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Born 12 May 1987 (age 29) ( 1987-05-12 ) Occupation Director, Actor, Lyricist, Engineer, Singer, Music Composer, Script Writer Movies Aamar Aami, Agantuker Pore Similar Biswanath Basu, Indrasish Roy, Arunima Ghosh, Rahul Banerjee, Raja Narayan Deb | ||
Orko Sinha/Arka Sinha/Arko Sinha (born 12 May 1987) is an Indian film maker, actor, writer, lyricist, singer, composer, producer and a former computer science engineer from the movie industry of West Bengal, Kolkata. He is the youngest film maker of tollywood, as he marked his debut with Aamar Aami in December 2013. The script-screenplay-lyrics-dialogues and direction of the film were all by Orko.
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Early life
Orko completed his schooling from Sibpur Bengal Engineering College Model School, securing the highest ever marks in the school final and standing 3rd in the district. Before making films, he went on to complete his graduation in computer science and engineering from the Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata. After getting placed in a MNC, he left the job to join the film industry.
Career
Even during his school and college days, Orko was actively involved in many professional cultural activities. He was the first assistant director in Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s Janala (The Window) and was an observer in Goutam Ghose’s Moner Manush. Then he worked as script writer and floor director for a documentary feature –"Inspiration", directed by Goutam Ghose about the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics.
He made his acting debut on Bengali television (Sananda TV) as a supporting actor in Sobinoy Nibedon. In Jagannath Guha’s Bor Bou Khela, he worked both as an actor and assistant director. He also appeared in TV commercial for RICE group.
He has worked as a censor script writer for numerous films to enable them to pass the censorship requirements. In 2009, Orko co-directed a short film "Loot", which was screened at five national film festival in India, including the Kalaghoda Film Festival Mumbai, and the Kolkata Film Festival, short film section. Thereafter, he wrote scripts for television films and also worked as an associate director on them. Then he started making documentaries, and film commercials of his own. He made a corporate documentary on the Edward Food Research & Analysis Centre (EFRAC), the leading food testing laboratory in India.
In 2013, at the age of 26, Orko directed his debut feature Aamar Aami, a story of a few scattered souls, chasing their dreams in the city. He wrote the story, script, dialogue, screenplay and lyrics, and received the "Best Upcoming Lyricist Award" for the song "Onno Keu Thakbe Kachakachi" at the 4th Mirchi Music Awards Bangla.
In 2015, Orko made his second film for Zee Bangla Originals, titled "Amoler Cabin". The film received a positive response after its screening. In Amoler Cabin, for the first time Orko composed a song by himself and also worked as a playback singer. Orko’s 3rd film, "Neelanjana", is a tale of obsession, the subconscious, and psychology, starring Priyanka Sarkar in the lead role. In this film, Orko shared the screen with Priyanka in a prominent role.
Orko Sinha is also a story writer and poet by heart. He has written for many magazines and newspapers including: Anandamela, Unish Kuri, and Bartamaan. He is preparing his first collection of poetry, titled "033" .
Filmography
As director
Loot (Co direction) – Short 2009
Aamar Aami – 2014
Amoler Cabin- 2016 (Zee Bangla Originals)
Neelanjana-2016
As assistant director
Janala – The Window(2009)
Moner Manush (Uncredited)(2010)
Bor Bou Khela (2010)
As Script writer
Sudhamoy Babur Odbhut Galpo (Short)(2010)
Aamar Aami(2014)
Amoler Cabin(2016)
Neelanjana(2016)
As actor
Sobinoy Nibedon(TV)(2011)
Bor Bou Khela (2010
Aamar Sohor(2015)
Loadsheding(2015)(Zee Bangla Original)
Neelanjana(2016)
As lyricist
Aamar Aami(2014)
Ghore Pherar Gaan(2015)
Amoler Cabin(2016)
As singer
Amoler Cabin(2016)
As music composer
Amoler Cabin(2016)