Sanjoy Nag

Summary

Sanjoy Nag (born 18 March) is a film director/actor. He won the National Film Award in 2011 for his debut feature film Memories in March.[1]

Sanjoy Nag
The Director of the film “Memories in March”, Sanjoy Nag addressing a press conference, during the 42nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2011), in Panaji, Goa on November 27, 2011.jpg
Sanjoy Nag, IFFI (2011)
NationalityIndian
Other namesBunty
OccupationFilm director
Years active1992–present
Notable workMemories In March, Parapaar, Yours Truly, Good Morning Sunshine
AwardsNational Film Award, (2010) ( as Director )

Early life and background edit

Sanjoy Nag was born and brought up in Kolkata. He completed his schooling from St James’ School. He pursued commerce from University of Calcutta. He was associated with the film and television industry of Bengal from a young age.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][excessive citations]

Career edit

He conceptualized the album Priyo Bondhu with Anjan Dutt and Nima Rahman. In 2011, he made his debut feature film Memories in March that won him the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English.[citation needed] He acted in Rituparno Ghosh’s film on Rabindranath Tagore. He was associate director for Rituporno Ghosh's award winning film Chitrangada and Anjan Dutt's film Badadin[11][failed verification]

Filmography as director edit

Year Movie Language Producer Cast Release
2010 Memories in March English Shree Venkatesh Films Rituparno Ghosh, Deepti Naval and Raima Sen 1 April 2011
2014 Parapaar Bengali Purti Entertainment Rituparna Sengupta, Paoli Dam, Ahmed Rubel and Bratya Basu 14 November 2014
2018 Yours Truly Hindi Basabaari Talkies, Platoon One Films, MDC Filmworks, Lighthouse Innoventures, Soni Razdan, Pankaj Tripathi, Aahana Kumra, Mahesh Bhatt
2018 Good Morning, Sunshine English-Hindi ACP Entertainment, Basabaari Talkies Revathi, Rituparna Sengupta, Tejaswini Kolhapure, Shabana Azmi and Shweta Tripathi Filming

Filmography as actor edit

Year Movie Language Director Character/Role
2012 Chitrangada Bengali Rituparno Ghosh Rohan - Still Photographer
2013 Jeevan Smriti: Selective Memories English Rituparno Ghosh Rabindranath Tagore
2013 Satyanweshi Bengali Rituparno Ghosh Diwan Chandrasekhar
2015 Kadambari Bengali Suman Ghosh Debendranath Tagore
2017 Macher Jhol Bengali Pratim DGupta Doctor
2017 Meghnad Badh Rahasya Bengali Anik Dutta

References edit

  1. ^ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-12/news-interviews/30144508_1_sanjoy-nag-national-award-rituparno-ghosh Archived 12 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "I have no words to express: Sanjoy Nag". The Times of India. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  3. ^ "MIAAC premiere for 'Memories In March'". The Times of India. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
  4. ^ "Sanjoy Nag, who plays Tagore in Jeevan Smriti, on Rituparno's docu film". The Telegraph. 7 August 2013. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Cinematic confrontations with the death of the dearest one". December 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  6. ^ "'Parapar' retains the sensibility of 'Memories in March' maker". Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  7. ^ "MEMORIES IN MARCH". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  8. ^ "A journey of discovery". The Hindu. 3 April 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  9. ^ "'Parapar' retains the sensibility of 'Memories in March' maker". The Echo of India. 12 January 2014. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  10. ^ "Our conviction about Memories in March paid off: Director". Retrieved 29 May 2011.[permanent dead link] [dead link]
  11. ^ [1]

External links edit

Interviews
  • Director of the film "Memories in March", Sanjoy Nag addressing a press conference at IFFI-2011, YouTube, 42ndIFFI2011 27 November 2011
  • Video of Interview, YouTube, BollywoodHungama.com 31 March 2011