Background
Pratim D. Gupta was born in Calcutta in 1981 and studied in South Point School.
Pratim D. Gupta was born in Calcutta in 1981 and studied in South Point School.
University of Calcutta.
He reviews Bollywood films for The Telegraph newspaper. His first film as writer-director is Paanch Adhyay, starring Priyanshu Chatterjee and Dia Mirza. He has a degree in Mass Communication and Film Studies from Saint Xavier"s College, Calcutta.
While working as a journalist with The Telegraph, Gupta"s script Vanish was selected for the prestigious Binger Script Laboratory at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2009.
He got his first break with the romantic drama Paanch Adhyay which is also the first Bengali film for Bollywood actress Dia Mirza. Written and directed by Gupta, the film was shot almost entirely in Calcutta in November and December 2011.
In 2013, Gupta collaborated with 10 other filmmakers to be part of the collaborative project "X: Past Is Present". The film premiered in New York in 2014 and released in Indian theatres in November 2015.
Gupta is currently working on his second feature film, Saheb Bibi Golaam.