1951Nominee
Career Highlight
The River
Ramananda Sengupta
Director
Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India
May 8, 1916
Biography
Ramananda Sengupta (8 May 1916 – 23 August 2017) was an Indian cinematographer. Sengupta stood behind the lens in more than 70 films. His work in cinematography began in 1938 when he joined as an apprentice at the Aurora Film Corporation in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). He worked with G. K. Mehta, as first assistant on the 1941 film Kurukshetra. Sengupta's first independent work was Purbaraag directed by Ardhendu Mukherjee. Sengupta worked with French director Jean Renoir when he came to Kolkata to shoot his 1951 film The River.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1973Winner
Career Highlight
Quiet Flows the Meghna
1947Winner
Best Director
Purbarag
Career Highlights
1960Highlight
Best Director
Shree Loknath
1959Highlight
Best Director
Mahalakhmi Puja
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The River