Directing
Bishnu Dev Halder
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Directing
Credits
6 titles
A National Award winning writer, director and producer, Bishnu completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Cinema, specializing in Direction and Screenplay Writing, from Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI), an academic institution under Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of India. Selected for Talent Campus India, organized by Berlinale Talent Campus, in 2007, Bishnu was awarded the UK Environment Film Fellowship in 2010. Bishnu’s films include Shukranu, Bagher Bachcha, Pratyabartan, I was Born in Delhi, and The Diary of a Refugee and have won numerous awards including National Film Award, Nomination at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) and Openin…
Known for
6.7Set in Delhi/UP/Haryana, SHUKRANU is a comic take on the darkest phases of Indian democracy through the encounters of a would-be groom who is forcefully sterilized just days before his much-awaited marriage.
Shukranu
2020
NRThe uncertainties of life in the filmmaker's village, shot over a period of five years through the stories of his sister and her neighbours, threatened by the ever-expanding, land-hungry industries. Screened at Delhi and Mumbai.
The Diary of a Refugee
2012
NRTwo sisters run away from marriage in their remote village to the city for a new life only to discover marriage to be their only path towards a secure and respectable future six years later.
I Was Born in Delhi
2011
NRA story of Shyamal: a runaway, a pickpocket & a tiger's cub.
The Tiger's Cub
2006
NRGhasita (28) returns to his village, on the outskirts of Varanasi, from the city of Kolkata after 10 years, only to find his family in poor financial condition. His elder brother, Shambhu, struggles to meet the needs of the family which consists of his elderly mother along with his wife and son.
Mangta Jogi
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Behind the camera
6.7Set in Delhi/UP/Haryana, SHUKRANU is a comic take on the darkest phases of Indian democracy through the encounters of a would-be groom who is forcefully sterilized just days before his much-awaited marriage.
Shukranu
2020
NRThe uncertainties of life in the filmmaker's village, shot over a period of five years through the stories of his sister and her neighbours, threatened by the ever-expanding, land-hungry industries. Screened at Delhi and Mumbai.
The Diary of a Refugee
2012
NRTwo sisters run away from marriage in their remote village to the city for a new life only to discover marriage to be their only path towards a secure and respectable future six years later.
I Was Born in Delhi
2011
NRTwo sisters run away from marriage in their remote village to the city for a new life only to discover marriage to be their only path towards a secure and respectable future six years later.
I Was Born in Delhi
2011
NRA story of Shyamal: a runaway, a pickpocket & a tiger's cub.
The Tiger's Cub
2006
NRGhasita (28) returns to his village, on the outskirts of Varanasi, from the city of Kolkata after 10 years, only to find his family in poor financial condition. His elder brother, Shambhu, struggles to meet the needs of the family which consists of his elderly mother along with his wife and son.
Mangta Jogi
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