Subhash Dutta (9 February 1930 – 16 November 2012) was a Bangladeshi filmmaker, theater and film actor. He started his career as a commercial artist.[4]
Career
At the beginning of his career, Dutta worked as a film poster artist. He drew posters for Mukh O Mukhosh (1956), the first Bengali-language movie to be made in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). He directed his first movie, Sutorang, in 1964.[4] The movie won the second prize at the Frankfurt Festival in 1965.[4] In 1972, he acted with the theatrical group, Aranyak Nattyadal.[4]
His movie Abirbhab won a prestigious[clarification needed] award in Frankfurt Film Festival.[2] His directed movies were awarded in Phnom Penh Film Festival (1968), Moscow Film Festival (1967, 1973, 1979). He also got award for his acting by Pakistan Film Festival (1965).[4]
Personal life and death
Dutta had two sons, Shivaji and Ranaji, and two daughters, Shilpi and Shotabdi.[4]
Dutta died from heart disease on 16 November 2012 at his home in Ram Krishna Mission Road, Dhaka.[2][5]
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