Aditya Vikram Sengupta
{{short description|Indian director}}
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| birth_place = Kolkata, India
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| occupation = Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Editor
| spouse = Jonaki Bhattacharya (2011-2021)
| yearsactive = 2010–present
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| website = forfilmsindia.com
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Aditya Vikram Sengupta (born 6 September 1983) is an Indian film director, cinematographer and graphic designer. His first film Asha Jaoar Majhe or Labour of Love, released in 2014 which premiered at the 11th Venice Days section of the Venice International Film Festival,{{cite news | url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/venice-days-unveils-2014-line-up/5075481.article | title=Venice Days unveils 2014 line-up | date=22 July 2014 | first=Michael | last=Rosser | work=Screen Daily | accessdate=2 September 2018 }}OFFICIAL Website of Venice Days festival http://www.venice-days.com/2014/index.asp?lang=eng which won him the National Award for Best Debut in India.
Early life
Aditya Vikram Sengupta was born in Kolkata in 1983 to Sharmila Sengupta and Tridib Kumar Sengupta. He attended St. Xavier's Collegiate School and post-school, Aditya was accepted at the prestigious National Institute of Design in Paldi, Ahmedabad. After NID, he worked at Channel [V] for a number of years as a promo and creative director before turning director full-time.
Career
His first directorial venture was the Bengali film Asha Jaoar Majhe (English: Labour of Love) premiered at the 11th Venice Days at the Venice International Film Festival on 4 September 2014. At the 62nd National Film Awards, it won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director and Best Audiography.
Aditya's second film Jonaki was an international co-production between India-France and Singapore. Catherine Dussart Productions of France and Samir Sarkar's Magic Hour Films were co-producers of Jonaki. Shortly after the festival run of Jonaki, it was available for streaming on Netflix.
Once Upon a Time in Calcutta (previously titled Memories and My Mother) is Aditya's third film and his first collaboration with Turkish director of photography, Gokhan Tiryaki. Filmed in 2019, Once Upon A Time in Calcutta has been selected for 78th Venice Film Festival 2021 in the Orizzonti Competition. The film had its North American premiere at the New Directors New Films MoMA in 2022 before screening and winning awards at other festivals in the US.{{Cite web |last=Correspondent |first=Our |title=Shankar’s Fairies, Once Upon A Time In Calcutta to be screened at New Directors/New Films |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2022/mar/30/33856/shankar-s-fairies-once-upon-a-time-in-calcutta-to-be-screened-at-new-directors-new-films |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609180315/https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2022/mar/30/33856/shankar-s-fairies-once-upon-a-time-in-calcutta-to-be-screened-at-new-directors-new-films |url-status=live |archive-date=9 June 2022 |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=Cinestaan}}
According to Variety, Aditya's follow up film, Birthmark, a five country co-production between India, France, Norway, Luxembourg and Denmark, which was initially part of HAF Hong Kong Film Financing Forum, the Venice Gap Financing Market at the Venice Production Bridge and received production support from Luxembourg Film Fund and the Danish Film Institute was shelved because of reasons not disclosed by the production.{{Cite web |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=2022-04-14 |title=India’s Venice-Winning For Films Reveals Future Slate (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/asia/for-films-production-slate-1235232551/ |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Shackleton2021-01-18T01:00:00+00:00 |first=Liz |title=HAF unveils line-up of 29 projects for 2021 virtual edition |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/haf-unveils-line-up-of-29-projects-for-2021-virtual-edition/5156270.article |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=Screen |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Film Fund Luxembourg announces the beneficiaries of its latest round of funding |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/395756/ |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=Cineuropa - the best of european cinema |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-07-02 |title=Biennale Cinema 2021 {{!}} Selected projects of the Venice Gap-Financing Market / New edition of the Book Adaptation Rights Market |url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/news/selected-projects-venice-gap-financing-market-new-edition-book-adaptation-rights-market |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=La Biennale di Venezia |language=en}}
Aditya is developing three projects under his home production banner, For Films. First is Death of an Elephant based on a Bengali author Tarashankar Bandopadhyay's short story. The other two projects are Mandrake, a film on magic in Kolkata and an untitled documentary on Bollywood looked through a socio-cultural lens.
Aditya is married to Jonaki Bhattacharya, who also works with him as an Art Director on all of his projects.
Filmography
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!Year !Title !Cast !Production Companies !Director !Writer !Producer !Cinematographer !Editor !Notes !{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |
| 2014
|Ritwick Chakraborty, Basabdatta Chatterjee |For Films |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes |Cinematography along with Mahendra Shetty | |
| 2018
|Lolita Chatterjee, Jim Sarbh, Ratnabali Bhattacharjee |For Films, Magic Hour Films |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes |Cinematography along with Mahendra Shetty |
| 2025
|Sreelekha Mitra, Bratya Basu, Anirban Chakraborty |For Films, Catherine Dussart Productions, DUOFilm As |Yes |Yes |Yes | |Yes | |
Awards and festival selections
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=6609600|name=Aditya Vikram Sengupta}}
{{The Best Director Award at the Marrakech International Film Festival Awards}}
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Category:Bengali film cinematographers
Category:Cinematographers from West Bengal
Category:Bengali film directors
Category:Film directors from Kolkata
Category:Director whose film won the Best Debut Feature Film National Film Award