Debalina Majumder Explained

Debalina Majumder
Birth Date:1972
Birth Place:Calcutta, India
Occupation:filmmaker

Debalina Majumder (born 1972, Calcutta, India) is an Indian filmmaker, photographer, writer, producer, and cinematographer. She studied Comparative Literature at Jadavpur University. Debalina has worked on feature-length documentary films, short films, travelogues, music videos, corporate films, telefilms and experimental films.

A fictional documentary made by her in 2010, Taar Cheye Se Anek Aaro (More Than a Friend), based on queer relationship, was discussed in the Indian film chapter of Queer Cinema in the World, a book by Karl Schoonover and Rosalind Galt, along with the movie ‘Fire’.

Based on the story of two lovers who committed suicide, in the village of Nandigram (West Bengal, India), Debalina's film "... ebang bewarish" ("...and the Unclaimed"), questioned social taboos and familial non-acceptance in regards to same-sex relationship.[1] " Based on the same event, Debalina's fiction film "Abar Jodi Ichha Koro" (If You Dare Desire) was released in 2017.

Filmography

Year Film directorWriter ProducerSoundType
2023Amar Jiboni (Post-production)Yes
2023Citizen Nagar (Post-production)YesYesDocumentary
2023 Porshi Neeler Arshinagar (Beyond The Blues)YesYes YesDocumentary
2019Gay India Matrimony YesYesYesDocumentary
2018Tin Sottyi...(In Fact...)[2] YesYesYesDocumentary
2017Abar Jodi Ichchha Karo... (If you dare Desire...)[3] YesCo-cinematographerYesFiction
2016Signature Film, Dialogues: Calcutta International LGBT Film & Video FestivalYes
2016Rashmi Matric PassYes
2013... ebang bewarish" ("...and the unclaimed")[4] Yes Yes Yes Co-producerYesDocumentary
2012Signature film, Dialogues:Calcutta International LGBT Film & Video FestivalYesYesYes
2010 Taar Cheye Se Anek Aaro (More Than a Friend)Yes Yes YesDocu-fiction
2010 Signature film, Dialogues:Calcutta International LGBT Film & Video FestivalYes YesYes
2009 Habul & Co.Yes Fiction-Telefilm
2008 Katha (Monologues)Yes Yes Yes Yes
2007 The Broken LandYes Yes
2006Mother CourageousYes
2005Tomar Ghare Basat Kare Kaijana (The Wall & Other Stories)YesYesYesYesYesExperimental
2005 A Stranger in a BioscopeYes Yes
2005 Bombagarh NatyacompanyYes Fiction-Telefilm
2004 Sar..rr..ra (Joy Run)Yes Yes Yes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rabibasariya Magazine. Anandabazar.com. 9 November 2013. 9 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131109173135/http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1131027/27rabimag.html. dead.
  2. Web site: Teen Satyi or In Fact – true experiences of three people who chose to live differently. Our Frontcover. en. 2019-05-29.
  3. Web site: Vancouver Queer Film Festival If You Dare Desire. queerfilmfestival.ca. en. 2019-05-29. 29 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190529183331/https://queerfilmfestival.ca/film/if-you-dare-desire/. dead.
  4. Web site: And the Unclaimed.... Bhattacharya. Sayan. 2013-02-05. Kindle Magazine. en-US. 2019-05-29.