# Subhankar Chattopadhyay

Subhankar Chattopadhyay (Bengali: শুভঙ্কর চট্টোপাধ্যায়; born 1977) is an Indian director, scriptwriter, content creator, and producer. He is a non-fiction show creator in Tollywood.He is known for directing television shows, including Dadagiri Unlimited, Dance Bangla Dance, Mirakkel and others.
He directed the film Haanda & Bhonda (2010), starring Mithun Chakraborty. Chattopadhyay and his team became known in history of the world television to air their shows twice for a duration of 10 hours continuously, for Super Singer Junior finale and audition. He introduced remote work for a non-fiction singing reality show, Super Singer, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in India. He directed the show where the participants, hosts, and jury shot their respective parts with their mobile phones from the safety of their homes. He has directed 'Mohabijoyer Mohanayok', an event organized to celebrate 50 years of Bangladesh Independence & 100 years birth anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. All the prominent cultural personas like Rezwana choudhury Bannya to Swadhin Bangla betar artists were in the show, prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina and president of Bangladesh, Mr. Abdul Hamid and India, Mr. Ram Nath Kovind and many more esteemed guests were there to witness the show. Show was on air live in all the government and private satellite channels of Bangladesh.

## Life and career

Chattopadhyay was born in Baruipur, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, in 1977. He did his schooling from Baruipur High School. He graduated from City College, Kolkata. He started his career at Little Magazine, forayed into electronic media as a scriptwriter following which he worked for Zee Bangla as an executive producer for many years before directing successful non-fiction shows.

## Works
### Television

| Show | Channel | Notes |
| Mirakkel | Zee bangla | Executive Producer. Director, Producer |
| Dance Bangla Dance | Zee bangla | Executive Producer. Director |
| Dadagiri Unlimited | Zee bangla | Director |
| Star of Bengal | Zee bangla | Director |
| Ke Hobe Biggest Fan | Zee bangla | Director |
| Banglar Shera Poribar | Zee bangla | Director |
| Apur Sangsar | Zee bangla | Director |
| Detective 2015 | Zee bangla | Director, Producer |
| Kotha O Kahini | Star Jalsha | Director |
| Bhyabachaka | Star Jalsha | Director |
| Amra Na Ora | Star Jalsha | Director |
| Amar Bor Superstar | Star Jalsha | Director |
| Ebar Jombe Moja | Star Jalsha | Director, Producer |
| Super Singer Junior | Star Jalsha | Director, Producer |
| Dance Dance Junior | Star Jalsha | Director, Producer |
| Super Singer | Star Jalsha | Director, Producer |
| Singing Star | Ruposhi Bangla | Director |
| Bindass Dance | Colors Bangla | Director, Producer |
| Abbulish | Colors Bangla | Director |
| Rannaghore Rockstar | Colors Bangla | Director, Producer |
| Gaaner Gunto | Colors Bangla | Director, Producer |
| Pratibhara Dadagiri | Zee Sarthak | Director |

### Web series

| Webseries | Year | Cast | Platform | Extra Notes |
| Case Jaundice | 2020 | Ankush Hazra, Parambrata Chatterjee & Anirban Chakraborty | Hoichoi | Director |
| Tram Depot | Yet to release | | Hoichoi | Director |

### Filmography

| Film | Year | Cast | Extra Notes |
| Handa and Bhonda | 2010 | Mithun Chakraborty, Aritra Dutta Banik, Biswajit Chakraborty and Supriya Devi. | Director |
| Pataligunjer Putul Khela | 2024 | Soham Majumdar, Paran Bandopadhyay, Ditipriya Roy, Rajatava Dutta, Tanima Sen, Mir Afsar Ali and Dipankar De. | Director |

### Events

| EVENT | NOTES | EXTRA NOTES |
| Mohabijoyer Mohanayok | Director | This is known to be one of the most prestigious events in Bangladesh. This was organized to celebrate 50 years of Bangladesh Independence & 100 years birth anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| Mirchi Music Awards Bangla | Director | Mirchi Music Awards Bangla are presented annually by Radio Mirchi to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Bengali language film music industry of India. |
| Joyo Hey | Director | The entire Bengali film and television fraternity gather for a star-studded evening to celebrate the selfless efforts of the Kolkata Police |
| Platinum Pancham | Director | An Event celebrating the 75th birth anniversary of R.D.Burman |
| Jalsha Doshe Dosh | Director, Producer | On completion of 10 years of Star Jalsha |
| Zee Bangla Gourab Sonman | Director | |
| Star Jalsha Poribar Awards | Director | |
| Star jalsha Poribar Awards | Director, Producer | 2021 |
| Bangla Cine Carnival | Director | Celebration of 100 years of Bengali cinema with soul-stirring performances and a musical extravaganza in the charming country of Thailand. |
| Telly Academy Awards | Director | The West Bengal Tele Academy Awards cover the entire array of television productions, rewarding excellence in production, programming, photography, and technology, among others. |
| Gaan Priti | Director | One of Bengal's biggest Musical Concert, where six renowned musicians mesmerized everyone with their distinct styles, streamed on Hoichoi |

### Literary works

He has been practicing his art of writing for years; his writing has also been published in the Desh magazine quite a few numbers of times. In between the year 2000–2003, his literary pieces 'Tobu j Ami Jiggasha Chinho' and 'Prem Porjoton phaad' was published. Beside this, he was also an editor of a magazine called Poddyo Chorcha.