbaraag directed by Ardhendu Mukherjee. Sengupta worked with French director Jean Renoir when he came to Kolkata to shoot his 1951 film The River.[5]

In 1997 Utsav Mukherjee prepared a documentary Under Exposed about Sengupta. Siddhartha Maity has written a book and made a documentary, Alor Frame e Chhayar Saaj (Framing Light Against the Shadows) about Sengupta.[6]

Filmography
  • Dakghar (Bengali)
  • Bindur Chhele (Bengali)
  • Kankabatir Ghat (Bengali)
  • Personal Assistant (Bengali)
  • Bandhu (Bengali)
  • Hangsamithun by Partha Pratim Bandopadhyay
  • Dakharkara (Bengali)
  • Nagarik (1977, Bengali)
  • Teen Bhubaner Pare (1969, Bengali)
  • Nishithe (1961, Bengali)
  • Megh (1960, Bengali)
  • Sri Lokanath (1960, Oriya)
  • Headmaster (1959, Bengali)
  • Shilpi (1956, Bengali)
  • Raat Bhore (1955, the first film by Mrinal Sen)
  • Ghoom Bhangar Gaan by Utpal Dutta
  • The River (1951)
  • Purbaatra (1947)
  • Purbaraag (1946, Bengali)

Documentaries
  • Modern and Ancient Architecture of India
  • Religion
  • Autobiography of an Elephant
  • Life in the Backwater of Malabar Cochin

References
  1. "KFF spotlight on India's oldest cinematographer". Rang De India. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  2. The History and Practice of Cinematography in India: Interview Ramananda Sengupta
  3. Mitra, Prithvijit. "Ace cinematographer turns 100". Times of India. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  4. Mukherjee, Partha. "Golden eye". Harmony. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  5. "The old man and the river he shot". The Telegraph (18 February 2007). Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  6. Biswas, Premankur (21 June 2015). "Ramanand Sengupta: Life Through a Lens". The Indian Express. Indian Express Limited. Retrieved 13 December 2015.


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