Anjan Dutt

Anjan Dutt

Born: January 19, 1953
in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Anjan Dutt also known as "Darjeeling Dutta" (born 19 January 1953) is an Indian film director, actor, and singer-songwriter- and a professional of the 1991s Bengali music scene defined by anyodharar gaan (alternative music), reminiscent of western folk music. His music is said to be influenced by blues, bluegrass, folk and country music.

Movies for Anjan Dutt...

Ei Raat Tomar Amaar
Title: Ei Raat Tomar Amaar
Released: July 19, 2024
Type: Movie
Hoichoi Studios' second film.
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Kaleidoscope Now
Title: Kaleidoscope Now
Character: Kunal Sen
Released: May 9, 2024
Type: Movie
A tribute to auteur Mrinal Sen, the film intricately weaves the personal and professional journeys of Kunal Sen and Ranjan through their collaboration on an ambitious film project, Chaalchitra, in 1981.
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Palan
Title: Palan
Character: Anjan Sen
Released: September 22, 2023
Type: Movie
Kaushik Ganguly will bring the story of dismissal in his new film ‘Palan’ in the context of 2022. The characters of Kharij will remain the same, the names will not change. The story will change a bit to keep pace with the context of this era.
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Title: Tooth Pari: When Love Bites
Released: April 20, 2023
Type: TV
A rebellious vampire with a broken tooth falls for a shy dentist on the streets of Kolkata but will human and mystical forces keep them apart?
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Title: Seven
Released: March 17, 2023
Type: TV
Five friends in their late 30s go on a holiday to a hill station. As they take the road, they soon come across an accident, two dead bodies, a bag full of cash and guns. What happens next?
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Revolver Rohoshyo
Title: Revolver Rohoshyo
Character: Danny Detective
Released: February 3, 2023
Type: Movie
Subrata Sharma, an ordinary crime reporter, loses his job and takes up temporary work as a secretary in a rundown detective agency called Danny Detective INC. Appointed to find a missing girl Tamali, Subrata stumbles into dangerous situations that lead to a huge conspiracy.
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Haami 2
Title: Haami 2
Released: December 15, 2022
Type: Movie
In the world of Haami, there's no anger, rivalry, talking bad, feeling low; there's only joy uninterrupted. The sequel focuses on reality television shows which often create undue pressure on children.
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Title: Murder By The Sea
Character: Raja Sen AKA Gouri Prasanna Majumder
Released: August 12, 2022
Type: TV
A high-profile Bengali businessman gets murdered in Puri, leaving more death and the unveiling of many dark secrets in its wake. And when the suspects become targets, family and friends turn into foes in Murder By The Sea.
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Danny Detective Inc.
Title: Danny Detective Inc.
Character: Danny Detective
Released: November 2, 2021
Type: Movie
Subrata Sharma is a reporter who leaves his job and joins a small time detective agency, Danny Detective Inc. in Kolkata. Working on a kidnapping case, his boss, Danny, is killed. Circumstances force Subrata to take up the case. He travels to the Dooars, south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas, to unravel a big time criminal underworld. He takes up the responsibility of the agency. How will he succeed in catching the killer?
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Bony
Title: Bony
Character: Dr. Osman
Released: October 10, 2021
Type: Movie
An American-born Bangladeshi scientist with suspected links to terrorism is looking for a Bengali couple to discover an uncanny nature of activities in their newborn son. Will they successfully safeguard the life of their child?
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Title: Robindronath Ekhane Kawkhono Khete Aashenni
Character: Khawraj Khashnobish
Released: August 13, 2021
Type: TV
The enigmatic Mushkan Zuberi is known for cooking up a storm. But as the secrets pile up, someone else turns up the heat on her. Watch the mystery unravel only on hoichoi.
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Title: Murder in the Hills
Character: Tirthankar "Tony" Roy
Released: July 23, 2021
Type: TV
The seemingly natural death of a legendary movie star in Darjeeling threatens to expose a dark past of the serene hill station.
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Shironam
Title: Shironam
Released: October 21, 2020
Type: Movie
Shironam is a nuanced drama, which revolves around the disappearance of a photo journalist on assignment. Initially, thought to be abducted by an outlawed political group, it turns out to be a completely different ball game. It leads to a myriad social drama, seen through the lens of TV journalists, editors and the commercial interests that drive the news industry. It shows the helplessness of the individual as a consequence of media war.
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Saheber Cutlet
Title: Saheber Cutlet
Character: Solaris
Released: October 20, 2020
Type: Movie
Chef Ronojoy Ray Choudhury wants to sell his ancestral house in Chandannagore in West Bengal, go to Paris and open his own café but finds a refugee family squatting there instead! When they refuse to budge, Ronojoy must think of a way to get rid of them. Would he dump his longtime supportive girlfriend Vania in Kolkata? Fate has its ways.
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Sun Goes Around the Earth
Title: Sun Goes Around the Earth
Released: November 29, 2019
Type: Movie
Tapan Chandra Pal, a dogged former paratrooper and now a self-proclaimed scientist lives off footpaths in Kolkata. For 40 years, Pal has been propagating a theory that says humankind has been subjected to a massive scam over several centuries. Chirantan Chatterjee, a jaded and unhappy superstar fed up with the fake glitz and glamour of the world, seeks redemption by making a film on Pal's life.
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Satyanweshi Byomkesh
Title: Satyanweshi Byomkesh
Character: Ravi Burma
Released: October 2, 2019
Type: Movie
Based on the novel Magno Mainak by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, the film portrays the iconic Bengali detective Byomkesh Bakshi along with his friend Ajit Bandyopadhyay as he investigates the murder of a Pakistani spy named Heena Mallick. He begins the investigation at the request of a political leader, Mr. Santosh Samaddar, who was a close friend of Heena's parents and had given her shelter after her parents' death. Will Byomkesh succeed?
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Ghawre Bairey Aaj
Title: Ghawre Bairey Aaj
Character: Professor Mitra
Released: July 18, 2019
Type: Movie
Ghawre Bairey Aaj is inspired by Rabindranath Tagore's novel 'Ghawre Bairey' (Home and the World) and is a contemporary retelling of love triangle involving Tagore's characters Nikhilesh, Sandip and Bimala.
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If Not For You
Title: If Not For You
Character: self
Released: May 24, 2019
Type: Movie
A tribute film on Bob Dylan, depicting Calcutta's affinity with Dylan through cityscape and interviews of notable Indian musicians who were inspired by him. The film also draws parallels between Dylan's body of work and the Baul tradition of Bengal.
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Shankar Mudi
Title: Shankar Mudi
Character: School Teacher
Released: March 15, 2019
Type: Movie
Shankar Mudi (শংকর মুদি) is a Bengali Political drama film directed by Aniket Chattopadhyay and produced by Kaustuv Ray.[1] This film was released on 15 March 2019 under the banner of RP Techvision India Private Limited. Bengali Actor-Director Shri Kaushik Ganguly plays the Titular role[2][3] and music direction of the film was made by Kabir Suman.[4]
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Finally Bhalobasha
Title: Finally Bhalobasha
Character: Dinesh
Released: February 8, 2019
Type: Movie
Finally Bhalobasha depicts three stories that narrate the relationships between people of different age and gender, which is considered as a social taboo in our society. The movie very aesthetically shows how people in such relations go through the test of time by mentally juggling the concept of sin and their need of physical longing that finally transcends into true love.
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Mukhomukhi
Title: Mukhomukhi
Character: Onno Manush
Released: February 1, 2019
Type: Movie
An existential playwright and novelist Isha reads her novel to her partner, Agnibha, who is a ruthless critic. While in the middle of the reading, Agnibha presents his critical viewpoints, which initiates a discourse between them and unveils the cobweb of complexities in their love-hate relationship. Agnibha suggests a different ending to Isha's story. Will Isha understand Agnibha's point of view and change the ending of her novel? or Will this lead to more complexities in their lives?
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Shah Jahan Regency
Title: Shah Jahan Regency
Character: Makaranda Pal
Released: January 18, 2019
Type: Movie
The story revolves around a hotel named "Shah Jahan Regency" and lives of people associated with that hotel. The hotel is one of a kind and very different from others as it strongly believes in the rich culture of India and tries to imply and maintain that in every aspect of the hotel - starting from the decor, to uniforms of the staff members, to the names given to various parts of the hotel.
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Borodin
Title: Borodin
Released: December 24, 2018
Type: Movie
Christmas in Kolkata gets celebrated by people from various spheres of life, who all are connected by a common thread of karma.
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Byomkesh Gotro
Title: Byomkesh Gotro
Character: Ushapati
Released: October 12, 2018
Type: Movie
Convinced that his life is in jeopardy, Satyakam, the son of a business magnate hailing from Mussoorie, approaches Byomkesh with a plea for help. The legendary detective soon heads to Mussoorie, where he finds out that the youngsters worst fears have come true. Can Byomkesh unravel the mystery shrouding Satyakam's murder before it is too late?
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Ek Je Chhilo Raja
Title: Ek Je Chhilo Raja
Character: Lawyer
Released: October 12, 2018
Type: Movie
Mahendra Kumar Choudhuri, the middle prince of the Bhawal Estate was affected by syphilis and was taken to Darjeeling for treatment. He apparently died in Darjeeling and was cremated there. After 12 years, a Sanyasi shows up at the estate, arousing people’s curiosity and leading to a rumour that he is the lost prince of the Bikrampur Estate.
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Uma
Title: Uma
Released: July 13, 2018
Type: Movie
The movie tells the story of UMA, played by Alexandra Braun, who lives in Italy and meets a writer, interpreted by the also Venezuelan actor Orlando Delgado. There's is an inexplicable chemistry between both, which would later become a love story that springs up on the wonderful coasts of Gaeta, until crossing the beautiful land of Florence. An accident will change their lives.
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Ahare Mon
Title: Ahare Mon
Character: Barun Sarkar
Released: June 22, 2018
Type: Movie
A heartwarming collage of inter-connected love stories, Ahare Mon is a romantic drama that revolves around people who are otherwise forbidden to fall in love.
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Uma
Title: Uma
Character: Brahmananda
Released: June 8, 2018
Type: Movie
To please his dying daughter, a father tries to create the Durga Puja festival, usually held in October, during the month of April, in Kolkata.
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Aami Ashbo Phirey
Title: Aami Ashbo Phirey
Character: Ranojoy
Released: April 13, 2018
Type: Movie
Aami Ashbo Phirey is a musical that is about four different stories that are all connected by a violent incident. A young, unknown and unheard singer and songwriter accidentally enters the stories through virtual media and changes their lives for the better. The film re-asserts that art can surpass all differences, violence, intolerance and give them a chance to redeem oneself.
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Byomkesh O Agnibaan
Title: Byomkesh O Agnibaan
Character: Kokonad Gupta
Released: September 22, 2017
Type: Movie
The film starts with the hint of another story 'Satyanweshi' where young Byomkesh caught the head of a cocaine racket who is now seeking revenge. On the other hand, a young girl dies in mysterious condition having a match stick in her hand. One Kokonad Gupta, who claims to be a fan of Byomkesh gifts him a matchbox.
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The Bongs Again
Title: The Bongs Again
Character: Jerry
Released: January 13, 2017
Type: Movie
10 years after The Bong Connection, The Bongs Again is a journey of two young women. Sara, in her 20s, comes to Kolkata from the UK to look for her biological mother. Oli, also in her 20s, goes to London from Kolkata in search of her father who had left her and the family. The story takes us through their journeys, the connections they make, and the pursuit of finding their blood relations. The Bongs Again is fun-filled but with insights which change the way we perceive life. The film depicts today's cosmo Calcuttans and NRI Bengalis, their lifestyle, thinking, and approach towards life.
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Byomkesh O Chiriakhana
Title: Byomkesh O Chiriakhana
Character: Kokonad Gupta
Released: October 7, 2016
Type: Movie
The story revolves around a retired judge, Mr. Sen, living in a farmhouse on the outskirts of the city. The people who stay in the colony are a handful of social outcasts. One day, the judge is found dead under mysterious circumstances, and Byomkesh takes up the case.
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Hemanta
Title: Hemanta
Character: Hemanta's father
Released: August 12, 2016
Type: Movie
Hemanta, a student of filmmaking in New York, returns to Kolkata before his mother is going to marry his uncle after his father's suicide. He receives a series of untraceable texts in riddles arising suspicion on the true nature of his father's death. He starts to lose his conscious self and plans on taking revenge upon the killers.
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Saheb Bibi Golaam
Title: Saheb Bibi Golaam
Character: Jimmy
Released: May 22, 2016
Type: Movie
Three very different people from three very different worlds collide one winter afternoon in an anarchic Kolkata.
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Saari Raat
Title: Saari Raat
Released: July 25, 2015
Type: Movie
Story of a couple on the second night of their wedding and how things unfurl in their lives.
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Nirbaak
Title: Nirbaak
Character: Samson Gomes
Released: May 1, 2015
Type: Movie
Nirbaak is a hyperlink narrative comprising four love stories connected by a single woman. Every love story comprises one entity which is silent and thus Nirbaak (Speechless)
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Shesh Boley Kichu Nei
Title: Shesh Boley Kichu Nei
Released: June 27, 2014
Type: Movie
Animesh is an NRI who comes to Kolkata after 30 years. His father-in-law, Mr. Chatterjee, hates him. He meets up with Andy who is a brilliant musician and a cocaine addict. So begins the story of the fight against drug abuse and a fight for creativity in a very dark social environment. Will Andy ever be able to escape?
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At the Crossroads Nondon Bagchi Life and Living
Title: At the Crossroads Nondon Bagchi Life and Living
Character: self
Released: November 15, 2013
Type: Movie
A biographical documentary on eminent Indian rock and jazz musician and percussionist Nondon Bagchi and a generation of 60's musicians playing English rock music in India. The glorious journey was brought to a halt by the untimely passing away of key band members and left the remaining stranded at the crossroads grappling for survival and recognition in the face of state indifference and lack of support. Undaunted by personal and professional setbacks Nondon continues to rock his brand of 60's rock with cover band Hip Pocket and as a member of the internationally acclaimed Carlton Kitto Jazz Ensemble. The film is a homage to the maverick musician on the occasion of his 60th birthday, June 21 which is now celebrated as World Music Day.
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Shunyo
Title: Shunyo
Character: Dada
Released: April 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Shunyo (Bengali: শূণ্য; English: Zero) is a 2013 Bengali film directed by Rudranil Ghosh, produced by Workshop Productions Pvt. Ltd. and starring Anjan Dutt.
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Dutta Vs Dutta
Title: Dutta Vs Dutta
Character: Biren Dutta
Released: November 23, 2012
Type: Movie
Dutta Vs Dutta is a 2012 Bengali film directed by Anjan Dutt. This is Anjan Dutt's semi-autobiographical film. Most of the film has been shot in a house of Amherst Street in Kolkata. Anjan has described this house resonated feel of his old house of Beniapukur.
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Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish
Title: Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish
Character: Shubho
Released: May 24, 2012
Type: Movie
Rudra and Partho's desire to adopt a child leads Rudra to take the most crucial decision. Rudra decides to undergo sex reassignment surgery, so that they can be legally considered a couple and allowed to adopt a baby.
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Jaani Dekha Hobe
Title: Jaani Dekha Hobe
Released: November 25, 2011
Type: Movie
A young musician and a fatso model have the same dream together, and they meet and fall in love at a bookstore. When their relationship starts to fall apart, an out-of-work magician steps in.
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Uro Chithi
Title: Uro Chithi
Released: August 12, 2011
Type: Movie
Sorting through a backlog of email proves nostalgic and illuminating for a young alcoholic.
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Ranjana Ami Ar Asbo Na
Title: Ranjana Ami Ar Asbo Na
Released: June 24, 2011
Type: Movie
A Bengali language rock musical.
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Mahanagar@Kolkata
Title: Mahanagar@Kolkata
Character: Manmatha
Released: June 4, 2010
Type: Movie
Director Suman Mukhopadhyay has strung three stories of Nabarun Bhattacharya Ek Tukro Nyloner Dori, Amar Kono Bhoy Nei Toh and Angshik Chandragrahan to create this film. The story of the film revolves around the people and their life of Kolkata metropolitan city.[1] The film explores the different worlds of Manmatha, Jagadish, Biren, Rohit, Rongili and Kamalini. Manmatha and Jagadish belong to different economic and social class. Biren is jobless. Rohit is an NRI, Kamalini is wife of Rohit. Rohit has a relationship with Rangili, another woman. ~Wikipedia
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Madly Bangali
Title: Madly Bangali
Character: Sandip "San" Banerjee
Released: May 29, 2009
Type: Movie
Madly Bangalee is a Bengali rock band that inspires the film’s title. They rehearse in a dowdy garage of Kolkata, owned by Bobby (Lew Hilt), who owns Bobby’s Garage. Four young boys with stardust in their eyes practise their numbers not knowing what they are really aiming at. But the garage is under threat from a South Kolkata don Baburam (Chandan Sen). One morning, an elderly man, San (Anjan Dutt), arrives from "America and Paris." Baaji, (Sumit) the drummer who is a Muslim had to drop out of school. He escapes from the trap of turning a terrorist like his older brother Sultan. He later becomes a police officer who bashes up everyone who tries to bribe him. Neon (Tanaji) plays the rhythm guitar but, sucked into the world of drugs, he disappears from the face of the earth with his guitar. Pablo, lead singer, bass guitarist and lyricist, leaves for the US and the group breaks up. Bobby dies.
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Palatak
Title: Palatak
Character: Purnendu Mukhopadhyay
Released: July 23, 2005
Type: Movie
A Telefilm by Kaushik Ganguly
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Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
Title: Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
Released: July 19, 2002
Type: Movie
A bus is setting out to Calcutta from a village in West Bengal. Meenakshi Iyer, who is from a strict orthodox Hindu background, is leaving to Chennai for her husband, with her young child, after the vacation with her parents. By chance, she gets a co-passenger who is also to Chennai, Rajah, a photographer, introduced by one of the friends of her father. During the journey they build a good relationship. But a Hindu-Muslim communal riot sets out in the meantime, in some areas they had to travel. Then she comes to face the fact that Rajah is not a Hindu but a Muslim whose real name is Jehangir. Even though she curses herself at that time while some Hindu fanatics evade their bus she saves him introducing as Mr. Iyer. But they have to reach their destination while the other passengers know Rajah as no one else but Mr. Iyer.
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Aamaar Bhuvan
Title: Aamaar Bhuvan
Character: Narrator
Released: April 1, 2002
Type: Movie
After Shokhina's marriage to Noor ends, she remarries Meher but faces many complications in her married life. Things get worse when Noor returns to India as a married rich man.
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Dekha
Title: Dekha
Released: April 1, 2001
Type: Movie
A journey through the life of an aged Bengali poet, Shashibhushan. Shashbhushan, now blind, reflects on his past. Stimulated by sounds - songs, crows, traffic, and an electronic lighter - he recalls the now-vanished arts and literature scene of post independence Calcutta. The old man lives in a crumbling aristocratic mansion in the heart of town, which he shares with his teacher's daughter, Sarama, and her young son Shumon. During a vacation in the country another man enters their lives. Gangan was born blind and is a talented singer. Gangan and Sarama engage in a secret affair as Shashibhushan recalls his own wife, who he lost because of his uncontrollable sexual appetite.
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Yugant
Title: Yugant
Character: Deepak Chowdhury
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Deepak and Anasuya are an estranged couple, now leading separate lives in Cuttack and Bombay. They meet again after 18 months of separation, at a small fishing village where they had once honeymooned.
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Shilpi
Title: Shilpi
Released: July 15, 1994
Type: Movie
A man, who works at the house of Roy Bahadur, falls in love with his daughter. However, Roy Bahadur wants his daughter to marry his friend's son.
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The Confined
Title: The Confined
Character: The writer
Released: December 31, 1993
Type: Movie
The mistress of a wealthy man, alone in her huge apartment and terribly lonely, phones strangers in the middle of the night. One night she phones a young writer, and as the days pass and the conversations continue a relationship forms between two people who've never seen each other.
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Sunya Theke Suru
Title: Sunya Theke Suru
Released: July 15, 1993
Type: Movie
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City of Joy
Title: City of Joy
Released: April 15, 1992
Type: Movie
Max Lowe is a Houston surgeon who has grown weary of the bureaucracy of American medicine. When he loses a patient on the operating table, Max impulsively decides to leave America and travel to India in the hope of finding himself. Not long after he arrives in Calcutta, Max is attacked by a group of thugs and left without money or a passport.
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Mahaprithibi
Title: Mahaprithibi
Released: April 1, 1991
Type: Movie
When the elderly mother of a Kolkata middle-class family commits suicide, no one has the courage to read the old woman's diary. When the eldest son returns from Germany, his anxious questioning brings to light the disorientation experienced by the family and the way world history penetrates into the fabric of individual lives.
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Suddenly, One Day
Title: Suddenly, One Day
Character: Alok
Released: September 14, 1989
Type: Movie
Shasanka is a retired teacher who lives with his wife and two daughters. The family is thrown into an uproar after he goes out for a walk and disappears from their lives. Each member of the family reviews her final hours and days with him to try and discover what, if anything led to his disappearance.
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The Bengali Night
Title: The Bengali Night
Character: Khokha
Released: October 26, 1988
Type: Movie
Allan is an engineer working in 1930s Calcutta. He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, Narendra Sen which includes his wife, Indira and daughter Gayatri. Gayatri and Allan become romantically involved leading to tragedy.
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Kharij
Title: Kharij
Character: Anjan Sen
Released: December 31, 1982
Type: Movie
A pre-teenager servant boy dies of carbon monoxide poisoning on a cold winter night. He was employed by a young working Calcutta couple with a small boy of their own. Taking money from a neighbor's friendly daughter, he slipped away to watch a movie on a cold winter night. Finding his usual sleeping corner below the stairs too cold, he bolts himself inside the kitchen, where a fire was burning. The next morning we witness a powerful discovery scene like on the morning after Macbeth's murder. The door is forced open and we see the commotion in the apartment block which is the stage of the drama. Who is responsible?
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Crossroads
Title: Crossroads
Character: Bijon
Released: April 1, 1982
Type: Movie
A gritty political thriller set at the backdrop of the violent Naxalite movement in 70’s Calcutta.
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Kaleidoscope
Title: Kaleidoscope
Character: Dipu
Released: January 7, 1981
Type: Movie
Burning with a desire to be a journalist, a young man gets his chance when a publisher -- the father of a friend -- suggests that he write a story on the daily life of the people in his house (several families worth of people). The material turns out to be too incohesive and abundant to work into a pointed, thematic article, and just when he is about to give up, his younger brother asks him a simple question: "How many coal burners are there in Calcutta?" This triggers an idea for a story about Calcutta's pollution -- and the aspiring journalist dreams of myriads of burner-toting citizens invading the publisher's home demanding redress. Maybe he is finally on the way to a story that matters.