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Nityananda Datta

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Nityananda Datta is an Indian film-maker who is originally from Chittagong, Bangladesh. Datta ( Aug 13, 1933 - May 14, 2020) is best known for his work with Satyajit Ray as his assistant director. This body of work includes his support of some of Ray's most renowned works depicting life and struggles of people in Calcutta and West Bengal, including Charulata, Aparajito, Kanchenjungha, Devi, The World of Apu, and Jalsaghar. Later in his career, Dutta also directed his own features, including Baksa Badal (1970) and Hathat Dekha (1967). After relocating to Bombay, Dutta supported film-maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee as associate director in several more films. He also worked on several documentary films sponsored by Doordarshan between 1977 - 1983.

13-08-1933

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Chittagong, Bangladesh

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18 Works

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15 Works

Naukri

Naukri

A disabled man who can't support his family contemplates committing suicide. However, a mysterious figure appears who forces him to reflect on his life.
3.0

Year:

1978

Kotwal Saab

Kotwal Saab

0.0

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1977

Alaap

Alaap

Dedicated to the memory of the great singers K. L. Saigal and Mukesh, this charming and unpretentious film offers a palate-cleansing change from the spicy “masala” epics that dominated its era, and features their superstar Amitabh Bachchan in a decidedly offbeat role.
8.5

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1977

Chaitali

Chaitali

Based on the Bengali novel of the same name by Bengali writer Ashapoorna Devi
0.0

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1975

Mili

Mili

Shekhar Dayal (Amitabh Bachhan) has moved into a new neighborhood, and is unhappy with the new surroundings. He resents the noise children make while playing, as he prefers quiet and solitude. His reclusion is shattered when his neighbor, Mili, comes into his life. At first he hates the intrusion, but then grows fond, and ultimately falls in love with her. When the time comes for him to propose to this sunny, cheerful, and positive young lady, he learns that she has only a few more months to live..
7.3

Year:

1975

Chupke Chupke

Chupke Chupke

Sulekha is in awe of her brother-in-law Raghavendra for his intelligence. Parimal, her husband, decides to take up the challenge of fooling Raghavendra and goes to work for him as a driver.
7.0

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1975

Namak Haraam

Namak Haraam

Somu and Vicky decide to exact revenge on the union leader, Bipinlal Pandey. However, when Somu understands the plight of the workers, it creates a rift between the two friends.
6.2

Year:

1973

Abhimaan

Abhimaan

A popular singer encourages his wife to sing, but tensions mount between the pair when his career begins to falter and her own musical career and popularity surpasses his own.
7.1

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1973

Baksa Badal

Baksa Badal

A hilarious romantic-comedy where two people have their luggage exchanged during a train journey. One of them (Soumitra Chatterjee) is a psychiatrist, and he develops a keen interest in knowing the other party (Aparna Sen). His experience as a psychiatrist helps him to understand the happy-go-lucky and pampered Aparna Sen and woo her love.
6.5

Year:

1970

Hathat Dekha

Hathat Dekha

Hathat Dekha is a 1967 Bengali comedy-drama film directed by Nityananda Datta. The film featured Soumitra Chatterjee, Sandhya Roy, and Jahor Roy in the lead roles.
0.0

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1967

Hathat Dekha

Hathat Dekha

Hathat Dekha is a 1967 Bengali comedy-drama film directed by Nityananda Datta. The film featured Soumitra Chatterjee, Sandhya Roy, and Jahor Roy in the lead roles.
0.0

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1967

The Expedition

The Expedition

The story revolves around a North Indian taxi driver, Narsingh, who attempts to reinvent his life by visiting his native place, but instead gets embroiled in a local Marwari businessman's smuggling and human trafficking business. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2001.
7.6

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1962

Kanchenjungha

Kanchenjungha

Played out in real time, several complex family dramas intersect in the landscape of the Himalayan foothills, allowing the Bengali auteur to examine the class and generational differences of postcolonial India while celebrating the hopes of a society in transition.
7.5

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1962

Three Daughters

Three Daughters

Three stories with three central female characters linking the stories together. The first one concerns an orphan girl who grows attached to the postmaster she is caring for after he teaches her to read and write. The second one is a supernatural tale about a woman obsessed with the jewels her husband buys for her. The final one follows a young man who falls for an unconventional girl from his new village instead of his arranged bride, the daughter of a respectable family.
7.6

Year:

1961

Devi

Devi

A devout upper-class Hindu has a vision in a dream that his daughter-in-law is the human incarnation of the Goddess Kali and begins worshipping her. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation and Merchant Ivory Foundation in 1996.
7.5

Year:

1960

Apur Sansar

Apur Sansar

Apu is a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer. An old college friend talks him into a visit up-country to a village wedding. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1996.
8.1

Year:

1959

The Music Room

The Music Room

An aging, decadent landlord’s passion for music becomes the undoing of his legacy as he sacrifices his wealth in order to compete with the opulent music room of his younger, richer neighbour.
7.5

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1958

The Philosopher's Stone

The Philosopher's Stone

An underpaid middle-aged clerk finds a stone that changes iron to gold on touch. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2007.
6.8

Year:

1958