Abhijit Chowdhury

Abhijit Chowdhury is a Kolkata, India-based writer and an independent filmmaker whose debut direction is Dwitiyo Ripu which got released on 11 September 2015.^[1] In 2018, his short film Mithye was released in a popular Bengali OTT platform Hoichoi where Souman Bose was seen in the leading role.^[2][3]

Abhijit Chowdhury
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Indian Institute of Engineering, Science and Technology, Shibpur
Occupation(s)	Film Director, Script Writer

His next release Aste Ladies is a web series streaming in Hoichoi featuring three ladies in the lead role played by Sandipta Sen, Saayoni Ghosh and Madhurima Ghosh. Abhijit wrote and directed this web series containing 9 episodes which introduced the genre of Crime Comedy for the first time to the Bengali audience.^[4][5][6][7]

His next venture, Manbhanjan is also a web series based on a Short story of Rabindranath Tagore. Manbhanjan was released on Hoichoi on 14 June 2019. Sohini Sarkar, Anirban Bhattacharya and Amrita Chattopadhyay played the leading roles in Manbhanjan. Abhijit earned critical success for his web series Aste Ladies and Manbhanjan

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The Bengali audience got a new pair of detectives, "Johny Bonny", a Suspense-Drama series created by Abhijit, starring Debasish Mondal, Swastika Dutta, Ankit Majumder, Kamaleshwar Mukherjee, and others which streaming on Klikk, a Bengali OTT by Angel Digital. The director beautifully portrays the life of a Cop and his infinite struggle of how he gets help from his partner in crime for solving the cases with the help of Chess strategies.

Early life and background

Abhijit graduated from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur. He left his job as a software engineer to pursue his Film-making career.

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Writer
2015	Dwitiyo Ripu (Feature)	Yes	Yes
2018	Mithye (Short)	Yes	Yes
2019	Aste Ladies [Salon de Paris] (Series)	Yes	Yes
2019	Manbhanjan (Series)	Yes
2019	Eken Babu O Dhaka Rahasya (Series)	Yes
2019	Bhalobashar Shohor - Paramount (Series)	Yes
2021	Turu Love (Series)	Yes
2021	Shubharambha (Series)	Yes
2022	Johny Bonny (Series)	Yes	Yes

References

1. . The Telegraph (Calcutta). Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
2. "বৃষ্টির রাতে বয়ফ্রেন্ড মানেই রোম্যান্টিক নয়! ঘটতে পারে যা খুশি". Ebela.in. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
3. "কতকটা প্রেম আর অনেকখানি ভয়, মুক্তি পেল 'মিথ্যা' ট্রেলার". Kolkata24x7.com. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
4. "ওয়েব আঙিনায় তিন মহিলার মস্তানি, আসছে 'আস্তে লেডিস'". sangbadpratidin.in. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
5. "যে রাঁধে সে ডাকাতিও করে, জানান দিচ্ছে 'আস্তে লেডিস'". bengali.indianexpress.com. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
6. "Astey Ladies". www.imdb.com. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
7. . hoyejak.com. 25 March 2019. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
8. "সোহিনীর 'মানভঞ্জন'-এ ব্যস্ত অনির্বাণ". The Indian Express. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
9. "Hoichoi announces original series 'Manbhanjan' on Rabindra Jayanti". www.dhakatribune.com. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
10. "Hoichoi announces new web series 'Manbhanjan'". www.thedailystar.net. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
11. "Manbhanjan review: Abhijit Chowdhury's miniseries does full justice to Rabindranath Tagore's short story". www.firstpost.com. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.

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