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| Premendu Bikash Chaki | |
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| Born | Premendu Bikash Chaki (1964-10-09)October 9, 1964 Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Spouse | Rita Chaki |
| Children | Iranda Chaki |
| Occupation | Cinematographer • Film Director • Screenwriter |
Premendu Bikash Chaki (born 9 October 1964), popularly known as P. B. Chaki is an Indian Cinematographer, Director and Screen Writer associated with Tollywood (Bengali cinema) based in West Bengal, India. He started his carrier as cinematographer in the year 1990. Known for his films Chirodini Tumi Je Amar as Cinematographer and Alaap (2024 film) as Writer and Director. He also has held several positions in the film fraternity including being the former President of Eastern India Cinematographers' Association and Vice President in the Technical Committee of Kolkata International Film Festival besides being a guest lecturer of Film Studies at the Information and Cultural Affairs Department, Government of West Bengal.
Filmography
Films
| Year | Film | Role | Cast | Remarks |
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| 2024 | Alaap (2024 film) | Writer & Director | Abir Chatterjee, Mimi Chakraborty, Swastika Dutta, Kinjal Nanda | Produced by: Surinder Films, |
| 2023 | Palasher Biye | Director | Mimi Chakraborty, Somraj Maity, Anjana Basu, Alokananda Roy, Biswajit Chakraborty | Production: Shadow Films & Road Shadow, Distributed by ZEE5 |
| 2023 | Love Marriage (2023 film) | Director | Ranjit Mallick, Ankush Hazra, Aparajita Auddy, Oindrila Sen, Sohag Sen | Production: Surinder Films |
| 2023 | Paka Dekha | Director | Soham Chakraborty, Sushmita Chatterjee, Dipankar Dey, Kharaj Mukherjee, Laboni Sarkar, Sumanta Mukhopadhyay | Production: Soham Films |
| 2021 | Rayscope | Writer & Director | Documentary Film (Tribute to Satyajit Ray), https://www.indiablooms.com/showbiz/kiff-screens-rayscope-a-tribute-to-satyajit-ray-by-premendu-bikash-chaki/details | |
| 2021 | Laptop – The Lockdown Film | Writer & Director | Rituparna Sengupta, Saheb Chatterjee, Sonali Chowdhury | Short Film |
| 2021 | Mon Mane Na (TV series) | Director | Pallavi Dey, Anjana Basu, Samm Bhattacharya | Produced By: Surinder Films, Released By: Colors Bangla |
| 2018 | Honeymoon (2018 film) | Director | Ranjit Mallick, Soham Chakraborty, Subhashree Ganguly, Rudranil Ghosh | Production: Surinder Films & Green Touch |
| 2017 | Ebar Jombe Moja | Writer & Director | Production: ZEE Bangla | |
| 2016 | Dum Dum Dihga Digha | Director | Biplab Chatterjee, Sourav Das (actor), Anindita Bose, Anamika Saha, Rita Koiral | Written By: Padmanabha Dasgupta, Production: Raj Chakraborty, Released by: ZEE Bangla |
| 2016 | Raater Aatithi | Script, DOP & Director | Rudranil Ghosh, Sreelekha Mitra | Production: Raj Chakraborty, Released by: ZEE Bangla |
| 2009 | The Alkap Story | Writer & Director | Documentary Film on the Forgotten Art of Murshidabad, Production: PRI Production, | |
| 2009 | Takkar – Raelity Show | Director | Production: Ideas, Released by: Ruposhi Bangla | |
| 1990 | Abyakta (The Unsaid) | Writer & Director | Short Film that has shown at the Mumbai International Film Festival in 1992, Production: Ashok Saha |
Films as Cinematographer
Early life
Premendu Bikash Chaki was born in Kolkata, India. He completed his school from Jodhpur Park Boys School and then went on to graduate with a B.Com Honours degree from University of Calcutta. His passion for films led him to pursue further film studies at Chitrabani. He started his career as a photojournalist in the year of 1985. He then went on to work as an assistant cinematographer until he started working independently as a cinematographer in the early 90s. His first big recognition was after winning the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for the film Mahulbonir Sereng (Bengali movie), directed by Sekhar Das in 2004. He directed his first reality TV show, Takkar, in 2009. He went on to release his first feature film, Honeymoon (2018 film), in 2018 for the big screen.
Awards
| Ceremony | Category | Year | Film | Result | Reference |
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| Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards | Best Cinematographer | 2005 | Mahulbanir Sereng | Won | https://en.wikipedia.org/Bengal_Film_Journalists%27_Association_%E2%80%93_Best_Cinematographer_Award |
| Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards | Best Cinematographer | 2006 | Krantikaal | Won | https://en.wikipedia.org/Bengal_Film_Journalists%27_Association_%E2%80%93_Best_Cinematographer_Award |
| Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards | Best Cinematographer | 2013 | Mayabazaar | Won | https://en.wikipedia.org/71st_Annual_BFJA_Awards |
External links
- Premendu Bikash Chaki at IMDb
- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/cast-and-crew-of-premendu-bikash-chakis-upcoming-rom-com-commence-shooting-for-the-film/articleshow/107934511.cms
- https://www.telegraphindia.com/topic/premendu-bikash-chaki
- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Premendu-Bikash-Chaki
- https://letterboxd.com/director/premendu-bikash-chaki/
- https://www.airtelxstream.in/artist/premendu-bikash-chaki/621e0b7c2cb84200675a8119
- https://www.digit.in/digit-binge/director/premendu-bikash-chaki/
- https://www.moviebuff.com/premendu-bikash-chaki
- https://northeastfilmjournal.com/tag/premendu-bikash-chaki
- https://www.ottplay.com/interview/exclusive-premendu-bikash-chaki-these-days-the-supply-of-bengali-films-is-more-than-the-demand-but-the-standard-is-not-rising/dcf18e1523322
- https://www.indulgexpress.com/topic/premendu-bikash-chaki
- https://www.indiablooms.com/showbiz/kiff-screens-rayscope-a-tribute-to-satyajit-ray-by-premendu-bikash-chaki/details