| Suman Mukhopadhyay | |
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| Born | November 20, 1966 Howrah, India |
| Occupation | Film maker, screenplay writer and author |
Suman Mukhopadhyay or Suman Mukherjee (Bengali: সুমন মুখোপাধ্যায় ) is a prominent contemporary Indian filmmaker and a theatre director.
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He has done theatre productions ranging from European drama to major adaptations of Bengali masterpieces. Among which are Teesta Paarer Brittanto and Samay Asamayer Brittanto, adapted from the novels by Debesh Roy and Mephisto, based on Klaus Mann's German novel. Teesta has become one of the most celebrated productions of the Bengali stage. He has also staged Rabindranath Tagore's Raktakarabi; Falguni-Prelude, Shakespeare/Brecht's Coriolanus and Sudraka's The Little Clay Cart. He directed The Man of the Heart (Life and times of Lalon Fokir) at the University of California, Berkeley and Girish Karnad's Nagamandala at the Department of Theatre, Kalamazoo College, Michigan. In 2007 he directed Fireface, a play by Marius von Mayenburg in association with the Goethe Institut. 'Man of the Heart' was invited to Barbican Centre, London.
His first cinematic directorial debut film was Herbert which was released in 2005. Herbert won the National Award for Best Bengali film. As a theatre director his last two productions are William Shakespeare's 'King Lear' and Rabindranath Tagore's 'Bisarjan'.
His last film 'Mahanagar@Kolkata' was completed in 2009. The film was screened in Munich, Kerala and New York film festivals. His second film 'Chaturanga', based on Tagore's novel, was completed in 2008 and premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival. Chaturanga was screened in 36 national and international festivals. The film received a Gran Prix award at Bridgefest, Sarajevo; the Best Director award at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival and the Golden Palm at Mexico International Film Festival.
The film received Gran Prix at Bridgefest, Sarajevo; Best Director at Philadelphia Independent Film Festival and Golden Palm at Mexico International Film Festival.