Manas Mukul Pal

Manas Mukul Pal (born 25 August 1987) is an Indian film director, actor, and screenwriter who predominantly works in Bengali cinema. He came to the limelight after directing his first feature film Colours of Innocence (2016)[1][2][3] which was a critical and commercial success. He is working on his second feature film which is going to be a biopic of the freedom fighter Dinesh Gupta.[4][5][6]

Manas Mukul Pal
Born (1987-08-25) 25 August 1987
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Film director, actor, lyricist, writer,sound designer
Years active2016 - Present
Known forFilm making
Notable workSahaj Paather Gappo Colours of Innocence
ParentSri Manoranjan Pal Smt Chhanda Pal
AwardsNational Award

Filmfare Awards (East) WBFJA Awards Bengal State Government Award

( বর্ষসেরা চলচ্চিত্র সম্মান)

Early life

Manas completed his schooling from Barasat Peary Charan Sarkar Government High School in 2005 and studied BSc from Barasat Government College.

Career

His debut film as director is Sahaj Paather Gappo(Colours of Innocence)[7][8][9][10] which was released in 2017 in India. This film got warm critical reception and fetched his success. This is the only Bengali film in last three decades to win National Award in Best Child Actor Category (2016). For this film he bagged two Filmfare Awards (east) 2018 in Best Debut Director and Best Screenplay categories.[11] He was given the Best Promising Director and Best Sound Designer honour for 'Sahaj Pather Goapo' , at the second West Bengal Film Journalist Association award function for films released in 2017.He also received the Best Director award(2018) by Bengal State Government for this film.

Filmography

As director
YearFilmDirectorWriterScreenPlay
2016Sahaj Paather GappoYesNoYes
TBABiopic of Dinesh Ch. GuptaYesYesYes

References
  1. "Manas Mukul Pal".
  2. "Manas Mukul Pal in IMDB".
  3. "Lasting impression of wisdom and warmth - The Statesman". The Statesman. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  4. "বিস্মরণের ধুলো মুছে বিপ্লবী দীনেশ গুপ্তকে পর্দায় তুলে আনছেন মানস মুকুল".
  5. "Details". www.epaper.eisamay.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  6. "A biopic on Bengal's bravest freedom fighter Dinesh Gupta - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  7. "Times of India - Manas Mukul Pal".
  8. "A Portrait of Hope". The Indian Express. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  9. "Why did 'Sahaj Pather Goppo' give Oscar competition a miss? - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  10. দত্তগুপ্ত, তন্ময় (24 April 2018). "'সহজ পাঠের গপ্পো'র টাকা জোগাড় করতে গিয়ে আমাদের রক্ত জল হয়ে গেছে : মানস মুকুল পাল". BanglaLive. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  11. "Filmfare awards 2018 (East)".
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