HI ! I AM UTTARAYAN THOUGH PEOPLE CLOSE TO ME PREFER TO CALL ME APPA.

HERE ARE FEW THINGS ABOUT MY SELF WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU SO THAT IF EVER MY SERVICES ARE REQUIRE, YOU CAN CONSIDER ME JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY.

BASICALLY I HAIL FROM A FAMILY FULL OF ARTISTS. IN FACT BOTH MY PARENTS DEDICATED THEIR LIFES TO THEATRE AND DID EVERY THING WITH IN AND BEYOND THEIR CAPACITY FOR IT’S UPLIFTMENT.

ACTING THEREFORE BEING IN MY BLOOD AFTER COMPLITING MY MASTERS IN FINE ARTS (DIRECTION) I DID NOT THINK TWICE BEFORE DECIDING TO TAKE IT UP AS MY CAREER BUT NOT BEFORE COMPLETING A 4.6 YEARS DIPLOMA COURSE IN TELEVISION PROGRAMME PRODUCTION (SCRIPT, CINEMATOGRAPHY, EDITING, DIRECTION ETC.).

DURING THIS PHASE OF MY LIFE EVERY THING WAS HAPPENING AT A VERY FAST PACE. SOON AFTER I WAS THROUGH WITH MY EDUCATION, I WAS INVITED TO BECOME NOT ONLY THE EXAMINER OF M.A. FINAL (MASS COM.) EXAMINATION CONDUCTED BY THE RABINDRA BHARATI VISWABIDWALAYA BUT ALSO A GUEST LECTURER AT UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL FOR THE POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MASS COM. & VIDEO PRODUCTION (PGDMCVP). DURING THIS PERIOD I SUCESSFULLY HELD MANY WORKSHOPS ON DIRECTION, CINEMATOGRAPHY, EDITING, SCRIPT WRINING, ACTING, MIME & ANCHORING.

BEFORE I REALIZED, I ALSO HAD COMPLETED NEAR ABOUT 1000 MUSIC VIDEOS FOR HMV WITHIN A SPAN OF EIGHT YEARS-THAT TO SINGLE HANDEDLY AS A DIRECTOR, CINEMATOGRAPHER, EDITOR AND STORY-SCRIPT WRITER. IN FACT IN ALL THE VENTURES THAT I TAKE UP, I  PREFER TO HANDLE EVERY DEPARTMENT MYSELF SO THAT THE VISION WITH WHICH THE SCRIPT CONCEIVE GETS COMPLETE JUSTICE AND IS DEPICTED AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE WHEN PICTURIZED. THE PROJECTS WITH WHICH I HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF AND ABOUT WHICH I AM PROUD OF ARE:

• SONG BASE TELEVISION PROGRAMME GANER ARGHA (56 EPISODES) FOR KOLKATA DOORDARSHAN KENDRA.
• SPIRITUAL NON FICTION PROGRAMME ANANDA VILAS (64 EPISODES) FOR ZEE BANGLA PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ALFA BANGLA.
• THE ONLY BENGALI MUSIC VIDEO (ARTIST USHA UTTHUP) TELECAST ON M-TV.
• THE INNUMERABLE DOCUMETARIES FOR KOLKATA DOORDARSHAN.
• HERE I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO MENTION THAT I AM THE ONLY PERSON WHO INSPITE OF NOT BEING ASSOCIATED WITH DOORDARSHAN WAS GIVEN THE PREVILAGE TO DIRECT A SPECIAL ON LINE PROGRAMME CLINIC ALL CLEAR MUSICAL NIGHT ON THE 31^ST OF DECEMBER, 2000.
• ALL MOST IN AND ARROUND THE SAME TIME I FINISHED ANOTHER VIDEO PROJECT BISWA BANGLA SAMMELAN ON BEHALF OF THE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL.
• AMIDST ALL THIS, THERE CAME AN OPPORTUNITY TO ME TO DIRECT A ENGLISH FICTVE DOCUMENTARY TITLED – REFLECTIONS – A FILM WHICH WAS LIKED AND APPRICIATED BY PERSONALITIES OF MANY COUNTRIES.

AT THIS POINT AGAIN MY CREATIVE URGED ME TO DO SOME THING NEW, SOME THING DIFFERENT AND AS A RESULT I HAPPENED TO DIRECT A SERIES OF BEGALI DANCE DRAMA VCDS (COURTESY SAREGAMA HMV) SHYAMA, SHAPMOCHAN, CHHANDALIKA, CHITRANGGADA TO NAME A FEW HAPPENED WHICH WERE CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY A PATRIOTIC MUSIC VIDEO PROJECT VENDEMATARAM (COURTESY CALCUTTA CHOIR, SAREGAMA HMV).

AS I MOVED THROUGH THE LANES AND BY LANES OF MUSIC, CINEMA AND TELEVISION INDUSTRIES I CAME ACROSS SOME REALLY TALENTED PERSONALITIES LIKE MAMATA SHANKAR, SANDHYA MUKHERJEE, SRILA MAJUMDER, MANNA DEY, SABYASACHI CHAKRABARTY, USHA UTTHUP, BISWAJIT CHAKRABORTY, KABIR SUMAN, BHASKAR BANERJEE, SRIKANTA ACHARYA, HAIMANTY SUKLA, NACHIKETA, LOPAMUDRA MITRA, SWAGATALAXMI DASGUPTA, TANUSHREE SHANKAR, KALYAN SEN BARAT, REJWANA BANNA CHUWDHURY, BRATATI BANDOPADHAY, INDRANI SEN, SHUVAMITA BANERJEE, BODDHISATTYA MAJUMDER AND MANY OTHERS. IN FACT I HAD A PRETTY LONG ASSOCIATION WITH MAMATA SHANKAR AS SHE WAS ONE OF THE MAIN CASTS IN TWO OF MY TELE FILMS MAA & JANAK JANANI.

I AM NOT HESITATING TO MENTION THAT I HAVE EVEN GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIRECT 2 PROMOTIONAL TELE FILM RAJA RANI KI KAHANI FOR NAVARATNA OIL OF EMAMI AND MUSHKILASAN FOR A COLD STORAGE PROJECT, THESE WERE AN EXPERIENCE WITHIN ITS SELF.

BEFORE YOU ARE CURIOUS TO KNOW ABOUT MY CAREER IN FILM INDUSTRY I TELL YOU THAT I AM THE DIRECTOR OF RAJBANSHI FILM MAO MORE BHAGABAN- WHICH WAS RELEASED ON APRIL 2008 AND HAS DONE BRISK BUSINESS EVEN IN THE CITY OF SILIGURI WHERE RAJBANSHI FEATURE FILM VIEWERS ARE PRESUMED TO BE LESS IN NUMBER. THIS FILM WAS A HIT FILM AND WENT ON PACKED HOUSES AFTER A LONG GAP WHEN THE TOTAL RAJBANSHI FEATURE FILM INDUSTRY WERE RUNNING UNDER HEAVY LOSSES. IT HAD WON ACCOLADES AMONG MANY BUSINESS ANALYSTS OF FILMS IN NORTH BENGAL BECAUSE OF ITS TECHNICAL, DRAMATIZATION AND AESTHETIC VALUE (FIRST OF ITS KIND IN RAJBANSHI FILMS).

I HAVE ACHIEVED SOME AWARDS :

i) BEST DIRECTOR AWARD IN 1ST NORTH BENGAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2008.

ii) BEST DOCU-FEATURE AWARD IN 1ST NORTH BENGAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2008.

iii) BEST TELE FILM DIRECTOR AWARD IN 2ND NORTH BENGAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2010.

iv) INTERNATIONAL PIXOTO PHOTO AWARD IN STILL PHOTOGRAPHY, 2014.

v) INTERNATIONAL VIEWBUG PHOTO AWARD IN STILL PHOTOGRAPHY, 2014.

AND I AM AWARE THAT THESE ARE NOTHING BUT SOME MILE STONES ON THE WAY TO MY GOAL, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE “ . . . and miles to go before I sleep” !!!