Utpal Datta

Utpal Datta is an Assamese film critic from Guwahati.

This article is about Assamese Utpal Datta, not Bengali stage and film Utpal Dutt. For Bengali stage and film , director Utpal Dutt, see Utpal Dutt.

Utpal Datta
Utpal Datta addressing a press conference in 2013
LanguageAssamese
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
Alma materGauhati University

Career

Utpal Datta earned his Masters in Arts from Gauhati University.He later joined the All India Radio Guwahati, where his book 24 Frames (2008), an anthology of articles on Indian cinema, was released as a radio program.[1]

Edited Books
  • Satikar Srestha Premar Galpa – selected Assamese love stories of the 20th century
  • Soi Dasakar Gadya – selected prose of Bhabedra Nath Saikia
  • Sampadakar Kothlait – Bhabendra Nath Saikia's satirical writings
  • Nobel Bota Bijoyi Lekhakar Galpa – translated stories from Nobel Laureates
  • Amar Chinaki Tassaduk – an anthology of articles written on Assamese; Director Tassaduk Usuf
  • Godmother - original play, based on women in politics; staged by Hengool Theatre
  • Kanchan – adopted play, based on sexual harassment on women in the; staged by Hengool for two continuous years; one of the major plays in touring professional theater of Assam.
  • Ayn Rand's Night of 16 January – translated play; staged by Aikatan; Guwahati Doordarshan telecasted this play to observe world theater day

Awards and recognition


References
  1. AIR Guwahati to premier Utpal Datta's 24 Frames radioandmusic.com, 29 November 2008.
  2. 56th National Film Awards Press Information Bureau, Govt of India. 2008.
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