The Films of Buddhadeb Dasgupta

Buddhadeb Dasgupta has established himself as one of India's finest filmakers and won international acclaim for his thirteen feature films. His works are characterised by technical excellence and artistic beauty and are noted for their extraordinary originality in both style and substance. The themes of his films are as varied as they are many but there is an abiding convern for the individual in silation of alienation, or the misfit, the rebel, and the lonely. the films cherish pity as a creative emotion and value innocence and simplicity as constructive virtues.