Chidananda Dasgupta

Chidananda Das Gupta
Born(1921-11-20)20 November 1921
Shillong, Assam, British India
Died22 May 2011(2011-05-22) (aged 89)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian

Chidananda Das Gupta (Bengali: চিদানন্দ দাশগুপ্ত) (20 November 1921[1] – 22 May 2011)—family name sometimes spelled 'Dashgupta' and 'Dasgupta'[2]—was an Indian filmmaker, film critic, a film historian and one of the founders of Calcutta Film Society with Satyajit Ray in 1947. He lived and worked in Calcutta and Santiniketan.

  1. ^ Ravi Bhushan: Reference India: biographical notes on men & women of achievement of today & tomorrow, 1992, p. 186
  2. ^ His latest publication by Penguin, in 2006, spells family name as Das Gupta, vide Publications section