Chidananda Dasgupta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Chidananda Dasgupta

Indian filmmaker, critic, film historian

Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1921

Place of Birth: Shillong, Meghalaya, India

Date of Death: 22-May-2011

Profession: writer, translator, journalist, film director, academic, film critic

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Chidananda Das Gupta (20 November 1921 – 22 May 2011) (family name sometimes spelled 'Dashgupta' and 'Dasgupta') was a Bengali Indian filmmaker, film critic, a film historian and one of the founders of Calcutta Film Society with Satyajit Ray in 1947.
He lived and worked in Calcutta and Santiniketan.