Nationality India Name Pratim Gupta | Role Journalist | |
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Born November 11, 1981 (age 42) ( 1981-11-11 ) Calcutta, India Occupation Journalist, film critic, screenwriter, film director Education St. Xavier's College, Kolkata Movies Paanch Adhyay, X: Past Is Present, Saheb Bibi Golaam Similar People Rajshree Ojha, Sandeep Mohan, Anuradha Menon, Raja Sen, Suparn Verma | ||
Pratim d gupta on his journey in tollywood
Pratim D. Gupta is an Indian journalist, film critic, screenwriter and film director. He reviews Bollywood films for The Telegraph newspaper. His first film as writer-director is Paanch Adhyay, starring Priyanshu Chatterjee and Dia Mirza.
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Early life
Pratim D. Gupta was born in Kolkata in 1981 and studied in South Point School. He has a degree in Mass Communication and Film Studies from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata.
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. He got his first break with the romantic drama Paanch Adhyay which is also the first Bengali film for Bollywood actress Dia Mirza. Written and directed by Gupta, the film was shot almost entirely in Calcutta in November and December 2011. 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, Saheb Bibi Golaam. released in 2016. His latest creation was 'Maacher Jhol' starring Ritwick Chakrabarty, is based on the life of internationally acclaimed chef who comes back to his roots.