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Buddhadeb Dasgupta

1944 - 2021

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Buddhadeb Dasgupta (11 February 1944 – 10 June 2021) was an Indian filmmaker and poet best known for his Bengali-language films like Bagh Bahadur, Tahader Katha, Charachar and Uttara. Five of his films have won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film, Bagh Bahadur (1989), Charachar (1993), Lal Darja (1997), Mondo Meyer Upakhyan (2002) and Kaalpurush (2008), while Dooratwa (1978) and Tahader Katha (1993) have won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali. As a director, he has won National Film Award for Best Direction twice, for Uttara (2000) and Swapner Din (2005). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Buddhadeb Dasgupta has received more than 249,466 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Buddhadeb Dasgupta is the 6,056th most popular writer, the 862nd most popular biography from India and the 107th most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Buddhadeb Dasgupta ranks 6,056 out of 5,755. Before him are Nagaru Tanigawa, Paweł Huelle, Nikolay Abramov, Paolo Giordano, Alex Yermolinsky, and Paolo Bacigalupi. After him are Arvydas Juozaitis, Louis de Bernières, Vagif Sultanli, Alexey Dreev, Donna Williams, and Durs Grünbein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Buddhadeb Dasgupta ranks 624. Before him are Sonal Mansingh, Ernest Moniz, Dave Morgan, Peter Asher, Thomas Allen, and Steve Beshear. After him are David Hemery, Shelley Fabares, Anthea Stewart, Charles L. Veach, Richard Corliss, and Bob Riley. Among people deceased in 2021, Buddhadeb Dasgupta ranks 616. Before him are Sean Lock, Álex Quiñónez, Lars-Göran Petrov, Ian St John, Indira Nath, and Jamal Al-Qabendi. After him are Stan Swamy, Shirley Williams, Rick Mitchell, Biz Markie, Mehrdad Minavand, and Peter Swan.

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In India

Among people born in India, Buddhadeb Dasgupta ranks 862 out of 1,493. Before him are Priyanka Gandhi (1972), Prakash Padukone (1955), Nita Ambani (1963), Dean Mahomed (1759), Sudha Chandran (1965), and S. M. Krishna (1932). After him are Karan Johar (1972), Arun Shourie (1941), Mani Ratnam (1956), Stan Swamy (1937), Anushka Sharma (1988), and Ranjan Gogoi (1954).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Buddhadeb Dasgupta ranks 107. Before him are Bano Qudsia (1928), Vikram Seth (1952), Ram Swarup (1920), Nayantara Sahgal (1927), Rahat Indori (1950), and Rohinton Mistry (1952). After him are Saroo Brierley (1981), Raja Rao (1908), Kiran Desai (1971), Sarojini Sahoo (1956), Rupi Kaur (1992), and Shobhaa De (1948).

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