Legendary Filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta Passes Away: Noted filmmaker and poet, Buddhadeb Dasgupta left for his heavenly abode on Thursday at the age of 77. His loss left several in a state of mourning including West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
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Bengali star Prosenjit Chatterjee, filmmaker Srijit Mukherji and actor Rahul Bose on Thursday paid tributes to celebrated filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta, who passed away due to age related ailments. The 77-year-old national award-winning director, who had been battling kidney ailments for quite some time, died at his residence here early on Thursday following a cardiac arrest, his family members said.Â
Dasgupta began his career as a lecturer in a college before taking a plunge into filmmaking in the 70s, after having enrolled his name as a member of Calcutta Film Society. Some of his notable films include Neem Annapurna , Grihajuddha , Bagh Bahadur , Tahader Katha , Charachar , Lal Darja , Uttara , Swapner Din , Kaalpurush and Janala . Dasgupta had also directed Hindi films Andhi Gali and Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa .
Poet, professor and filmmaker, Buddhadeb Dasgupta was amongst the most important cinematic voices of contemporary India, his films combining lyricism and a certain whimsy with his social concerns and his training as an academic.
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Notable filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta died today, at the age of 77, after suffering through prolonged kidney ailment. Remembering the National award-winning director, several celebs from the film industry mourned his tragic loss. Speaking to Bombay Times, Nawaz shared his thoughts on the director. He said, I was an admirer of dada way before I got an opportunity to work with him in Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa . He was so removed from the commercial gain of cinema. Money didn’t drive him. He had an artistic approach to cinema and its rare to find that today, where there’s so much superficiality. He was affected by how the world functions. His cinema reflected people’s deeper thoughts. No director could explore a character’s inner journey better than Buddhada. His films were character oriented and delved deeper into their psyche. We nee