Saumya Sengupta
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| Born | Saumya Sengupta June 6, 1987 Udaynarayanpur, Howrah,West Bengal, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Citizenship | India |
| Education | Satish Chandra Prathamik Vidyalay, Udaynarayanpur Sarada Charan Institution |
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| Years active | 2008 – Present |
| Spouse(s) | Sharmista Sengupta |
| Children | Saamriddhi Sengupta (daughter) |
| Parent(s) | Swapan Sengupta (father) Mita Sengupta (mother) |
| Relatives | Ria Sengupta (sister) |
| Website | https://twitter.com/isaumyasengupta?s=09 |
Saumya Sengupta (born 6 June 1987) is an Indian film director and screenwriter[1][2] who predominantly works in the field of Bengali cinema. Sengupta's first experimental feature film Mrityupathojatri (2022)[3] starring Rahul Arunoday Banerjee[4] in the lead, was critically acclaimed[5], and he first came to limelight after his documentary I Am Joyita[6] was aired by the National Geographic Channel India[7] (2022).
Early life
Saumya Sengupta was born in a Bengali middle class family, in a remote village named Udaynarayanpur, which falls under the Howrah district of West Bengal. Sengupta started his educational journey from Satish Chandra Prathamik Vidyalay, a primary school in his village. Then he went to Udaynarayanpur Sarada Charan Institution for his higher school studies. In the year 2006, Sengupta moved to Kolkata to earn a bachelor degree under Calcutta University, but in the second year of his degree course, he decided to enter into Tollywood industry and became a dropout by choice.
Career
2008 - 2011:
Sengupta worked as an assistant director in various non fiction Bengali television projects like Fatafati filmy fight for Etv Bangla, The Match for Mahuaa Bangla, Bindas Para for Rupasi Bangla and Selam Memsaheb for Sananda TV.
2012 - 2016:
Sengupta worked as a reality director in various Bengali television reality shows like Jhalak Dikhlaja Bangla for Colors Bangla, Ticket to honeymoon for Rupasi Bangla, Jayo Hey for Kolkata Police, Great Music Gurukul for Colors Bangla, Egiye Bangla for Govt of West Bengal, Songe Srijit a talk show hosted by Srijit Mukherjee for colors Bangla.
2017 - 2020:
In this years, Sengupta worked as an individual writer and director in multiple projects. He made his first short film Be the change (2017)[8] which got the official selection at Kolkata International Film Festival that year. Then he completed his first documentary The Geocentric Man (2019)[9] on a self acclaimed scientist from Kolkata. This documentary was released in hoichoi tv. After that Sengupta completed the most promising documentary of his career titled I Am Joyita (2020)[10] on India's first transgender judge. It was released in hoichoi tv at the republic day. Also this documentary made it's world satellite premiere on the prestigious National Geographic Channel (2022)[11] as a part pride month celebration. This time Sengupta made his acting debut in Kaushik Ganguly's National Award winning film Bishorjan (2017)[12] co-starring with Abir Chatterjee and Jaya Ehesan.
2021 - 2022 (present): This time Sengupta directed his second short film Chupkatha (2021)[13] acted by Rahul Arunoday Banerjee and Basabdatta Chatterjee which was released in Addatimes. Then Sengupta made his first experimental feature film Mrityupathojatri (2022)[14] acted by Rahul Arunoday Banerjee which was released in the cinemas of West Bengal.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Release Date | Director | Writer | Genre | Production | Cast
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| 2022 | Mrityupathojatri | 10th June 2022 | Yes | Yes | Feature film | KSS Productions | Rahul Arunoday Banerjee |
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| 2021 | Chupkatha | Released in Addatimes at May 2021 | Yes | No | Short fiction | Art Merchant | Rahul Banerjee, Basabdatta Chatterjee |
| 2020 | I Am Joyita | Released in hoichoi at 26th Jan 2020, and aired on National Geographic India at 5th June 2022. | Yes | No | Biography | Art Merchant | |
| 2019 | The Geocentric Man | Released in hoichoi at 26th Jan 2020 | Yes | No | Documentary film | Tvwala Media | Released in hoichoi at 18th May 2019 |
| 2017 | Be The Change | Released in KIFF 2017 | Yes | Yes | Short fiction film | Tvwala Media |
References
- ↑ "Bengali filmmaker Saumya Sengupta is on bookmyshow". bookmyshow. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- ↑ "Saumya Sengupta is a popular Director". timesofindia. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- ↑ "Bengali filmmaker Saumya Sengupta said that 'Mrityupathojatri' is an experimental movie". NDTV. 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- ↑ "Rahul Banerjee".
- ↑ "Rahul Banerjee said he had to work hard under the command of his director Saumya". timesofindia. 2022-06-06. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- ↑ "A documentary about journey of a transwoman - from a life of begging and harassment to becoming a Lok Adalat judge". hoichoi. 2020.
- ↑ "Watch the rousing story of Joyita Mondal, the first transgender judge of Lok Adalat in Bengal. Premiering on 5th June on National Geographic". facebook.com/natgeotv.india. 2022-06-03. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
- ↑ "KIFF2017 Official Selection Short "BE THE CHANGE"". facebook.com/DaaTvwalaMEDIA. 2020-02-14. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ↑ "This Kolkata man claims that everyone, from scientists to NASA, is wrong about the solar system. Have you seen him?". hoichoi. 2019.
- ↑ "A documentary about journey of a transwoman - from a life of begging and harassment to becoming a Lok Adalat judge". hoichoi. 2020.
- ↑ "Watch the rousing story of Joyita Mondal, the first transgender judge of Lok Adalat in Bengal. Premiering on 5th June on National Geographic". facebook.com/natgeotv.india. 2022-06-03. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
- ↑ "A love story between a Bangladeshi widow and Indian businessman". IMDB.
- ↑ "Chupkatha- the sound of soul". addatimes.
- ↑ "Bengali filmmaker Saumya Sengupta said that 'Mrityupathojatri' is an experimental movie". NDTV. 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
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