Raja Sen is an India

India

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n film and television director, and the winner of three National Film Awards

National Film Awards

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 from Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Career

Raja Sen first received recognition with Subarnalata (1997), a teleserial, he followed it up with Adarsha Hindu Hotel, Arogyo Niketan, few episodes of Desh Amaar Desh are some of the notables of the Bengali television arena.

He has also documented the real life paradigm of the living legends of Bengal's World of Art & Culture, namely, Suchitra Mitra

Suchitra Mitra

Suchitra Mitra was an Indian singer and composer, as well as a well-respected exponent of Rabindra Sangeet or the songs of Bengal's poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore. As an academic she remained a Professor and the Head of 'Rabindra Sangeet Department' at the Rabindra Bharati University for many...

, Tapan Sinha

Tapan Sinha

Tapan Sinha , was a Indian film director. He was arguably the most uncompromising filmmaker outside the orbit of Parallel Cinema.-Personal life and background:...

, Sombhu Mitra

Sombhu Mitra

Sombhu Mitra was an Indian film and stage actor, director, playwright and one of the pre-eminent Indian theatre personalities, especially Bengali theatre, where he is considered a pioneer. He remained associated with Indian People’s Theatre Association for a few years before founding Bohurupree...

, Subhas Mukhopadhyay.

Feature Film

• Damu (1997) - Cast: Raghuvir Jadav, Satya Banerjee, Monoj Mitra, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Rimi Sen (Child Artist).
• Atmiyo Swajan (1999) - Cast: Shakuntala Barua, Alok Mukherjee, Ashok Mitra, Asit Mukherjee, Chaitali Ghoshal, June Malia, Papiya Sen, Piyush Ganguly, Pradip Chakraborty, Rimi Sen (Child Artist), Tridib Ghosh.
• Chakrabyuhya (2000)
• Desh (2002) - Cast: Jaya Bhaduri, Abhishek Bachchan, Sabyasachi Chakravarthy, Subhendu Chatterjee, Gyanesh Mukherjee, Nayana Das, Monu Mukherjee, Koushik Sen, Rajesh Sharma, Dulal Lahiri.
• Debipaksha (2004) - Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee, Rituparna Sengupta, Satabdi Roy, Koel Mallick.
• Krishnakanter Will (2007) - Cast: Jeet, Soumitra Chatterjee, Swastika Mukherjee.
• Tinmurti (2009) - Cast: Ranjit Mallick, Dipankar Dey, Manoj Mitra, Paoli Dam.
• Laboratory (2010) - Cast: Raveena Tandon (debut in the Bengali film industry), Arpita Chatterjee, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Ranjit Mallick.

Documentaries

• Filmmaker for Freedom (A film on Tapan Sinha)
• Subhas Mukhopadhyay
• Suchitra Mitra
• Sambhu Mitra - 3 hours documentation by EZCC
• Jyotirmoyee Devi
• Alkaap - a dying folk culture
• Itihasher Kolkata (5 episodes on HEritage of Kolkata)
• Samaresh Basu (ICIL)
• Rosogolla - brand ambassador of Bengal(EZCC)

TV Serials

• Kolkata Kolkata
• Adarsha Hindu Hotel
• Subarnalata
• Samparka
• Arogya Niketan
• Anirban
• Anjuman
• Streeash Charitram
• Tarasankarer Chhoto Galpo
• Golpo Guchha (ETV - Rabindranath Tagore)
• Bankim Sahitye Naari
• Desh Amar Desh
• Jal Porey Pata Norey
• Chirantan

Telefilms

NATIONAL TELECAST

• Antim Ratri
• Nayee Roshni - Sister Nibedita
• Sundar
• Headmaster

ETV TELEFILMS AND
TARA BANGLA TELEFILMS

International Participation

• USIS Selection for participation in "Film in US"
• Atlanta Indo-American Film Festival
• CAiro Film Festival
• Dhaka International Film Festival
• Bangladesh film festival

Awards

• 1993 - Documentary Suchitra Mitra - National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film
  National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film
  The National Film Award - Best Arts/Cultural Film winners:...
  
  
• 1997 - Debut feature film 'Damu' - National Film Award for Best Children's Film
  National Film Award for Best Children's Film
  The National Film Award for Best Children's Film is given annually as part of the National Film Awards ceremony in India. It is given to the film the jury panel of the awards deem the best feature that deals with themes surrounding children....
  
  
• 1997 - Best Film Shiromoni Award
• 1997 - Best Audinence Juvenile Award in Dhaka International Film Festival
• 1999 - Atmiyo Swajan - National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare
  National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare
  The National Film Award - Best Film on Family Welfare winners:...
  
  
• 1999 - Cairo International Film Festival

External links

• Raja Sen Biography and Filmography Calcuttaweb.com