Bengali filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta died at the age of 77 on Thursday morning. He was suffering from a kidney ailment. Buddhadeb Dasgupta, who was also a celebrated poet, had won several National Awards for his contribution to Bengali cinema. Mourning Buddhadeb Dasgupta on Twitter, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote: “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.”
Buddhadeb Dasgupta was known for directing critically-acclaimed films like Uttara, Bagh Bahadur, Tahader Katha and Charachar. Of all the films he wrote and directed, five movies – Bagh Bahadur, Charachar, Lal Darja, Mondo Meyer Upakhyan and Kaalpurush – won the National Awards for Best Film while his 2000’s Uttara and 2005’s Swapner Din fetched him the National Film Awards for Best Direction.
