Apurba Kishore Bir Explained

Apurba Kishore Bir
Birth Date:[1]
Birth Place:Odisha, India
Alma Mater:Film and Television Institute of India[2]
Occupation:Cinematographer, Director
Years Active:1973–present
Parents:Ajoy Chandra Bir
Awards:National Film Award for Best Cinematography

Apurba Kishore Bir (born 1948), also known as A. K. Bir, is an Indian film cinematographer, screenwriter and director. An alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, he worked in various Ad-films and documentaries before making his feature-film debut. He won the National Film Award for Best Cinematography for 27 Down, his debut film. His directional debut Aadi Mimansa won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. Bir's other directional ventures Lavanya Preeti and Baaja were bestowed with the National Film Award for Best Children's Film. As of 2014, he has won nine National Film Awards—including three for Best Cinematography—and is one of the directors of National Film Development Corporation of India.

Biography

Born in Balikuti village of Odisha, Bir had a great passion for painting. At the insistence of his father, he joined the Film and Television Institute of India with a specialisation in motion-picture cinematography.[3] After passing out of the institute, he worked on short films and documentaries. 27 Down, his debut feature-film as a cinematographer, won him the Best Cinematographer award at the 21st National Film Awards.[4] Nearly 70 percent of the film was shot using a handheld camera. Bir was one of the first-unit cameramen for Richard Attenborough's Gandhi.[5] [6] He won two more awards for "Best Cinematography" for Daasi (1988) and Aadi Mimansa (1991). The latter also marked his directional debut.[7] It won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. As a director Known for his work in Parallel Cinema. Bir's films focused on children as two of his films—Lavanya Preeti and Baaja won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film in 1993 and 2002 respectively. The former received the "Best Asian Film" award at the Osaka International Film Festival in addition to an "International Jury's Critic Award" and a screening at the Berlin International Film Festival. Hamari Beti, for which he wrote the screenplay apart from photography and direction, was screened at the competitive section of the "World Film Section" of Chicago International Film Festival in 2006. In 2012, Bir was appointed as one of the directors of the National Film Development Corporation of India. He headed the "Technical Sub-committee" and was the chairman of the feature film jury of the 45th International Film Festival of India in 2014.[8] [9]

Filmography

Awards

National Film Awards

Best Cinematography

Best Regional Film (Oriya)

Best Children's films

Best Film on National Integration

1991

Aadi Mimansa

Other awards and honours

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Apurba Kishore Bir - About This Person - Movies & TV . https://archive.today/20120712064009/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/279930/Apurba-Kishore-Bir . dead . 12 July 2012 . Born in 1948 in Orissa . Movies & TV Dept. . . 16 January 2013.
  2. Web site: ::DIRECTORATE OF FILM FESTIVALS:: . dff.nic.in. In 1974 three Oriya graduates from the FTII, Sadhu Meher (Actor), A.K. Bir (Cinematographer) and Ravi Patnaik (Editor), secured National Awards for the film, '27DOWN'. . 16 January 2013.
  3. Web site: ONFILM Apurba Kishore Bir . . 2 March 2014 . 22 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141202030333/http://motion.kodak.com/motion/Publications/InCamera/Sections/ONFILM/ONFILM_Apurba_Kishore_Bir.htm . 2 December 2014 .
  4. Web site: Apurba Kishore Bir on 27 Down . . 2 March 2014 . Mumbai . 11 December 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227085908/http://www.timeoutmumbai.net/film/features/apurba-kishore-bir-27-down . 27 February 2014.
  5. Web site: Oriya cinematographer Apurba Kishore Bir appointed independent director of NDFC . odishatoday.com . 2012 . The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has appointed noted Oriya cinematographer AK Bir as one of the independent directors of National Film Development Corporation . 17 January 2013 . 2 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140302161650/http://odishatoday.com/viewnews.php?news_id=2361 . dead .
  6. Web site: Director's Biography: A K Bir. Children's Film Society. 2 March 2014.
  7. Book: Agrawal, S. P.. Development Digression Diary of India : 3d Companion Volume To Information India 1991–92. 1 January 1993. Concept Publishing Company. 978-81-7022-305-4. 18.
  8. Web site: Technical Sub-committee of IFFI 2014. Directorate of Film Festivals. 23 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141123223135/http://www.iffi.nic.in/Technical%20Sub%20Commitee.asp. 23 November 2014. dead.
  9. Web site: 45th International Film Festival of India, 2014 - Indian Panorama 2014: Final Selection for Feature and Non-Feature Films. Directorate of Film Festivals. 23 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141030173353/http://www.iffi.nic.in/writereaddata/IP%202014%20-%20Press%20Release.pdf. 30 October 2014. dead.
  10. Web site: Regional films hold the clue to Indian ethos . https://web.archive.org/web/20121025004141/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-16/edit-page/29546101_1_film-makers-regional-cinema-oriya . dead . 25 October 2012 . 2011. Bir also handled the second camera in the first unit of Richard Attenborough's Oscar-winning film Gandhi . . 16 January 2013.
  11. Web site: 46th National Film Festival 1999. Directorate of Film Festivals. 22 November 2014. 75. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203091624/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm46NFAAward.aspx. 3 December 2013. dead.
  12. Web site: Apurba Kishore Bir to get Jayadev Award . The Pioneer. India . 2011. Apurba Kishore Bir will get Jayadev Award, the highest honour of Oriya cinema for lifetime achievement, for the year of 2010 . 16 January 2013.
  13. Web site: Labanya Preeti (Loving Hearts) | Children's Film Society, India . cfsindia.org. The film won the Best Asian Film award at the Osaka International Film Festival . 17 January 2013.
  14. Web site: :: Odiaone News – Latest Ollywood happenings. News, Stories, Ollywood Masala and many more. . odiaone.com . 2012 . Best Cinematographer – A.K. Bir (Jianta Bhuta) . 17 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120504041743/http://odiaone.com/news.php?id=17 . 4 May 2012 .
  15. Web site: Padma awards for Sharmila, Rajesh Khanna, Sridevi – The Economic Times . The Times of India . 2013 . cameraman Apurba Kishore Bir, ... were named for Padma Shri. . 26 January 2013.

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