Subhash Dutta

Subhash Dutta (9 February 1930 – 16 November 2012) was a Bangladeshi filmmaker, theater and film actor. He started his career as a commercial artist.[4]

Subhash Dutta
সুভাষ দত্ত
Dutta in the film Sutorang (1964)
Born(1930-02-09)9 February 1930[1]
Dinajpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died16 November 2012(2012-11-16) (aged 82)[2]
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
OccupationFilmmaker, actor, designer
Spouse(s)Shima Dutta (–2001; widower)[3]
AwardsNational Film Awards (1977)
Ekushey Padak (1999)

Career

At the beginning of his career, Dutta worked as a film poster artist. He drew posters for Mukh O Mukhosh (1956), the first Bengali-language movie to be made in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). He directed his first movie, Sutorang, in 1964.[4] The movie won the second prize at the Frankfurt Festival in 1965.[4] In 1972, he acted with the theatrical group, Aranyak Nattyadal.[4]

Awards
Dutta in 2012

His movie Abirbhab won a prestigious award in Frankfurt Film Festival.[2] His directed movies were awarded in Phnom Penh Film Festival (1968), Moscow Film Festival (1967, 1973, 1979). He also got award for his acting by Pakistan Film Festival (1965).[4]

Personal life and death

Dutta had two sons, Shivaji and Ranaji, and two daughters, Shilpi and Shotabdi.[4]

Dutta died from heart disease on 16 November 2012 at his home in Ram Krishna Mission Road, Dhaka.[2][5]

Filmography
Director
Actor
Subhash Dutta and Kabori in the film Sutorang

References

Footnotes
  1. "Subash Dutta is no longer alive". Prothom Alo. 2012-11-16. Archived from the original on 2012-11-18. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
  2. "Subhash passes away". The Daily Star. 2012-11-16. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
  3. "Subhash Dutta cremated". bdnews24.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  4. "Chole gelen Subhash Dutt". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  5. "Filmmaker Subhash Dutta no more". bdnews24.com. 2012-11-16. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
  6. "Nigar Award 1962: 19 September, 1963 Hotel Metropol Karachi". Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  7. Gazdar 1997, p. 254
  8. Gazdar 1997, p. 257
  9. Gazdar 1997, p. 262
  10. Gazdar 1997, p. 265
  11. Hasan, Khalid (22 February 2018). "Subhash Dutta: The Visual Storyteller". The Daily Observer. Dhaka.
  12. Gazdar 1997, p. 250
  13. Gazdar 1997, p. 251
  14. Raju 2002, p. 11: "Slahuddin's Sunbath (Surjosnan, 1962)"
  15. Shikdar 2004, p. 110: "১৯৬২ সূর্য স্নান - সালাউদ্দিন [1962 ... Surja Snan - Salahuddin]"
  16. Gazdar 1997, p. 253
  17. Gazdar 1997, p. 255
  18. Gazdar 1997, p. 256
  19. Gazdar 1997, p. 267

Bibliography
  • Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
  • Raju, Zakir Hossain (2002). "Bangladesh: A Defiant Survivor". In Vasudev, Aruna; Padgaonkar, Latika; Doraiswamy, Rashmi (eds.). Being & Becoming: The Cinemas of Asia. MacMillan. ISBN 0333-93820-8.
  • Shikdar, Abdul Hai (2004). বাংলাদেশের চলচ্চিত্র, ইতিহাসের এক অধ্যায় [Cinema of Bangladesh, a section of history]. Dhaka: Himi Books & Books. ISBN 984-8336-42-7.
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