Premendu Bikash Chaki Explained

Premendu Bikash Chaki
Birth Date:9 October 1964
Birth Place:Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Occupation:Cinematographer â€ĸ Film Director â€ĸ Screenwriter
Spouse:Rita Chaki
Children:Iranda Chaki

Premendu Bikash Chaki (born 9 October 1964), popularly known as P. B. Chaki, is an Indian cinematographer, director and screenwriter associated with Tollywood (Bengali cinema) based in West Bengal, India.[1] He started his career as cinematographer in 1990. Known for his films Chirodini Tumi Je Amar as cinematographer and Alaap as writer and director.[2] He also has held several positions in the film fraternity, including being the former president of Eastern India Cinematographers' Association and vice president in the technical committee of Kolkata International Film Festival besides being a guest lecturer of film studies at the Information and Cultural Affairs Department, Government of West Bengal.[3] [4]

Early life

Premendu Bikash Chaki was born in Kolkata, India. He completed his school from Jodhpur Park Boys School and then went on to graduate with a B.Com. Honours degree from University of Calcutta. His passion for films led him to pursue further film studies at Chitrabani. He started his career as a photojournalist in 1985. He then went on to work as an assistant cinematographer until he started working independently as a cinematographer in the early 1990s. His first big recognition was after winning the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for the film Mahulbonir Sereng (Bengali movie), directed by Sekhar Das in 2004. He directed his first reality TV show, Takkar, in 2009. He went on to release his first feature film, Honeymoon, in 2018 for the big screen.[5] [6]

Filmography

As director

YearFilmRoleNotes
2018Director [7]
2021Laptop – The Lockdown Film Writer & Director Short Film[8]
2021Rayscope Writer & Director Documentary Film (Tribute to Satyajit Ray) [9]
2022Paka Dekha Director [10]
2023Director [11]
2023Palasher Biye Director [12]
2024Writer & Director [13]

As cinematographer

YearFilm
2004 Mahulbanir Sereng [14]
2005 [15]
2005 Shubhodrishti [16]
2007 [17]
2007 Pitribhumi [18]
2008 Chirodini Tumi Je Amar [19]
2010 Handa and Bhonda [20]
2011 Bye Bye Bangkok [21]
2012 Koyekti Meyer Galpo [22]
2012 Balukabela.com [23]
2013 Kidnapper [24]
2013 Mahapurush O Kapurush [25]
2015 Room No. 103 [26]
2016 Mahanayika [27]
2016 Banchha Elo Phire [28]
2017Nimki Fulki [29]
2017Dekh Kemon Lage [30]
2018Naqaab[31]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: A. Chatterji . Shoma . 'Everybody likes to laugh' . 20 January 2025 . . 10 March 2018 . Premendu Bikash Chaki is a veteran cinematographer who has shot every kind of film in contemporary Bengali cinema..
  2. News: INTERVIEW WITH PREMENDU BIKASH CHAKI . 20 January 2025 . North East Film Journal . 15 April 2023 . 23 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250123113425/https://northeastfilmjournal.com/interview-with-premendu-bikash-chaki-on-his-film-love-marriage . live .
  3. News: Ganguly . Ruman . Cast and crew of Premendu Bikash Chaki's upcoming rom-com commence shooting for the film . 20 January 2025 . . 23 February 2024 . 22 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250122071406/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/cast-and-crew-of-premendu-bikash-chakis-upcoming-rom-com-commence-shooting-for-the-film/articleshow/107934511.cms . live .
  4. News: Chakraborty . Shamayita . Exclusive! Premendu Bikash Chaki: These days, the supply of Bengali films is more than the demand but the standard is not rising . 20 January 2025 . . 28 August 2022.
  5. News: āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ•āĻ•āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄ . 20 January 2025 . . 6 July 2015 . bn . 23 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250123113925/https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/life-struggle-of-indias-got-talent-winner-manik-pal-1.170818 . live .
  6. News: āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ āĻĻā§‡āĻŦāĻ•ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¸ā§, āĻ“āĻāĻ° 'āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨' āĻļāĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻ°-āĻļā§āĻ­āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ¸āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛: āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻšāĻžāĻ•ā§€ . 20 January 2025 . . 18 October 2024 . bn.
  7. News: Sen . Debolina . Honeymoon Movie Review . 20 January 2025 . . 25 February 2018 . 14 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180914201522/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/honeymoon/movie-review/63065336.cms . live .
  8. News: Rituparna in a lockdown short 'Laptop' . 26 January 2025 . . 7 July 2020 . 22 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250122071407/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/rituparna-in-a-lockdown-short-laptop/articleshow/76827143.cms . live .
  9. News: KIFF screens Rayscope, a tribute to Satyajit Ray by Premendu Bikash Chaki . 20 January 2025 . India Blooms . 27 April 2022 . 23 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250123112858/https://www.indiablooms.com/showbiz/kiff-screens-rayscope-a-tribute-to-satyajit-ray-by-premendu-bikash-chaki/details . live .
  10. News: 'Paka Dekha' trailer: Soham-Susmita's rom-com promises a fun-filled joyride . 20 January 2025 . . 22 August 2022.
  11. News: Premendu Bikash Chaki directed romantic comedy film 'Love Marriage' is ready to have its World Television Premiere soon. . 20 January 2025 . . 13 July 2023 . 22 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250122071408/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/bengali/oindrila-sen-ankush-hazra-starrer-love-marriage-to-premiere-on-television/articleshow/101717296.cms . live .
  12. News: āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻ• āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻšāĻžāĻ•ā§€āĻ° 'āĻĒāĻ˛āĻžāĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡'āĻ° āĻļā§āĻ¯ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ‚! āĻāĻŸāĻžāĻ‡ āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ, āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻŽāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋāĻ° 'āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ•' āĻ¸ā§‹āĻŽāĻ°āĻžāĻœ . 20 January 2025 . . 4 April 2022 . bn . 18 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240218080749/https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/somraj-maiti-busy-in-shooting-of-palasher-biye-on-his-birthday-dgtl/cid/1337130 . live .
  13. News: Ray . Sramana . Glimpses from the trailer launch of Premendu Bikash Chaki's upcoming film Alaap . 20 January 2025 . . 22 April 2024.
  14. Web site: The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro . https://web.archive.org/web/20110526003038/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050419/asp/calcutta/story_4633958.asp . dead . 26 May 2011 . Telegraphindia.com . 2005-04-19 . 2025-01-23.
  15. News: Mixed menu for Poila Baisakh platter . 22 January 2025 . . 31 March 2005.
  16. News: Sengupta . Reshmi . A match for screen . 22 January 2025 . . 1 November 2005.
  17. News: Fails to conquer: I LOVE YOU . https://archive.today/20130203115349/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070126/asp/etc/story_7309546.asp . dead . 3 February 2013 . . 2025-01-22 . Bhattacharya . Arnab . 2007-01-26.
  18. News: A star shower of sorts! . 26 January 2025 . . 5 August 2007.
  19. News: 2008 blockbuster 'Chirodini Tumi Je Amar' completes 10 years . 22 January 2025 . . 16 August 2018 . 27 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241127084624/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/2008-blockbuster-chirodini-tumi-je-amar-completes-10-years/articleshow/65420565.cms . live .
  20. Web site: 2010-04-05 . 'Handa-Bhonda': Collage of inspired films . 2025-01-23 . News18 . 25 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250125202658/https://www.news18.com/news/india/handa-bhonda-collage-of-inspired-films-336083.html . live .
  21. News: TEAM BYE BYE BANGKOK . 22 January 2025 . . 29 January 2011 . 23 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250123180229/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/team-bye-bye-bangkok/cid/436980 . live .
  22. News: Koyekti Meyer Golpo Movie Review . 26 January 2025 . . 18 May 2016 . 8 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170208225821/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/koyekti-meyer-golpo/movie-review/13844134.cms . live .
  23. News: Racing to the top. https://web.archive.org/web/20120521142410/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120513/jsp/graphiti/story_15483246.jsp#.UJ5EsGdqkoo. dead. 21 May 2012. 23 January 2025 . The Telegraph . 13 May 2012.
  24. News: Biswas . Jaya . Kidnapper Movie Review . 26 January 2025 . . 17 May 2016 . 28 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220828203950/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/kidnapper/movie-review/18890240.cms . live .
  25. News: Biswas . Jaya . Mahapurush O Kapurush Movie Review . 20 January 2025 . . 19 May 2013 . 23 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250123115420/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/mahapurush-o-kapurush/movie-review/20134761.cms . live .
  26. News: In Pics: Premiere of Jisshu, Soumitra starrer Room No. 103 . 20 January 2025 . . 12 January 2017 . 23 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250123115028/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/in-pics-premiere-of-jisshu-soumitra-starrer-room-no-103/articleshow/47354997.cms . live .
  27. News: Mitra . Dola . Mahanayika . 20 January 2025 . . 20 February 2016 . 23 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250123135815/https://www.outlookindia.com/art-entertainment/mahanayika-news-296706 . live .
  28. News: 'āĻŦāĻžāĻžā§āĻ›āĻž āĻāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§‡ ' āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻž āĻ°āĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ‰ : āĻ¨āĻ¸ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ˛āĻœāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŽā§āĻĄāĻŧā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻžā§āĻ›āĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§‹āĻĻāĻ¨ āĻœā§āĻ—āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡! . 20 January 2025 . . 21 October 2016 . bn . 23 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250123134247/https://bengali.oneindia.com/movies/reviews/movie-review-bengali-movie-banchha-elo-fire-011286.html . live .
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  30. News: Ganguly . Ruman . Dekh Kemon Lage, starring Soham Chakraborty and Subhashree Ganguly is a romcom with a message in the end . 20 January 2025 . . 20 July 2017.
  31. News: Ghosh . Sankha . Sayantika Banerjee is happy to see 'Naqaab' getting an overwhelming response . 20 January 2025 . . 8 August 2018 . 23 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250123113316/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/sayantika-banerjee-is-happy-to-see-naqaab-getting-an-overwhelming-response/articleshow/65322529.cms . live .
  32. Web site: 71st Annual BFJA Awards. BFJA Awards. 2025-01-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052325/http://www.bfjaaward.com/award-winners.php?year=2012. 2016-03-04. dead.

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