
Writing
Partha Pratim Chowdhury
Born 1938-08-02
Partha Pratim Chowdhury (1938—1996) was an Indian Bengali actor, director, screenwriter, dramatist and music director. He was widely appreciated as a director for Chaya Surya (1963) and Jadubansha (1974). He studied at the Scottish Church College of the University of Calcutta. Along with other future luminaries of the Bengali theatre, Badal Sircar, Rudraprasad Sengupta, and Manoj Mitra, among others, he was initiated into the theatre world during his college years. He started a theatre group Sundaram in 1957. Later he moved on to filmmaking.
Acting credits
10.0A 1973 Bengali Comedy Film directed by Chidananda Dasgupta. The remake of the Silent Comedy Bengali Film Bilet Pherat (1921), directed by Nitish Chandra Lahari.
Bilet Pherat
1972
6.6Four men, each peculiar in his own way, embark on a quest to reason with the estranged wife of the protagonist. This is considered to be Ghatak's autobiographical film.
Reason, Debate and a Story
1974
NRA 1981 Indian Bengali Drama Film directed by Dilip Mukhopadhyay.
Father
1981
Behind the camera
NRMithu Mukherjee belonged to a poor family. Her father was suffering from a chronic disease. They didn't have enough money to buy his medicines. Her father (Asit Baran)'s friend had cheated him due to which they had to mortgage even their house to him. Mithu Mukherjee decided to help her family and came out of her house in search ofa job. At last she got a job in a company which however stopped its business within a few months' time. She then joined a hotel where she met Uttam Kumar. Uttam Kumar was a bar singer there. He was a singer in disguise and he used to help distressed women who were exploited by the so-called upper class rich people. Mithu Mukherjee (Khuku) was helped by Uttam Kumar who helped her family get her ancestral house back. At last Uttam Kumar gave all the secret details of those people to the police and took his leave.
Hotel Snow Fox
1976
9.0A political film reflecting the turbulent times of the '60s and '70s.
Jadu Bangsha
1974
9.0A political film reflecting the turbulent times of the '60s and '70s.
Jadu Bangsha
1974
2.0Jayanti takes up a job of a governess in the Roy family. Sanjoy Roy, the uncle of the five kids, is an arrogant man. Soon, Jayanti wins the kids' hearts and Sanjoy's respect.
Jay Jayanti
1971
NRTroyee is the story of a simple man (Mithun), his life, love and relationship.
Troyee
1982
NRSubho O Debotar Gras was a film in 2 parts- one was the story of the deaf-mute Shubha who features in a short story by Rabindranath Tagore & the second part was based on the poem titled "Debotar Gras", in which Tagore describes the frantic desire of a dip in holy waters during the Ganga Sagar pilgrimage as well as the selfishness of the pilgrims.
Subho O Debotar Gras
1964
NRSubho O Debotar Gras was a film in 2 parts- one was the story of the deaf-mute Shubha who features in a short story by Rabindranath Tagore & the second part was based on the poem titled "Debotar Gras", in which Tagore describes the frantic desire of a dip in holy waters during the Ganga Sagar pilgrimage as well as the selfishness of the pilgrims.
Subho O Debotar Gras
1964
7.0Shekhar and Lalita love each other, but Shekhar's father brainwashes him to marry a rich woman. When Girin enters Lalita's life, Shekhar begins to feel insecure about Lalita's relationship with him.
Parineeta
1969
NRShakuntala's father dies an untimely death leaving her with the responsibilities of her mother and two young brothers. She paints and works hard to run their expenses but is not ready to bow down or beg before anyone. They go to their maternal aunt Sudha’s house for her daughter’s wedding. Kuntala is angry with Sudha for not keeping in touch with them and answering her letters. Later it is revealed that Sudha’s marital family had kept the letters. Soumitra is an eligible bachelor who falls in love with Kuntala. But Kuntala avoids him.
Mone Mone
1989
NRA 1981 Indian Bengali Drama Film directed by Dilip Mukhopadhyay.
Father
1981
8.0Ghetu, a young woman with a dark complexion, is always compared to her beautiful sister (Sharmila Tagore). Her life changes for the worse after her lover dies and she has to face society's disdain.
Chaya Surya
1963
NRRaj Badhu is a comical family drama that is based on a traditional Bengali joint-family life. It tells the story of family relations, of love and family values and the importance of society in our lives. It shows the complex story of different love relations and how its complications adversely affect the people involved. It shows the nature of man and how all things work out for the best in the end.
Rajbadhu
1982
7.0A romantic story set in 1960s urban Kolkata.
Hangshamithun
1968
7.0A romantic story set in 1960s urban Kolkata.
Hangshamithun
1968