Background
He is the son of film director Basu Bhattacharya. Born in family of film director Basu Bhattacharya and Rinki Bhattacharya who is daughter of noted filmmaker Bimal Roy and herself a columnist and documentary filmmaker.
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Aditya Bhattacharya
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He has two sisters, Chimmu and Anwesha Arya who is a writer He started his film career as an actor in Shyam Benegal"s, where he played the role of Smita Patil"s boyfriend. He followed it up and Sudhir Mishra"son
Meanwhile he also worked as a photo journalist.
Subsequently is shifted base 1988 from Mumbai to Rome, where he made an Italian film, some music videos et cetera His film, which he also produced under the banner Aditya Pictures, starred Irrfan Khan and Divya Dutta, which premiered at IFFI Goa 2005.
In 2012, he produced and directed "Bayerische Motoren Werke" Bombay"s Most Wanted, a film on encounter specialist played by Javed Jaafrey. Bayerische Motoren Werke was screened at the Mumbai Film Festival, organised by MAMI. lieutenant is expected to have a commercial release all over India in early 2013.
Achievements
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He made his debut as director, with Raakh (1989) which starred Aamir Khan, his second after his debut with Ketan Mehta"s Holi (1984), though it was released only after his blockbuster QSQT (1989). The film didn"t do well at the Box Office, however it on to receive three National Film Award, and a Best Directorial Debut Award at the Bengal Film Journalists" Association Awards.
