Subhrajit Mitra
Subhrajit Mitra (born 18 January 1976) is a film maker from India working in Bengali film industry. Career. Subhrajit Mitra is an Indian film maker, working in Bengali film industry, presently considered one of the top 10 young generation directors of the country. His film "Avijatrik" [The wanderlust of Apu], which is the sequel to the "Apu trilogy" by Satyajit Ray , is ranked 5th in the list of best South Asian films of 2020 and garnered 27 international laurels so far. The film "Avijatrik" has travelled to 5 continents, 20 cities, 22 festivals and is considered a modern -day classic by the critics. Personally Subhrajit has won 9 laurels so far, as the screenplay writer and director of the film "Avijatrik". Mitra started his career at the age of 18 as a documentary director for Doordarshan. He completed his postgraduate diploma in computer science and engineering and a part-time two-year diploma course in film direction from National Institute of Film and Fine Arts. He is also a certificate holder from Harvard University , department of the Classics, on Ancient Masterpieces on World literature. He is the recipient of Iconic Achievers Award 2021, from Rotary Benevolent Club. Subhrajit  is presented with the Honorary Doctorate degree in Literature [D'litt], by the Saint Mother Teresa University, Bangalore, for his profound understanding of the literature based classics and contributing to the Indian /Bengali cinema as the Director and Screenplay writer. Subhrajit is the screenplay writer and director of "Avijatrik" [The wanderlust of Apu]. The film is based on the concluding part of the novel "Aparajito" by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay , and sequel to the classic "Apu trilogy" by Satyajit Ray. The film is huge success in the international festival circuits as well as with the domestic audience. His debut feature film was "Mon  amour..shesher kobita revisited" in 2008. Mitra has directed 7 feature films including Aagunpakhi and Kakababu trilogy by Sunil Ganguly, and "Chorabali" a who dunnit thriller inspired by Agatha Christie's work . Vorai, a 52 mins film, was Mitra’s first fiction work, which has won 4 major awards across the globe. Earlier in his career, prior to "Mon Amour", he has scripted and directed six documentaries for Doordarshan, the national channel, a fifty-two episodes of a documentary-series on National network with joint production by ISRO [Indian space research organization], two corporate documentaries for BM Birla heart research  center, a corporate documentary for ONGC and a promotional docu-fiction on conservation of nature for Forest Department of West Bengal. Subhrajit researched, scripted and Directed "Wangala" – a documentary film on Garo tribes in the North east of the Himalayan foothill range, it was well received globally. He was an empanelled filmmaker of National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel and History Channel. He has directed a series on the lesser-known tribes of the Himalayas, titled "Himalayas- unsung, unseen" for National Geographic Channel. Mitra has made a documentary on the 1971 India–Pakistan war and Bangladesh liberation for BSF, produced by  Ministry of Home Affairs, India. Mr. A.R. Rahman has done the score for this Documentary. Subhrajit has made a docu feature on Jesus Christ’s alleged life in India after his proclaimed resurrection, titled "The unknown stories of the Messiah". Internationally acclaimed actors such as Soumitra Chatterjee and Aparna Sen have acted in this film. The film premiered at Cannes film market and also got nominated as the "Best International docu-feature" award at the Rome international film festival. His Documentary film on prisoner’s children, "Flickering Angels", produced by Gov.of India has travelled in several international festivals. Subhrajit is  well known for his feature films based on the period piece literary classics as well as for some of his path breaking documentaries.