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Pratim D. Gupta

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Pratim D. Gupta
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Born
Pratim Dasgupta

(1981-11-11) 11 November 1981 (age 44)
Kolkata, India
Education South Point School
Alma mater St. Xavier's College, Kolkata
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • Film critic
  • Screenwriter
  • Film director
Years active2012-present

Pratim D. Gupta (born 11 November 1981) is an Indian journalist, film critic, screenwriter and film director. [1] He started his career as a film critic for The Telegraph and later for Film Companion . His first film as writer-director is Paanch Adhyay (2012), starring Priyanshu Chatterjee and Dia Mirza. [2] His subsequent films Shaheb Bibi Golaam (2016), Maacher Jhol (2017) and Chaalchitro - The Frame Fatale (2024) have received critical acclaim.

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Early life

Pratim Dasgupta was born in Kolkata in 1981 and studied in South Point School.[ citation needed ] He has a degree in Mass Communication and Film Studies from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata.[ citation needed ]

Career

While working as a journalist with The Telegraph , Gupta's script Vanish was selected for the prestigious Binger Script Lab at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2009. [3] He got his first break with the romantic drama Paanch Adhyay which is also the first Bengali film for Bollywood actress Dia Mirza. [4] Written and directed by Gupta, the film was shot almost entirely in Calcutta in November and December 2011. The film was selected as the Centrepiece Premiere at New York's South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF) and picked as the New Voice in Indian Cinema at the Mumbai Film Festival (MAMI). 

In 2013, Gupta collaborated with 10 other filmmakers to be part of the collaborative project X: Past Is Present . The film premiered in New York in 2014 and released in Indian theatres in November 2015. Gupta's second feature film was, Shaheb Bibi Golaam . [5] released in 2016. It was the first mainstream Bangla film to be picked up by Netflix, going on to win 6 Filmfare Awards, including Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor & Best Screenplay for Pratim.

In 2013, Pratim's screenplay Ink was selected for the prestigious Sundance Lab (India edition), where Pratim developed his script with Oscar winners like Asif Kapadia and Joshua Marston. [6] Pratim later adapted the script into his 2019 Bengali film Shantilal O Projapoti Rohoshyo .

Maacher Jhol starring Ritwick Chakraborty as a Paris-based masterchef who returns to his roots in Kolkata was Pratim's third feature film. It was an official selection in the Indian Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India 2018 in Goa. It was later picked up by Netflix as well and this time won Pratim the Best Dialogue Filmfare Award.[ citation needed ]

Early in 2018, Pratim wrote and directed the Hindi telefilm Mirchi Malini as part of Sujoy Ghosh's Teen Paheliyan series for Star Plus and Hotstar.

Ahare Mon , Pratim's fourth Bengali film starring Adil Hussain and Paoli Dam among others, has played at festivals in India and abroad and was picked as one of the best Indian films of the year by noted film critic Meenakshi Shedde in Sunday Mid Day. [7]

Pratim was featured in the Men of the Year list of 2018 by Man’s World magazine.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

YearFilmDirectorWriterNotesRef.
2012 Paanch Adhyay YesYesSouth Asian International Film Festival, New York – Centrepiece Premiere
Mumbai International Film Festival, MAMI – New Voice in Indian Cinema		 [8]
2015 X: Past Is Present YesYesSouth Asian International Film Festival, New York – Opening Film
International Film Festival of Kerala – India Premiere		 [9]
2016 Shaheb Bibi Golaam YesYes New York Indian Film Festival – International Premiere [10]
2017 Maacher Jhol YesYes International Film Festival of India – Panorama Section
South Asian International Film Festival, New York – Best Film Runner-Up		 [11]
2018 Ahare Mon YesYesSouth Asian International Film Festival, New York – Official Selection
Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival – Official Selection
Singapore South Asian International Film Festival – Official Selection
Indian Film Festival of Melbourne – Beyond Bollywood Section
Auroville Film Festival – Official Selection		 [12]
2019 Shantilal O Projapoti Rohoshyo YesYesSouth Asian International Film Festival, New York – Official Selection
Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival – Opening Film
Asian Film Festival, Los Angeles – Official Selection		 [13]
2020 Love Aaj Kal Porshu YesYesSelected for New York Indian Film Festival, which got cancelled because of COVID-19 [14]
2023 Tooth Pari: When Love Bites YesYes [15]
2024 Chaalchitro - The Frame Fatale YesYes [16]
2025 Ranna Baati YesYes [17]

Accolades

YearAwardCeremonyFilmCategoryResultRef.
2012Kalakar Awards— Paanch Adhyay Best FilmWon
2017 Filmfare Awards East 2nd Filmfare Awards East Shaheb Bibi Golaam Best ScreenplayWon [18]
Best FilmNominated
Best DirectorNominated
2018 3rd Filmfare Awards East Maacher Jhol Best DialogueWon [19]
Best DirectorNominated
Best StoryNominated
Best ScreenplayNominated

References

  1. ↑ "A new chapter". The Telegraph. 1 October 2011. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "A new turn". The Indian Express. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Six make it to the finals". The Hindu . 25 July 2009. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
  4. ↑ "Dia Mirza's Bengali connection". DNA. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  5. ↑ Nag, Kushali (22 July 2014). "Shaheb meets Bibi". The Telegraph (Calcutta). Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Eight Feature Film Projects Selected for Second Mumbai Mantra Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab". Sundance Group. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  7. ↑ Shedde, Meenakshi (30 December 2018). "Top 20 All-India And South Asian Films". Mid-Day . Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  8. ↑ "Dia Mirza debuts in Bengali films with Paanch Adhyay". India Today . 19 April 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  9. ↑ Kushal, Sweta (21 November 2015). "X - Past is Present review: Exploring the twisted human psyche". Hindustan Times . Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  10. ↑ Nag, Kushali (22 July 2014). "Saheb meets Bibi". The Telegraph (Calcutta). Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  11. ↑ Chatterjee, Arindam (1 April 2017). "Pratim D. Gupta rustles up a slice of Bangaliana in his third film Maacher Jhol". The Telegraph (Calcutta). Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  12. ↑ "Ahare Mon Movie Review {4/5}: Critic Review of Ahare Mon by Times of India". Times of India . 22 June 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  13. ↑ Sen, Debolina (15 August 2019). "Shantilal O Projapoti Rohoshyo Movie Review {3.5/5}: Critic Review of Shantilal O Projapoti Rohoshyo by Times of India". Times of India . Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  14. ↑ "লাভ আজ কাল পরশু: প্রেমের রহস্য 'রোমাঞ্চ' ধরে রাখতে ব্যর্থ". Indian Express (in Bengali). 14 February 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  15. ↑ Vasudevan, Aishwarya (20 March 2022). "Tooth Pari: When Love Bites: Shantanu Maheshwari and Tanya Maniktala come together for a unique romantic fantasy thriller". OTTplay . Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  16. ↑ Chakraborty, Shamayita (21 December 2024). "Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale review: Pratim D Gupta comes back to Bengal with a strong plot in a gritty thriller". OTTplay . Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  17. ↑ Chatterjee, Arindam (24 January 2025). "The first look of Pratim D. Gupta's new film Ranna Baati". t2 Online . Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  18. ↑ "Winners of the Filmfare Awards East 2017". Filmfare . Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  19. ↑ "All winners of the Jio Filmfare Awards (East) 2018". Filmfare . 17 February 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
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