Anjan Dutt

Anjan Dutt also known as "Darjeeling Dutta" (born 19 January 1953) is an Indian film director, actor, and singer-songwriter- and a professional of the 1991s Bengali music scene defined by anyodharar gaan (alternative music), reminiscent of western folk music. His music is said to be influenced by blues, bluegrass, folk and country music.

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Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002)

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A bus is setting out to Calcutta from a village in West Bengal. Meenakshi Iyer, who is from a strict orthodox Hindu background, is leaving to Chennai for her husband, with her young child, after the vacation with her parents. By chance, she gets a co-passenger who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aparna Sen
CAST:  Konkona Sen Sharma  •  Rahul Bose  •  Bhisham Sahni  •  Surekha Sikri

A bus is setting out to Calcutta from a village in West Bengal. Meenakshi Iyer, who is from a strict orthodox Hindu background, is leaving to Chennai for her husband, with her young child, after the vacation with her parents. By chance, she gets a co-passenger who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aparna Sen
CAST:  Konkona Sen Sharma  •  Rahul Bose  •  Bhisham Sahni  •  Surekha Sikri

Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish (2012)

Rudra and Partho's desire to adopt a child leads Rudra to take the most crucial decision. Rudra decides to undergo sex reassignment surgery, so that they can be legally considered a couple and allowed to adopt a baby.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rituparno Ghosh
CAST:  Rituparno Ghosh  •  Anjan Dutt  •  Kaushik Banerjee  •  Dipankar Dey

Rudra and Partho's desire to adopt a child leads Rudra to take the most crucial decision. Rudra decides to undergo sex reassignment surgery, so that they can be legally considered a couple and allowed to adopt a baby.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rituparno Ghosh
CAST:  Rituparno Ghosh  •  Anjan Dutt  •  Kaushik Banerjee  •  Dipankar Dey

Madly Bangali (2009)

Madly Bangalee is a Bengali rock band that inspires the film’s title. They rehearse in a dowdy garage of Kolkata, owned by Bobby (Lew Hilt), who owns Bobby’s Garage. Four young boys with stardust in their eyes practise their numbers not knowing what they are really ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anjan Dutt
CAST:  Soumyak Kanti DeBiswas  •  Anubrata Basu  •  Tanaji Dasgupta  •  Sumeet Thakur

Madly Bangalee is a Bengali rock band that inspires the film’s title. They rehearse in a dowdy garage of Kolkata, owned by Bobby (Lew Hilt), who owns Bobby’s Garage. Four young boys with stardust in their eyes practise their numbers not knowing what they are really ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anjan Dutt
CAST:  Soumyak Kanti DeBiswas  •  Anubrata Basu  •  Tanaji Dasgupta  •  Sumeet Thakur

Byomkesh Bakshi (2010)

Based on 'Aadim Ripu', it is the first installment of a Byomkesh film trilogy directed by Anjan Dutt. Bomkesh Bakshi is a fictional detective character, created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, a renowned author in Bengali literature. The story is based on the backdrop ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anjan Dutt
CAST:  Abir Chatterjee  •  Saswata Chatterjee  •  Swastika Mukherjee  •  Chandan Sen

Based on 'Aadim Ripu', it is the first installment of a Byomkesh film trilogy directed by Anjan Dutt. Bomkesh Bakshi is a fictional detective character, created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, a renowned author in Bengali literature. The story is based on the backdrop ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anjan Dutt
CAST:  Abir Chatterjee  •  Saswata Chatterjee  •  Swastika Mukherjee  •  Chandan Sen

Abar Byomkesh (2012)

Byomkesh, a detective, stumbles upon a case of robbery while recuperating from a prolonged illness. With the only object to be stolen being a group photograph, he attempts to solve the mystery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anjan Dutt
CAST:  Abir Chatterjee  •  Saswata Chatterjee  •  Kaushik Sen  •  Biswajit Chakraborty

Byomkesh, a detective, stumbles upon a case of robbery while recuperating from a prolonged illness. With the only object to be stolen being a group photograph, he attempts to solve the mystery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anjan Dutt
CAST:  Abir Chatterjee  •  Saswata Chatterjee  •  Kaushik Sen  •  Biswajit Chakraborty

Bada Din (1998)

It is Christmas Day in Calcutta and David Dawson is off to celebrate it with his sweetheart, Nandini Shom. The meeting does not go well as Nandini wants him to start working so that they can get married and start a family, while David wants a career as a musician. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anjan Dutt
CAST:  Shabana Azmi  •  Marc Robinson  •  Tara Deshpande  •  Irrfan Khan

It is Christmas Day in Calcutta and David Dawson is off to celebrate it with his sweetheart, Nandini Shom. The meeting does not go well as Nandini wants him to start working so that they can get married and start a family, while David wants a career as a musician. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anjan Dutt
CAST:  Shabana Azmi  •  Marc Robinson  •  Tara Deshpande  •  Irrfan Khan

Kaleidoscope (1981)

Burning with a desire to be a journalist, a young man gets his chance when a publisher -- the father of a friend -- suggests that he write a story on the daily life of the people in his house (several families worth of people). The material turns out to be too ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mrinal Sen
CAST:  Anjan Dutt  •  Utpal Dutt  •  Gita Sen  •  Kausik Sen

Burning with a desire to be a journalist, a young man gets his chance when a publisher -- the father of a friend -- suggests that he write a story on the daily life of the people in his house (several families worth of people). The material turns out to be too ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mrinal Sen
CAST:  Anjan Dutt  •  Utpal Dutt  •  Gita Sen  •  Kausik Sen

Mahanagar@Kolkata (2010)

Director Suman Mukhopadhyay has strung three stories of Nabarun Bhattacharya Ek Tukro Nyloner Dori, Amar Kono Bhoy Nei Toh and Angshik Chandragrahan to create this film. The story of the film revolves around the people and their life of Kolkata metropolitan city ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suman Mukhopadhyay
CAST:  Anjan Dutt  •  Sreelekha Mitra  •  Arun Mukherjee  •  Chandan Roy Sanyal

Director Suman Mukhopadhyay has strung three stories of Nabarun Bhattacharya Ek Tukro Nyloner Dori, Amar Kono Bhoy Nei Toh and Angshik Chandragrahan to create this film. The story of the film revolves around the people and their life of Kolkata metropolitan city ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suman Mukhopadhyay
CAST:  Anjan Dutt  •  Sreelekha Mitra  •  Arun Mukherjee  •  Chandan Roy Sanyal

Mahaprithibi (1991)

When the elderly mother of a Kolkata middle-class family commits suicide, no one has the courage to read the old woman's diary. When the eldest son returns from Germany, his anxious questioning brings to light the disorientation experienced by the family and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mrinal Sen
CAST:  Victor Banerjee  •  Soumitra Chatterjee  •  Anjan Dutt  •  Aparna Sen

When the elderly mother of a Kolkata middle-class family commits suicide, no one has the courage to read the old woman's diary. When the eldest son returns from Germany, his anxious questioning brings to light the disorientation experienced by the family and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mrinal Sen
CAST:  Victor Banerjee  •  Soumitra Chatterjee  •  Anjan Dutt  •  Aparna Sen

Chalo Let's Go (2008)

This is a story of four friends & school buddies. Out of them, only Ashim is an earning person, he is a doctor. Earlier, they started a Bangla Band, where Hari was the lead singer, but they were heavily thrashed by the public in a stage show in North Bengal. They ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anjan Dutt
CAST:  Saswata Chatterjee  •  Parambrata Chatterjee  •  Rudranil Ghosh  •  Ritwick Chakraborty

This is a story of four friends & school buddies. Out of them, only Ashim is an earning person, he is a doctor. Earlier, they started a Bangla Band, where Hari was the lead singer, but they were heavily thrashed by the public in a stage show in North Bengal. They ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anjan Dutt
CAST:  Saswata Chatterjee  •  Parambrata Chatterjee  •  Rudranil Ghosh  •  Ritwick Chakraborty

Aamaar Bhuvan (2002)

After Shokhina's marriage to Noor ends, she remarries Meher but faces many complications in her married life. Things get worse when Noor returns to India as a married rich man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mrinal Sen
CAST:  Nandita Das  •  Kaushik Sen  •  Saswata Chatterjee  •  Barun Chakraborty

After Shokhina's marriage to Noor ends, she remarries Meher but faces many complications in her married life. Things get worse when Noor returns to India as a married rich man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mrinal Sen
CAST:  Nandita Das  •  Kaushik Sen  •  Saswata Chatterjee  •  Barun Chakraborty

Crossroads (1982)

A gritty political thriller set at the backdrop of the violent Naxalite movement in 70’s Calcutta.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buddhadeb Dasgupta
CAST:  Anjan Dutt  •  Mamata Shankar  •  Goutam Ghose  •  Manoj Mitra

A gritty political thriller set at the backdrop of the violent Naxalite movement in 70’s Calcutta.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buddhadeb Dasgupta
CAST:  Anjan Dutt  •  Mamata Shankar  •  Goutam Ghose  •  Manoj Mitra

Kharij (1982)

A pre-teenager servant boy dies of carbon monoxide poisoning on a cold winter night. He was employed by a young working Calcutta couple with a small boy of their own. Taking money from a neighbor's friendly daughter, he slipped away to watch a movie on a cold ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mrinal Sen
CAST:  Anjan Dutt  •  Mamata Shankar  •  Sreela Majumdar  •  Indranil Moitra

A pre-teenager servant boy dies of carbon monoxide poisoning on a cold winter night. He was employed by a young working Calcutta couple with a small boy of their own. Taking money from a neighbor's friendly daughter, he slipped away to watch a movie on a cold ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mrinal Sen
CAST:  Anjan Dutt  •  Mamata Shankar  •  Sreela Majumdar  •  Indranil Moitra

Yugant (1995)

Deepak and Anasuya are an estranged couple, now leading separate lives in Cuttack and Bombay. They meet again after 18 months of separation, at a small fishing village where they had once honeymooned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aparna Sen
CAST:  Anjan Dutt  •  Roopa Ganguly  •  Pallavi Chatterjee  •  Kunal Mitra

Deepak and Anasuya are an estranged couple, now leading separate lives in Cuttack and Bombay. They meet again after 18 months of separation, at a small fishing village where they had once honeymooned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aparna Sen
CAST:  Anjan Dutt  •  Roopa Ganguly  •  Pallavi Chatterjee  •  Kunal Mitra

The Confined (1993)

The mistress of a wealthy man, alone in her huge apartment and terribly lonely, phones strangers in the middle of the night. One night she phones a young writer, and as the days pass and the conversations continue a relationship forms between two people who've ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mrinal Sen
CAST:  Anjan Dutt  •  Dimple Kapadia  •  Satya Bandopadhyay  •  Tathagata Sanyal

The mistress of a wealthy man, alone in her huge apartment and terribly lonely, phones strangers in the middle of the night. One night she phones a young writer, and as the days pass and the conversations continue a relationship forms between two people who've ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mrinal Sen
CAST:  Anjan Dutt  •  Dimple Kapadia  •  Satya Bandopadhyay  •  Tathagata Sanyal

Dekha (2001)

A journey through the life of an aged Bengali poet, Shashibhushan. Shashbhushan, now blind, reflects on his past. Stimulated by sounds - songs, crows, traffic, and an electronic lighter - he recalls the now-vanished arts and literature scene of post independence ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Goutam Ghose
CAST:  Soumitra Chatterjee  •  Indrani Haldar  •  Debashree Roy  •  Roopa Ganguly

A journey through the life of an aged Bengali poet, Shashibhushan. Shashbhushan, now blind, reflects on his past. Stimulated by sounds - songs, crows, traffic, and an electronic lighter - he recalls the now-vanished arts and literature scene of post independence ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Goutam Ghose
CAST:  Soumitra Chatterjee  •  Indrani Haldar  •  Debashree Roy  •  Roopa Ganguly

Jaani Dekha Hobe (2011)

A young musician and a fatso model have the same dream together, and they meet and fall in love at a bookstore. When their relationship starts to fall apart, an out-of-work magician steps in.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Birsa Dasgupta
CAST:  Parambrata Chatterjee  •  Payel Sarkar  •  Anjan Dutt  •  Roopa Ganguly

A young musician and a fatso model have the same dream together, and they meet and fall in love at a bookstore. When their relationship starts to fall apart, an out-of-work magician steps in.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Birsa Dasgupta
CAST:  Parambrata Chatterjee  •  Payel Sarkar  •  Anjan Dutt  •  Roopa Ganguly

Dutta Vs Dutta (2012)

Dutta Vs Dutta is a 2012 Bengali film directed by Anjan Dutt. This is Anjan Dutt's semi-autobiographical film. Most of the film has been shot in a house of Amherst Street in Kolkata. Anjan has described this house resonated feel of his old house of Beniapukur.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anjan Dutt
CAST:  Ranodeep Bose  •  Anjan Dutt  •  Arpita Chatterjee  •  Rita Koiral

Dutta Vs Dutta is a 2012 Bengali film directed by Anjan Dutt. This is Anjan Dutt's semi-autobiographical film. Most of the film has been shot in a house of Amherst Street in Kolkata. Anjan has described this house resonated feel of his old house of Beniapukur.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anjan Dutt
CAST:  Ranodeep Bose  •  Anjan Dutt  •  Arpita Chatterjee  •  Rita Koiral

Bow Barracks Forever (2004)

As the modern world hustles toward never-ending changes, the residents of a small Anglo-Indian community in the lively metropolis of Kolkata try to preserve their unique identity in this moving drama from India. A host of characters, including Emily (Lillete Dubey) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anjan Dutt
CAST:  Lillete Dubey  •  Clayton Rodgers  •  Victor Banerjee  •  Neha Dubey

As the modern world hustles toward never-ending changes, the residents of a small Anglo-Indian community in the lively metropolis of Kolkata try to preserve their unique identity in this moving drama from India. A host of characters, including Emily (Lillete Dubey) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anjan Dutt
CAST:  Lillete Dubey  •  Clayton Rodgers  •  Victor Banerjee  •  Neha Dubey

Byomkesh Bakshi (2015)

The curtain rises on a small coalfield town. Plagued with a series of unexplained troubles that broke out suddenly, owner of a coalmine seeks the help of Byomkesh Bakshi to sort things out for him. When Byomkesh arrives with his trusted confidante Ajit, they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anjan Dutt
CAST:  Jisshu Sengupta  •  Saswata Chatterjee  •  Ushasie Chakraborty  •  Ankitaa Chakraborty

The curtain rises on a small coalfield town. Plagued with a series of unexplained troubles that broke out suddenly, owner of a coalmine seeks the help of Byomkesh Bakshi to sort things out for him. When Byomkesh arrives with his trusted confidante Ajit, they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anjan Dutt
CAST:  Jisshu Sengupta  •  Saswata Chatterjee  •  Ushasie Chakraborty  •  Ankitaa Chakraborty
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