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{{Short description|Indian Bengali director, screenwriter and editor}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox person
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| birth_date = 7th May 1976
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]]
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| spouse = Mekhala Bhattacharya
| children = Kabir Bhattacharya
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| occupation = {{hlist|Director|[[Screenwriter]]|[[Editor]]|Actor}}
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'''Debaloy Bhattacharya''' ({{lang|bn|দেবালয় ভট্টাচার্য}}) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, editor and actor predominantly associated with [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali film industry]]. He is best known for directing the films ''[[Dracula Sir]]'' (2020) and ''[[Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole]]'' (2024), and the web series ''[[Montu Pilot]]'' and ''[[Indubala Bhaater Hotel]]''.

Bhattacharya debuted as an editor with the film ''Shoonya'' (2006) and also served as a screenwriter in a few films. He made his directorial debut with ''Roga Howar Sohoj Upay'' (2015). ''Holy Faak'' (2017) marked his directorial web series debut.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/bidaay-byomkesh-debaloy-bhattacharya-reveals-why-he-decided-to-introduce-an-aged-byomkesh/articleshow/65021630.cms|title='Bidaay Byomkesh': Debaloy Bhattacharya reveals why he decided to introduce an aged Byomkesh|website=The Times of India|access-date=9 November 2019}}</ref>

==Career==
Bhattacharya started his career in the [[Indian film industry]] as an editor, debuting with ''Shoonya'' (2006). He again worked as an editor in ''[[033]]'' (2009), which marked his debut as a screenwriter in a feature film. He has written the screenplay, story, and dialogues for several [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali films]] including ''[[Obhishopto Nighty]]'' (2014), ''[[Golpo Holeo Shotti]]'' (2014) and ''Roga Howar Sohoj Upay'' (2015). The latter marked his debut as a director. He made his web series debut in 2017, directing ''Holy Faak'' on [[Hoichoi]]. In the same year, he directed the first season of ''[[Dupur Thakurpo]]''.

In 2018, he directed ''[[Bidaay Byomkesh]]'', a Bengali drama starring Abir Chatterjee in the titular role. He has also directed the critically acclaimed ''[[Biday Byomkesh]]'' (2018) and ''[[Dracula Sir]]'' (2020). In 2020, he directed the first season of ''[[Montu Pilot]]'' and has directed all of its following seasons — Season 2 (2022) and Season 3 (2026). In 2023, he directed the highly acclaimed web series ''[[Indubala Bhaater Hotel]]'' streamed on Hoichoi. ''[[P.I. Meena]]'' (2023) marked his directorial debut in Hindi OTT. In 2024, he directed ''[[Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole]]'', the first project of [[Hoichoi|Hoichoi Studios]].

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of films
! Year
! Film
! Director
! Writer
! Editor
! Actor
! Notes
! {{Refh}}
|-
| 2006
| ''Shoonya''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| Debut film
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[033]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Fresh takes : Simply Kolkata |work=[[India Today]] |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/supplement/story/20080128-fresh-takes-735155-2008-01-16 |first1=Swagata |last1=Sen |date= 16 January 2008 |access-date=2014-02-19}}</ref>
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Michael (2011 Indian film)|Michael]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Hindi film debut; Co-written with [[Ribhu Dasgupta]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonbanglaradio.com/content/93286811-interview-film-maker-ribhu-dasgupta-michael-hindi-2011-directorial-debut-premiering |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924025111/http://www.washingtonbanglaradio.com/content/93286811-interview-film-maker-ribhu-dasgupta-michael-hindi-2011-directorial-debut-premiering |url-status=usurped |archive-date=24 September 2011 |title=Interview: Film-Maker Ribhu Dasgupta on ''Michael'' (Hindi, 2011) - Directorial Debut Premiering in TIFF 2011 |access-date=28 August 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Obhishopto Nighty]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Nightie gets naughty |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120831/jsp/entertainment/story_15916294.jsp#.UqkzgNIW1n4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223051452/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120831/jsp/entertainment/story_15916294.jsp#.UqkzgNIW1n4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 February 2014 |access-date=12 December 2013 |newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Golpo Holeo Shotti]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Chatterji |first=Shoma A. |title=Golpo Holeo Shotti (Bengali) / Good and scary |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/golpo-holeo-shotti-bengali-good-and-scary/ |website=[[The Indian Express]] |date=18 July 2014 |access-date=24 April 2025 |archive-date=18 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518045356/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/golpo-holeo-shotti-bengali-good-and-scary/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| ''Roga Howar Sohoj Upay''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Marked his debut as a director
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/debaloy-bhattacharya-mocks-our-obsession-with-weight-loss/story-s9BCAFJtGQldRFYUT0oNAN.html|title=Debaloy Bhattacharya mocks our obsession with weight loss|date=26 June 2015|website=Hindustan Times|access-date=9 November 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Cinemawala]]''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|
| <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/entertainment/the-film-is-dead-long-live-the-film/article7974351.ece|title=The film is dead, long live the film|newspaper=[[the Hindu]]| last=Ghosh|first=Sankhayan|date=11 December 2015 |accessdate=8 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2018
| ''Teen Cup Chaa''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Web film released on [[Hoichoi]]
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Teen Cup Chaa |url=https://www.hoichoi.tv/films/title/teen-cup-chaa?viewport=desktop&cc=IN |access-date=19 March 2026}}</ref>
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Bidaay Byomkesh]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Chattopadhyay |first1=Bhaskar |title=Biday Byomkesh movie review: Interesting premise falls flat with lazy, confused writing in second half |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/biday-byomkesh-movie-review-interesting-premise-falls-flat-with-lazy-confused-writing-in-second-half-4890761.html |access-date=19 March 2026 |work=[[Firstpost]] |date=4 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Dracula Sir]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/review-of-bengali-film-dracula-sir-1.1219392 |title=ভাবনার শিহরণে আটকে ড্রাকুলা |trans-title=Dracula stuck in a shiver of thought |first=Madhumanti Pait |last=Chowdhury |date=October 23, 2020 |publisher=[[Anandabazar Patrika]] |language=bn |access-date=4 November 2020 |archive-date=4 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104100655/https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/review-of-bengali-film-dracula-sir-1.1219392 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Niyogi |first1=Agnivo |title=Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole: Abir Chatterjee as Swapan Kumar's sleuth is a lot of fun |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/shri-swapankumarer-badami-hyenar-kobole-abir-chatterjee-as-swapan-kumars-sleuth-is-a-lot-of-fun/cid/1993555 |work=The Telegraph |date=13 January 2024}}</ref>
|}

== Web series ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of web series
! Year
! Series
! Director
! Writer
! Platform
! Notes
! {{Refh}}
|-
| 2017
| ''Holy Faak''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| rowspan="11"|[[Hoichoi]]
| Directorial web series debut
| <ref name="dc">{{cite news |title=Hoichoi announces 100+ hours of original content with more than 30 originals |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/in-other-news/210918/hoichoi-announces-100-hours-of-original-content-with-more-than-30-ori.html |access-date=21 March 2026 |work=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |date=21 September 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Dupur Thakurpo]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Dupur Thakurpo Seasons 1 to 3 Review: A naughty comedy that starts with a bang but ends with a whimper |url=https://m.timesofindia.com/web-series/reviews/bengali/dupur-thakurpo/amp_webseriesshow/76438392.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726183658/https://m.timesofindia.com/web-series/reviews/bengali/dupur-thakurpo/amp_webseriesshow/76438392.cms |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 July 2023 |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=The Times of India}}</ref>
|-
| 2018
| ''Charitraheen''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
| <ref name="toi">{{cite news |last1=Sen |first1=Debolina |title=Charitraheen Season 1 & 2 Review: Too Many Subplots With An Overdose Of Sexual Violence |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/reviews/bengali/charitraheen/webseriesshow/76385414.cms |access-date=21 March 2026 |work=Times of India |date=17 June 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 2018
| ''Holy Faak 2''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| Season 2
| <ref name="dc"></ref>
|-
| 2019
| ''Bou Keno Psycho''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Paul |first1=Shreya |title=Bengali content finds pan-India audience with growth of Hoichoi, a regional language OTT player |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bengali-content-finds-pan-india-audience-with-growth-of-hoichoi-a-regional-language-ott-player-5231051.html |access-date=21 March 2026 |work=[[Firstpost]] |date=21 September 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2019
| ''Charitraheen 2''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Season 2
| <ref name="toi"></ref>
|-
| 2020
| ''Pabitra Puppies''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Chakraborty |first1=Shamayita |title=Pabitra Puppies Season 1 Review : Plot lost in a maze of news headlines and moral calls |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/reviews/bengali/pabitra-puppies/seasonreview/76355788.cms |access-date=21 March 2026 |work=Times of India |date=31 July 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 2020
| ''Charitraheen 3''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Season 3
| <ref name="toi"></ref>
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Montu Pilot]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/entertainment/cinema/montu-pilot-points-out-the-discrimination-faced-by-the-sex-workers-of-sonagachi-and-how-it-is-turning-out-to-be-an-eye-opener-for-the-audience/articleshow/72768334.cms|title=সোনাগাছি এবং মন্টু পাইলট, অনুভূতির হইচই!|last=|first=|date=2019-12-16|website=India Times|language=bn|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-02-13}}</ref>
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Montu Pilot#Season 2 (2022)|Montu Pilot 2]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Season 2
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Solanki-Mithila: কেন ‘মন্টু পাইলট ২’ থেকে মুখ ফেরালেন শোলাঙ্কি ? তাঁর জায়গাতেই কি এসেছেন মিথিলা? |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/why-solanki-roy-refused-montu-pilot-2-how-mithila-has-been-chosen-dgtl/cid/1323024 |access-date=19 March 2026 |work=[[Anandabazar Patrika]] |date=11 January 2022 |language=bn}}</ref>
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Indubala Bhaater Hotel]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Niyogi |first1=Agnivo |title=Subhashree Ganguly shines in Hoichoi’s Indubala Bhaater Hotel as a refugee homemaker who starts a business |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/subhashree-ganguly-shines-in-hoichois-indubala-bhaater-hotel-as-a-refugee-homemaker-who-starts-a-business/cid/1925937 |access-date=27 July 2025 |work=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]] |date=29 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2023
| ''[[P I Meena]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| [[Amazon Prime Video]]
| Marked his Hindi directorial web series debut
| <ref>{{cite news |last=Srinivasan |first=Latha |title=PI Meena' review: A tedious series that even the good cast can't liven up |url=https://thedailyguardian.com/pi-meena-review-a-tedious-series-that-even-the-good-cast-cant-liven-up/ |access-date=7 November 2023 |work=[[Daily Guardian (Iloilo)|The Daily Guardian]] |date=6 November 2023 |archive-date=7 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107090851/https://thedailyguardian.com/pi-meena-review-a-tedious-series-that-even-the-good-cast-cant-liven-up/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2026
| ''[[Montu Pilot#Season 3 (2026)|Montu Pilot 3]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Hoichoi
| Season 3
|-
| 2026
| ''[[Gorkyr Maa]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown}}
| [[Fridaay]]
| Season 1
|
<ref>{{cite news |title=অতীতের হাত ধরে গল্প বুনছে ভবিষ্যৎ! সত্যিই ফিরছে ভ্রমর? মন্টু পাইলট ৩-এর ঝলকে কোন ইঙ্গিত |url=https://www.aajkaal.in/entertainment/montu-pilot-3-trailer-out-starring-sourav-das-parno-mittrah-solanki-roy-311159#google_vignette |access-date=19 March 2026 |work=[[Aajkal]] |date=1 March 2026 |language=bn}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=2404627|name=Debaloy Bhattacharya}}

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