Premendu Bikash Chaki
{{Short description|Indian film director and cinematographer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Premendu Bikash Chaki
| image =
| caption = Chaki in 2023
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date |1964|10|09}}
| birth_place = Kolkata, West Bengal, India
| occupation = Cinematographer • Film Director • Screenwriter
| years_active =
| spouse = Rita Chaki
| children = Iranda Chaki
}}
Premendu Bikash Chaki (born 9 October 1964), popularly known as P. B. Chaki, is an Indian cinematographer, director and screenwriter associated with Tollywood (Bengali cinema) based in West Bengal, India.{{cite news |last1=A. Chatterji |first1=Shoma |title='Everybody likes to laugh' |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/everybody-likes-laugh-1502598676.html |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=The Statesman |date=10 March 2018 |quote=Premendu Bikash Chaki is a veteran cinematographer who has shot every kind of film in contemporary Bengali cinema.}} He started his career as cinematographer in 1990. Known for his films Chirodini Tumi Je Amar as cinematographer and Alaap as writer and director.{{cite news |title=INTERVIEW WITH PREMENDU BIKASH CHAKI |url=https://northeastfilmjournal.com/interview-with-premendu-bikash-chaki-on-his-film-love-marriage |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=North East Film Journal |date=15 April 2023 |archive-date=23 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123113425/https://northeastfilmjournal.com/interview-with-premendu-bikash-chaki-on-his-film-love-marriage |url-status=live }} He also has held several positions in the film fraternity, including being the former president of Eastern India Cinematographers' Association and vice president in the technical committee of Kolkata International Film Festival besides being a guest lecturer of film studies at the Information and Cultural Affairs Department, Government of West Bengal.{{cite news |last1=Ganguly |first1=Ruman |title=Cast and crew of Premendu Bikash Chaki's upcoming rom-com commence shooting for the film |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/cast-and-crew-of-premendu-bikash-chakis-upcoming-rom-com-commence-shooting-for-the-film/articleshow/107934511.cms |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=Times of India |date=23 February 2024 |archive-date=22 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122071406/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/cast-and-crew-of-premendu-bikash-chakis-upcoming-rom-com-commence-shooting-for-the-film/articleshow/107934511.cms |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Chakraborty |first1=Shamayita |title=Exclusive! Premendu Bikash Chaki: These days, the supply of Bengali films is more than the demand but the standard is not rising |url=https://www.ottplay.com/interview/exclusive-premendu-bikash-chaki-these-days-the-supply-of-bengali-films-is-more-than-the-demand-but-the-standard-is-not-rising/dcf18e1523322 |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=OTTplay |date=28 August 2022}}
Early life
Premendu Bikash Chaki was born in Kolkata, India. He completed his school from Jodhpur Park Boys School and then went on to graduate with a B.Com. Honours degree from University of Calcutta. His passion for films led him to pursue further film studies at Chitrabani. He started his career as a photojournalist in 1985. He then went on to work as an assistant cinematographer until he started working independently as a cinematographer in the early 1990s. His first big recognition was after winning the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for the film Mahulbonir Sereng (Bengali movie), directed by Sekhar Das in 2004. He directed his first reality TV show, Takkar, in 2009. He went on to release his first feature film, Honeymoon, in 2018 for the big screen.{{cite news |title=মানিককাণ্ড |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/life-struggle-of-indias-got-talent-winner-manik-pal-1.170818 |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=Anandabazar Patrika |date=6 July 2015 |language=bn |archive-date=23 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123113925/https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/life-struggle-of-indias-got-talent-winner-manik-pal-1.170818 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=প্রয়াত দেবকুমার বসু, ওঁর 'বিবাহ অভিযান' শঙ্কর-শুভাশিসদের চিনিয়েছিল: প্রেমেন্দুবিকাশ চাকী |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/director-deb-kumar-badu-is-no-more-and-director-premendu-bikash-chaki-shares-his-memories-dgtl/cid/1553805 |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=Anandabazar Patrika |date=18 October 2024 |language=bn}}
Filmography
=As director=
=As cinematographer=
Awards
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Award ! Category ! Film ! Result ! {{refh}} |
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| 2013
|Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards | Best Cinematographer | Mayabazaar | {{won}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|nm3354828}}
- Premendu Bikash Chaki at [https://www.moviebuff.com/premendu-bikash-chaki Moviebuff]
Category:Film directors from West Bengal
Category:Bengali film directors
Category:Bengali film cinematographers