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Date of birth21 August 1987
Age39 Years
BirthplaceKolkata, West Bengal, India
ProfessionEngineer; Filmmaker; Writer; Artist
NationalityIndian
Marital statusMarried
SpousePriyanka Ghosh Roy
FamilyFather - Rahul Bhattacharyya; Mother - Manimala Bhattacharya
Amartya Bhattacharyya Biography
Amartya Bhattacharyya is an Indian filmmaker, writer, artist and former engineer from Kolkata. He moved from an information-technology career into a highly
Early life and backgroundAmartya Bhattacharyya was born on 21 August 1987 in Kolkata, West Bengal, and grew up in and around the city, spending much of his childhood in Sonarpur. From an early age he showed curiosity about the natural world and an interest in the arts. He studied at The Modern Academy in Kolkata for his school education and later earned a Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology from Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (formerly WBUT), attending from 2005 to 2009.
As a child he was drawn to painting and acting. He made his first stage appearance at age six and continued performing in school and college productions. An art teacher at The Modern Academy encouraged him to explore different forms of art and to question convention, which helped shape his creative sensibilities. He also pursued cricket in his youth and trained at The Sunil Gavaskar Foundation for Cricket in Bengal.
Career
After university, Amartya joined Infosys in November 2009 as a project manager in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. While working in the IT industry he began experimenting with filmmaking using a handycam and later DSLRs such as the Canon 550D. He has said that the stability of his IT job allowed him the freedom to pursue films on his own terms without commercial pressure.
His early short film work includes Boba Mukhosh (Translucence) (2012), which marked his debut in Bengali short filmmaking and earned him recognition. That film led to wider exposure and the beginning of his engagement with world cinema.
Amartya’s debut feature film, Capital I (2015), was produced in Odia and is noted as Odisha’s first independent feature film. It screened at multiple film festivals and attracted international attention, becoming the first Indian film acquired by the Italy-based sales and distribution company The Open Reel.
He has continued to work across both short and feature formats in multiple languages. Notable films include Khyanikaa – The Lost Idea (2017), which toured festivals in many countries; Runanubandha – The HE without HIM (2018), his first Bengali feature that screened at festivals including Moscow and Oakland; Ketu (2020) in Bengali; Adieu Godard (2021) in Odia; Son of Adam (2023) in Bengali, a film based on Rupam Islam’s album Aami (2020); and Lahari, which received recognition at the 72nd National Film Awards in 2026.
Throughout his career he has frequently taken on writing, directing, editing and cinematography roles in his projects. He prefers to make films that arise naturally rather than follow fixed rules or commercial formulas and does not aim his work at a predefined audience. He often shoots with accessible camera formats and treats cinema as an autonomous art form.
Awards and recognition
Amartya’s films have won multiple awards at national and international festivals. Early recognition came for Boba Mukhosh with directing and editing awards at festivals such as White Screen Film Festival and Rolling Frames. Benaras: The Unexplored Attachments earned a Silver Lotus (Rajat Kamal) for Best Cinematography at the 63rd National Film Awards and several festival prizes for editing, cinematography and screenplay.
Other honours include awards at Moab International Film Festival, the NoHu International Short Film Festival, the International Short Tourism Film Festival of Amorgos, the Odisha State Film Awards, the Kargil International Film Festival, the Indian Film Festival of Cincinnati, the Sylhet Film Festival, the Noida International Film Festival and the Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival. Adieu Godard and Son of Adam have also been recognized on festival circuits, and Lahari won Best Odia Feature Film at the 72nd National Film Awards in 2026.
Public profile
Amartya describes himself as non-religious and politically apolitical. He identifies ethnically as Bengali and has said he follows a non-vegetarian diet. His listed physical details include a height of approximately 5'11" and brown eyes and hair. He has cited filmmakers ranging from Satyajit Ray and Rituparno Ghosh to Jean-Luc Godard and Tsai Ming-liang among his favourites, and he developed an interest in poetry influenced by writer Rupam Islam.
Outside filmmaking he has published poetry collections, including Ekush (21) (2011) and Shatarupa (2012), which explore themes such as love, death and darker human impulses. He is an avid traveller and shares travel experiences on social media. He has also spoken about personal choices such as abstaining from alcohol.
Personal life
Amartya married actress Priyanka Ghosh Roy on 1 February 2021 in Kolkata. The couple had known each other for several years and collaborated on projects prior to their marriage. His parents are named Rahul Bhattacharyya and Manimala Bhattacharya. As of the latest update he has no children.
Latest updates
Recent milestones include festival awards for Adieu Godard and Son of Adam and the 2026 National Film Award for Lahari. He remains active as a writer and filmmaker, working across Bengali and Odia cinema while maintaining a background in technology that he says continues to support his creative freedom.
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Recent Work
Bengali film (2023) based on Rupam Islam’s album Aami (2020); won Best Musical Film at FICIMAD
2023Odia film (2021) that received festival awards including recognition at Kolkata and Bengaluru film festivals
2021Odia feature film that won Best Odia Feature Film at the 72nd National Film Awards
2026Career Highlights
- Debut short film Boba Mukhosh (Translucence) (2012)
- Capital I (2015) — Odisha’s first independent feature and first Indian film acquired by The Open Reel (Italy)
- Silver Lotus (Rajat Kamal) for Best Cinematography for Benaras: The Unexplored Attachments at the 63rd National Film Awards
- Khyanikaa – The Lost Idea (2017) screened at around 30 international festivals
- Multiple national and international festival awards across directing, editing, cinematography and screenplay categories
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