National Award Filmmaker-Poet Buddhadeb Dasgupta Passes Away At 77

A filmmaker who started his career with documentaries and went on to win 5 National Awards for his films, Buddhadeb Dasgupta has passed away at the age of 77. The film industry had nicknamed the ace filmmaker with the moniker B. D Gupta. He was not just a filmmaker but also a poet and many film critics have found that a lot of his films too contained poetic elements to them.

Did you know that this poet-director was actually an economics professor in Calcutta before films? He was disillusioned by books and left it for the world of films He was a self-taught filmmaker who has several National Awards for Best Film to his name! Here are the names of his five films that bagged National Awards: Bagh Bahadur (1989), Charachar (1993), Lal Darja (1997), Mondo Meyer Upakhyan (2002) and Kaalpurush (2008).

The filmmaker died in his sleep on June 10, after suffering from kidney ailments for some time now. The film industry poured in to send condolences to the late poet and his family. Even Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also took to Twitter to announce her sadness over the news.

Saddened at the passing away of eminent filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta. Through his works, he infused lyricism into the language of cinema. His death comes as a great loss for the film fraternity. Condolences to his family, colleagues and admirers

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) June 10, 2021

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui also shared his grief and remembered the time he got a chance to work with the filmmaker.

A true stalwart Director… one who rooted for all the characters of the story… exposed the inner space of the character via actors… Super Human… Fortunate to have worked with him in #AnwarKaAjabKissa
You will be missed #BuddhadebDasGupta Da#RIP pic.twitter.com/i26btPAucU

— Nawazuddin Siddiqui (@Nawazuddin_S) June 10, 2021

As a recognised National Award recipient, even the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind expressed his dismay of BDGupta’s demise and called him “an extraordinary artist.”

Buddhadeb Dasgupta enriched our arts and culture with his world-renowned films as well as poetry – both animated by a heartfelt lyricism. In his passing away, we have lost an extraordinary artist. My condolences to the bereaved family.

— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) June 10, 2021

Other actors like Rahul Bose, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Paoli also expressed their sadness over this news.

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