A still from the National Award-winning film Faltu directed by Anjan Das
Kolkata:
National Award-winning Bengalifilmmaker Anjan Das, best known for films like Sanjhbatir Rupkathara , Achin Pakhi and Faltu, died todayfollowing an illness, family sources said.
Mr Das, who was in his sixties, died at a hospital where hewas being treated for liver cancer.
His 2006 film Faltu which featured Soumitra Chatterjeeand Indrani Halder had won the National Award for the bestfeature film on welfare. A poignant tale on refugees, it wasbased on Syed Mustafa Siraj's story Ranir Ghater Brittanto.Most of his films were adapted from literature.
The director had won international critical acclaim withhis 2001 film Sanjhbatir Rupkathara (Strokes andSilhouettes), a celluloid adaptation of poet Joy Goswami'sfirst novel. The film was showcased at several international film festivalslike Montreal, London, Rome, Rotterdam, Edmonton, Madrid,Singapore among others.
His 2004 film Iti Srikanta (Yours truly, Srikanta)had bagged the National Award for Best Audiography.Jara Brishtitey Bhije Chilo (Drenched in therain), based on a poem by Goswami, had won the specialdirector's award at Almaty, Kazakhstan besides fetching thethe director a special jury award in Spain.
In 2010 his film Achin Pakhi was screened at the CairoInternational Film Festival. His other films include Banshiwala, Bedeni andAjana Batash. Having started his career with the unsuccessful 1976 filmSainik, he started making documentaries only toreturn to cinema a few years later.
Mr Das, who was in his sixties, died at a hospital where hewas being treated for liver cancer.
His 2006 film Faltu which featured Soumitra Chatterjeeand Indrani Halder had won the National Award for the bestfeature film on welfare. A poignant tale on refugees, it wasbased on Syed Mustafa Siraj's story Ranir Ghater Brittanto.Most of his films were adapted from literature.
The director had won international critical acclaim withhis 2001 film Sanjhbatir Rupkathara (Strokes andSilhouettes), a celluloid adaptation of poet Joy Goswami'sfirst novel. The film was showcased at several international film festivalslike Montreal, London, Rome, Rotterdam, Edmonton, Madrid,Singapore among others.
His 2004 film Iti Srikanta (Yours truly, Srikanta)had bagged the National Award for Best Audiography.Jara Brishtitey Bhije Chilo (Drenched in therain), based on a poem by Goswami, had won the specialdirector's award at Almaty, Kazakhstan besides fetching thethe director a special jury award in Spain.
In 2010 his film Achin Pakhi was screened at the CairoInternational Film Festival. His other films include Banshiwala, Bedeni andAjana Batash. Having started his career with the unsuccessful 1976 filmSainik, he started making documentaries only toreturn to cinema a few years later.