Harisadhan Dasgupta

Harisadhan Dasgupta was a renowned Indian-origin film director. In 1923, he was born in Kolkata. Dasgupta was always fascinated by the art of filmmaking, to learn the art more professionally, he went to the University of California, Los Angeles. He also worked part-time under the producer Irving Pichel. After completing his studies, Harisadhan returned to Calcutta to produce films and documentaries. In his long career, Harisadhan has produced several long and short documentaries. He was well known among the public for his English language documentaries about the situation of Bengali people.

Some of his most famous works are Panchthupi: A Village in West Bengal (1955), Panorama of West Bengal (1961), Glimpses of India (1965), and The Automobile Industry in India (1969). He gained popularity when he drafted a documentary on Tata Steel titled Tata: The Story of Steel. Most of Harisadhan’s documentaries were scripted by Satyajit Ray Biographies reveal bare details about the maverick >> Read More... . He also worked with many famous personalities from the industry like Hrishikesh Mukherjee Hrishikesh Mukherjee is a film director, writer an >> Read More... , Claude Renoir, Jean Renoir, Ravi Shankar Bio coming soon... >> Read More... , Asit Sen Asit Sen was born on 24 September 1922 in Dhaka (n >> Read More... , etc. Harisadhan Dasgupta died on 19th August 1996 in Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India.