Director: Partho Sen-Gupta

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Birthday: 1965-09-02
Born in: Bombay, India
Biography: Partho Sen-Gupta is a Sydney-based film writer and director. They were born in Mumbai in 1965. They worked as Art Director and Production Designer on feature films, TV series and commercials in India. They studied Film direction at La FEMIS (École Nationale Supérieure des Métiers de l'Image et du Son) in Paris. Their first feature film, 'Let the Wind Blow' (Hava Aney Dey) premiered at the Berlin Int. Film Festival. Their second feature film 'Sunrise' premiered at the Busan IFF and has since been screened at 2015 Tribeca, Munich, BFI London, Sitges, Sydney etc. It won the Best Film and the Best Cinematography Awards at the 2015 Durban Film Festival, Black Tulip for Best Film at the Imagine Film Festival and an Honorable Jury Mention at the Munich Film Festival. It was nominated at the 2015 Asia-Pacific Screen Academy Awards. After its theatrical release in France, Germany, US, China it was acquired by Netflix. After living in France for over a decade, They now live and work in Sydney. Their third feature film 'Slam' set in Sydney, Australia premiered at the 2018 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. It was then screened at various film festivals around the world. It had a theatrical release in Australia in 2019. The French theatrical release has been cancelled twice due to Covid19 is now reprogrammed for Dec 2021. Sen-Gupta also worked as Senior Lecturer in Directing at the Australian Film, Television, Radio School (AFTRS) during 2021-2023.

Known for

Nocturne Indien

The enigmatic but vivid imagery of this loosely plotted film is based on a similarly evocative novel by the Italian author Antonio Tabucchi, Noturno Indiano. An old friend of the hero's has been living in Bombay with a prostitute. His friend Peter Schlemihl (Otto Tausig) is a concentration camp survivor, who went to India after being captivated by a photograph he saw there. When the prostitute writes to him in Europe asking that he rescue his friend from a mysterious malaise, he flies into India to try and help. When he gets to Bombay, he discovers that his friend has disappeared. Following the clues left behind by the friend, and based on his acquaintance with him, he journeys to Madras to speak to a Theosophist dignitary there, and then journeys on to Portugues Goa. With each step of his journey, the hero (Jean-Hugues Anglade) becomes more identified with his friend, and re-enacts in his own person the transformations he must have experienced.
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Nocturne+Indien
Nocturne Indien

1989

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Sunrise

Inspector Joshi is a grieving father searching for his daughter Aruna, kidnapped years ago when she was six. In his despair, life converges with a recurring dream in which Joshi pursues a shadowy figure who leads him to 'Paradise', a night-club where teenage girls dance to a leering crowd. He is convinced he will find Aruna there and vows to bring her back to Leela, his broken wife.
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6.2
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Slam

Ricky Nasser is a young Australian whose peaceful suburban life turns to hell when his sister Ameena disappears without a trace. In a climate of distrust and xenophobia, Ricky is forced to denounce her as an extremist.
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Let the Wind Blow

At the height of nuclear tensions between India and Pakistan, Arjun and his best friend, Chabia, weigh their options for the future against the reality of life on the streets of Mumbai.
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Let+the+Wind+Blow
Let the Wind Blow

2004

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