Jahar Kanungo is an Indian film and documentary director and producer in Bengali.[1] He is also a story writer and his debut movie is Nisshabd released in 2005.[2]

Personal life edit

Jahar Kanungo was born in 1946 in Chittagong. He has worked in theatre and still photography, as well as writing travelogues, short stories and children's plays, published in leading Bengali literary journals. He has made documentaries and researched and photographed the tiger cult in the Sunderbans. In 1993, Kanungo founded his own company, Kanungo Media Pvt. Ltd. Reaching Silence is his first feature film. He is married to Lima Kanungo.[3]

Filmography edit

  • Partners in Peril (1995)[4]
  • Nisshabd (Reaching Silence) (2005)


Awards edit

The film, Nisshabd has won many awards in various film festivals

  • In 2005, Cinefan-Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema (Best Film in Indian Competition Award section)
  • In 2005, Pusan International Film Festival (Nominated in New Currents Award section)
  • In 2006, Vesoul Asian Film Festival (Special Mention in Emile Guimet Award section)
  • In 2006, Vesoul Asian Film Festival (Nominated in Golden Wheel section) [5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Jahar Kanungo". dubaifilmfest.com.
  2. ^ "Nisshabd (Reaching Silence)". dubaifilmfest.com.
  3. ^ "KANUNGO MEDIA PRIVATE LIMITED".
  4. ^ Behal, Suchitra (1 October 1995). "Encounters: Fascinating documentaries". The Hindu. p. 27. Archived from the original on 22 December 1996. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Awards".

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