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{{short description|Indian film director based in Tollywood|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
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| birth_date = 2 November 1979
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]]
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| nationality = Indian
| known_for = ''[[Shudhu Tomari Jonyo]]'' (2015)
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Bidipta Chakraborty]]|2010}}
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'''Birsa Dasgupta''' (born 2 November 1979) is an [[India]]n Bengali film director based in [[Cinema of West Bengal|Tollywood]].<ref name="imdb">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3377959/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|title=Birsa Dasgupta - Biography - IMDb|publisher=imdb.com|accessdate=2014-02-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Galpo Holeo Sotti is not plagiarized: Birsa Dasgupta | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/bengali/news-interviews/Galpo-Holeo-Sotti-is-not-plagiarized-Birsa-Dasgupta/articleshow/19490831.cms?referral=PM |date=11 April 2013| accessdate = 2014-02-19 | work = The Times of India}}</ref>

==Early life ==
Born in Kolkata, his grandfather was noted documentary filmmaker [[Harisadhan Dasgupta]], and grandmother was screenwriter Sonali (Senroy) Dasgupta, who later married Italian film director, [[Roberto Rossellini]].<ref>{{cite web | title = The Girl Who Turned Rossellini's Head | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/stoi/The-Girl-Who-Turned-Rossellinis-Head/articleshow/3069615.cms |author=Joeanna Rebello|date= 25 May 2008|accessdate = 2014-02-19| work = [[The Times of India]] }}</ref> His father is film director Raja Dasgupta,<ref name=today08>{{cite web | title = Fresh takes : Simply Kolkata|publisher=India Today| url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Fresh+takes/1/3617.html |author=Swagata Sen|date= 16 January 2008|accessdate = 2014-02-19 }}</ref> while his mother is television presenter and actress Chaitali Dasgupta.<ref>{{cite web | title = The scandal that rocked Calcutta |publisher= The Telegraph| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080601/jsp/7days/story_9348365.jsp |date=1 June 2008| accessdate = 2014-02-19 }}</ref> [[Ribhu Dasgupta]] is his only brother. He did his class 10 from South End School and class 12 from Delhi.

== Personal life ==
Birsa married Bengali actress, [[Bidipta Chakraborty]].<ref>{{cite web|date=1 February 2010|title=Birsa Dasgupta: Scripting a new story|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/parties/kolkata/Birsa-Dasgupta-Scripting-a-new-story/articleshow/5524321.cms?referral=PM|work=The Times of India|accessdate=2014-02-19}}</ref> Meghla Dasgupta and Ida Dasgupta are his daughters.

==Career==
Intending to learn film making, Dasgupta left his graduation midway and moved to Mumbai. Here he started assisting in serials and films. Thereafter, he started making fillers and promos for the newly established audiovisual division of publishing house, [[MiD DAY]]. In 2003, he became a [[Second unit director|unit director]] in [[Anurag Kashyap]]'s film ''[[Black Friday (2004 film)|Black Friday]]'' (2004), though the film's release was stalled for further three years as it ran into troubles with Indian Censor Board. Nevertheless, the music video Dasgupta directed for the song ''Arey Ruk Ja Re Bandeh'' of the [[Black Friday (Indian Ocean album)|film soundtrack]] album, performed by band [[Indian Ocean (band)|Indian Ocean]], got him noticed.<ref name=today08/>

Dasgupta returned to Kolkata in 2005, realising he would prefer making films in his native Bengali, thus made he went on make Bengali telefilms, ''Ekti Romharshak Dakatir Golpo '' and ''K'', both made in 2006 for Bengali music channel, [[Tara Muzik]]. The film instantly got him acclaim, though a telefilm, ''Ekti Romharshak Dakatir Golpo '', even took part in the [[Thrissur International Film Festival]].<ref name=today08/><ref>{{cite web| title = Sex in the time of TV| publisher = The Telegraph| url = http://www.freebd24.com/| date = 1 July 2007| accessdate = 2014-02-19| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190113201324/http://www.freebd24.com/| archive-date = 13 January 2019| url-status = dead}}</ref>

Eventually, Dasgupta made his feature film debut with, ''[[033]]'' in 2010. 033 is the [[STD code]] for Kolkata city, and the film was incidentally based on the theme of increasing youth migration outside Kolkata for career opportunities.<ref name=today08/>

==Filmography==

=== Films ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
! colspan="3" |'''Release date'''
! rowspan="2" style="width:16%;" |'''Title'''
! rowspan="2" |'''Composer'''
! rowspan="2" |'''Producer'''
! rowspan="2" |'''Notes'''
|-
! Year !! Month !! Day
|- style="background:#fff; text-align:center;"
| 2010
| March
| 5
| ''[[033]]''
| [[Chandrabindoo (band)]]
| [[Soumo Ganguly]], [[Joy Ganguly]]
|
|- style="background:#fff; text-align:center;"
| 2011
| November
| 25
| ''[[Jaani Dyakha Hawbe|Jaani Dekha Hobe]]''
| [[Indradeep Dasgupta]], [[Neel Dutt]]
| [[Namit Bajoria]]
|
|- style="background:#fff; text-align:center;"
| rowspan="2" |2014
| February
| 14
| ''[[Obhishopto Nighty]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/Obhishopto-Nighty/movie-review/30470668.cms|title=Movie Reviews: Obhishopto Nighty|date=15 February 2014|work=The Times of India|author=Madhusree Ghosh|accessdate=2014-02-19}}</ref>
| Indraadip Das Gupta
| [[Shrikant Mohta]]
|
|- style="background:#fff; text-align:center;"
| July
| 4
| ''[[Golpo Holeo Shotti]]''
| Indraadip Das Gupta
| Birsa Dasgupta, [[Mahendra Soni]]
| Remake of ''[[Pizza (2012 film)|Pizza]]''
|- style="background:#fff; text-align:center;"
| 2015
| rowspan="2" |October
| 16
| ''[[Shudhu Tomari Jonyo]]''
| [[Arindom Chatterjee]]
| Shrikant Moht, Mahendra Soni
| Remake of ''[[Raja Rani (2013 film)|Raja Rani]]''
|- style="background:#fff; text-align:center;"
| 2016
| 7
| ''[[Gangster (2016 film)|Gangster]]''
| Arindom Chatterjee
| Shrikant Mohta, Mahendra Soni
|
|- style="background:#fff; text-align:center;"
| rowspan="2" |2017
| April
| 14
| ''[[One (2017 film)|One]]''
| Arindom Chatterjee
|
| Remake of ''[[Thani Oruvan]]''
|- style="background:#fff; text-align:center;"
| September
| 8
| ''[[Shob Bhooturey]]''
| [[Subho Pramanik]]
| Shrikant Mohta, Mahendra Soni
|
|- style="background:#fff; text-align:center;"
| 2018
| August
| 10
| ''[[Crisscross (2018 film)|Crisscross]]''
| [[JAM8]]
| Shrikant Mohta, Mahendra Soni
| Based on novel of same name by [[Smaranjit Chakraborty]]
|- style="background:#fff; text-align:center;"
| 2019
| June
| 21
| ''[[Bibaho Obhijaan (film)|Bibaho Obhijaan]]''
| [[Jeet Gannguli]]
| Mahendra Soni
|
|- style="background:#fff; text-align:center;"
| 2021
| August
| 19
| ''[[Psycho (2021 film)|Mukhosh]]''
|
| Shrikant Mohta, Mahendra Soni
| Remake of ''[[Anjaam Pathiraa]]''
|}

=== Web series ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
! Title
! Cast
! Network
! Notes
|-
|2020
|''[[Mafia (Indian web series)|Mafia]]''
|[[Anindita Bose]], [[Namit Das]], [[Ridhima Ghosh]], [[Ishaa Saha]]
|ZEE5
|
|-
|2020
|''[[Black Widows (web series)|Black Widows]]''
|[[Mona Singh]], [[Swastika Mukherjee]], [[Shamita Shetty]], [[Parambrata Chatterjee]]
|[[ZEE5]]
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|3377959}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190113201324/http://www.freebd24.com/ Website]
*[https://mdomarmakki.org/blog/members/birsadasgupta Birsa Dasgupta Profile]
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[[Category:1975 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Film directors from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Bengali film directors]]

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