Buddhadeb Dasgupta

Biography

Buddhadeb Dasgupta was born in 1944 in Anara, India. Bengali poet and director, Dasgupta was a lecturer in economics at Calcutta University. Many of his poems have been published in various journals. His poeticism has been extended to cinema as well. Dasgupta won several national awards and a special jury prize for directing at 2000 Venice International Film Festival for The Wrestlers (Uttara).

Buddhadeb Dasgupta began his fi lm career with documentaries. His fi rst was a ten-minute documentary called The Continent of Love (1968) followed by several more till his did several more including King of Drums (1974) which won the Best Documentary Award. His fi rst feature fi lm Dooratwa (1968) was shot within 16 days. Then came Andhi Galli (1978). Neem Annapurna (Bitter Morsel) in 1979 placed him on the map of international cinema. The fi lm received awards at the Karlovy Vary and Locarno International Film Festivals. Sheet Grishmer Smriti (Season’s Memoirs) (1982), produced by Doordarshan, was based on a Dibyendu Palit story and so was Grihajuddha (1982). Phera (1986). Bagh Bahadur, Tahader Katha, Charachar, Lal Darja, Uttara, Mondo Meyer Upakhyan and Swapner Din mark the evolution of the director from literary narratives to post-modern non-narratives. Buddhadeb Dasgupta has tried to re-defi ne the auteur in cinema. From Dooratwa to The Voyeurs, the stamp of his individuality is marked both cinematographically and through his literary source.


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Golak Khandual

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Born in 1959, Orissa. Pursued Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi (1983) and then worked as freelance architect. In 1986 Trained and worked as a makeup Assistant to Wendy freeman on a fi fteen hour television serial called ‘The Banyan Tree’; ‘In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones’ by Pradip Krishen and Arundhati Roy (1988); and also designed the sets and landscape for the feature fi lm ‘Electric Moon’ (1989-90). Amongst his architectural ventures are: an extension of Corpus Christi School, Kottayam, Kerala originally designed by Laurie Baker (1987); worked on the Natural History Museum for Satpura National park; worked as part of the task force with government of Madhya Pradesh to prepare an integrated Conservation Plan for Pachmarhi and worked at Baba Amte’s Anandwan, Warora ,developing prototype houses to be built by users who were cured leprosy patients; worked on safety measures in the school building for children at AADI, New Delhi; designed the buildings for Timbaktu Collective in Andhra Pradesh and a botanic laboratory for Centre for Science for Villages, Wardha (2000-2002) and he lived and worked in Himachal Pradesh designing buildings in Mashobra and Sidhbari (2002-2004). In 1992, traveled to Bhutan to study traditional architecture and made a series of paintings of Dzongs and Chhortens for the SAARC Complex for the Royal government of Bhutan. Held several painting and drawing Exhibition seasonally throughout. Presently lives in New Delhi; coping his time in between architecture, painting, writing and teaching.


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Jagannath Panda

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Born in Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, Panda completed his BFA in Sculpture at B.K. College of Arts and Crafts (1991), and his MFA in Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M. S. University, Baroda (1994). He was a visiting researcher at Fukuoka University of Education, Fukuoka, Japan (1997), and consequently obtained a second MFA in Fine Sculpture from the Royal College of Arts, London (2002). Panda’s solo shows include ‘Nothing is Solid’, Mumbai (2007); at Berkley Square gallery, London (2006); various shows in New Delhi and Mumbai in 2000-2005 and at Za moca Foundation Gallery, Tokyo (1998). Actively participated for group shows, prominent being: Indian Art at swarovski ‘Crystal World’, 2nd Exhibition, Tirol- Osterreich, Austria (2008); ‘Hear and Now: Young Voices from India’, London (2007); ‘Frame/ Grid / Room / Cell’, Mumbai (2007); ‘Shadow Lines’, New Delhi (2006); ‘Are We Like This Only?’, New Delhi (2005) and ‘Dots and Pixels’, New Delhi (2003). In 1990 he won the Lalit Kala Akademi Award, and the All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society Award, New Delhi (1996) and Centre Prize, C.I.I.C, London in 2002 amongst others. He presently lives and works in New Delhi.


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Manu Parekh

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Born in 1939, Faridpur (presently Bangladesh), Jogen Chowdhury graduated in Fine Art from the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Kolkata in 1960. He later studied in France during 1965-1967 on Government Scholarship at Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Back in India, he was appointed a Curator for the Rastrapati Bhawan before taking up teaching at Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan where he later served as the Principal. Over the years, his works have been exhibited in various international exhibitions including the Triennales at New Delhi held in 1972, 1975 & 1978; at the Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil in 1979; Museum of Modern Art and Royal Academy of Art, London in 1982, Hirschorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. in 1982; II Havana Biennale, Cuba in 1986 and Takaoka Municipal Museum of Art & Meguro Museum of Art, Japan in 1988; ‘Realms of Fantasy’, Hong Kong, 2004; ‘Inverting/Inventing Traditions’, Grosvenor Vadehra, London, 2007. He has been awarded at II Havana Biennale, 1986 and at International Prints Biennale, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal in 1995. He was honoured with Kalidas Samman by Madhya Pradesh Government in 2001. Besides these honours, he has received numerous National Awards. He lives and works in Santiniketan.


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Riyas Komu

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Born 1971 in Kerala, Riyas completed his B.F.A and M.F.A from Sir J.J.School of Art, Mumbai in 1999. His solo exhibition includes ‘Sarasu’, Photography exhibition about Raja Ravi Varma Press, Mumbai in 2003; ‘Unconditional’, Mumbai in 2002 and ‘Ambulance’, Bangalore in 2002. He has participated in number of group shows in New Delhi in 2005 & 2002, Bangalore in 2003, Mumbai in 2003 and 2002 among others. He is a recipient of K.K.Hebbar Foundation Society Scholarship in 1997- 1999, Bombay Art Society Award in 1996 and Maharashtra State Art Prize in 1995. He lives and works in Mumbai.


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Valsan Koorma Kolleri

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Born in Pattiam, Malabar, Valsan studied at College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai (1976), Faculty of Fine Arts, M. S. University, Baroda (1979) and Ecole Nationale Superior Des Beaux Arts, Paris (1986). Amongst his selected solo shows are: ‘New clearage: Retrospective as Artwork’, New York (2007); ‘Retrospective as Artwork’ at Bangalore and Germany (2005), and Dublin (2004); ‘Drainage: Rain Harvesting Sculpture’, New Delhi (2004); ‘Stone Age and Bronze Age’, Chennai (1989). Also participated in many group shows, the selected ones are: ‘Santhal Family: positions Around an Indian Sculpture’, Belgium (2008); ‘Souvenirs D’en France’, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi (1993); ‘Rim Bound: An Indian Summer’, Traveling Show, showcased at Hyderabad, Pondicherry, Chennai and Besancon in 1992; ‘Envelope’, Russia consulate, Chennai (1973). He is recipient of several honors and awards, Sixth Bharat Bhavan Biennale of Indian Contemporary Art Grant Prize (1996); International Fellowship Award and Visitor ship in Visual Arts, MAAA and USIA; National Academy Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi (1990); French Govt. Scholarship to study and resident artist at Des Beaux Arts (1986) and Outstanding Junior Fellowship for Artist in the Field of Plastic Art, Ministry of Education, New Delhi (1984-86). He presently lives and works in Kerala.


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