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Ripon Nath

Ripon Nath is a Bangladeshi sound designer and recordist. His notable works include Monpura (2009), Third Person Singular Number (2009), Television (2012), Aynabaji (2016), No Bed of Roses (2017), No Dorai (2019), Hawa (2022), Fagun Haway (2019) and Surongo (2023). Besides films, he has worked in nearly every sector of Bangladeshi visual media. In addition to sound design, he has contributed as a vocalist and composer for numerous advertisements, documentaries, and films.

Ripon Nath
Born
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Occupation(s)Sound designer, sound recordist, sound editor, composer, and vocal artist
Years active2002 - Present
AwardsBangladesh National Film Award, SAARC Film Festival Award

He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Sound Recording five times. He also won Best Sound Design award at the SAARC Film Festival 2019 for the film Fagun Haway (2019).

Early life

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Ripon Nath grew up in Rajbari, Chittagong, and Dhaka. His father was a government official and his mother a homemaker. He was the sixth of seven siblings. After completing his school and college education, he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in management from National University. During his undergraduate studies, Ripon received initial training in sound design from the renowned sound engineer Ratan Pal.[1]

Career

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Ripon began his career at Asiatic's Ddhoni Chitra, a renowned Bangladeshi advertising firm, where he worked for almost ten years.[2] His career as a sound designer started with recording location sound for a documentary directed by Amitabh Reza Chowdhury.[1] Ripon's first major work in cinema was for the film Bachelor (2004), directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki.[1] After nearly a decade of working as a sound designer, he founded his own company, Soundbox Studio.[3]

Ripon Nath has been designing sound for nearly all the contemporary notable films in Bangladesh.[1] He has also worked on numerous web films and series, as well as thousands of advertisements.[3] Beyond Bangladeshi cinema, he designed sound for the Indian film Sitara (2019), directed by Ashis Roy.[2] He was the sound designer for No Land's Man (2021), directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki and produced by Oscar-winning Indian musician A.R. Rahman, acclaimed Indian thespian Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and several other notable producers.[4] Several feature-length and short films with Ripon's sound design have been showcased at prestigious film festivals, including Cannes,[5][6][7] Rotterdam,[8] Raindance,[9] Filmfest München,[10] Locarno,[11] Cinequest,[12] Silver Wave,[13] Moscow,[14] Sydney,[15] Shanghai,[16] Singapore[17] and Busan.[4] Additionally, he is the sound designer for the majority of Bangladeshi content available on OTT platforms like Netflix,[18][19] Amazon Prime, and Mubi.

Other Careers

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Besides being a sound designer, Ripon Nath works as a voice artist for advertisements and documentaries. In addition, he has composed music for numerous advertisements and several films, including Monpura (2009), Swapnajaal (2018), and Hotel Albatross (2017).

Ripon has also acted in many telefilms[20] and advertisements, including Ekti Phone Kora Jabe Please? (2008) directed by Amitabh Reza Chowdhury, Amader Golpo (2012) directed by Iftekhar Ahmed Fahmi,[21] and Highway (2017) directed by R B Pritam. Additionally, he has been a part-time lecturer in the Film and Media Department at Jagannath University.

Selected filmography

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Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Film Result
2012 National Film Awards Best Sound Recording Chorabali[22][23] Won
2016 National Film Awards Best Sound Recording Aynabaji[24] Won
2017 National Film Awards Best Sound Recording Dhaka Attack[25][26] Won
2019 SAARC Film Festival Best Sound Design Fagun Haway[27][28] Won
2019 National Film Awards Best Sound Recording No Dorai[29] Won
2022 National Film Awards Best Sound Recording Hawa[30][26] Won

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "তিনি শব্দের কারিগর". Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  2. ^ a b "পুরস্কার নতুন কিছু সৃষ্টিতে উৎসাহিত করে: রিপন নাথ". jagonews24.com (in Bengali). 2023-10-31. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  3. ^ a b "টানা ৬৩ ঘণ্টা কাজ করেছি". Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  4. ^ a b "No Land′s Man - A Window on Asian Cinema". Busan International Film Festival. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  5. ^ "Oggatonama screened at AFD". Daily Sun. 2017-01-15. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  6. ^ "Aynabaji Scores Well at Cannes Film Festival". The Daily Star. 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  7. ^ ""Dhaka 2.00" and "Daag" in Cannes's "Short Film Corner"". The Daily Star. 2017-03-11. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  8. ^ ""Third Person Singular Number"at Rotterdam Film Festival". The Daily Star. 2010-02-02. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  9. ^ "Bangladeshi film 'Death and Landscape' selected for Raindance Film Festival". The Daily Star. 2024-05-21. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  10. ^ "No Bed of Roses". Filmfest Muenchen. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  11. ^ "Bangladesh to make strong showing at Locarno". The Daily Star. 2016-07-15. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  12. ^ "Cju's 'Not A Fiction' selected at Oscar-qualifying festival". Dhaka Tribune. 2024-02-02. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  13. ^ "Hollywood's Oscar-qualifying festival selects Cju's 'Not A Fiction'". The Daily Star. 2024-02-02. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  14. ^ "Shonibar Bikel wins awards at Moscow Film Fest". New Age. 2019-04-27. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  15. ^ "Farooki's 'No Land's Man' to be screened at Sydney film festival". The Business Standard. 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  16. ^ "Sheena Chohan nominated for best actress at Shanghai film fest". India Forums. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  17. ^ "সিলভার স্ক্রিন অ্যাওয়ার্ডে মনোনীত 'পিঁপড়াবিদ্যা'". Prothomalo (in Bengali). 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  18. ^ "নেটফ্লিক্সে বাংলাদেশ: টেলিভিশন-পিপড়াবিদ্যার পরে দেখব কোন সিনেমা?". ICE Today (in Bengali). 2017-04-16. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  19. ^ "Why are there so few Bangladeshi shows on Netflix?". The Business Standard. 2023-10-14. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  20. ^ "Ripon Nath - BDShows". www.bdshows.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  21. ^ "Airtel presents Amader Golpo". The Daily Star. 2012-04-12. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  22. ^ "PM presents National Film Awards". banglanews24.com. 2014-05-10. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  23. ^ "Handover of nat'l film award today". The Daily Star. 2014-05-10. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  24. ^ "Prime Minister distributes National Film Award". Daily Sun. 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  25. ^ "National Film Awards for 2017 and 2018 announced". The Daily Star. 2019-11-08. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  26. ^ a b "PM distributes National Film Awards today | News Flash". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 2023-11-14. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  27. ^ "Ninth SAARC Film Festival Award Winners |". Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  28. ^ "'Fagun Haway' receives two awards at Saarc Film Festival". Dhaka Tribune. 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  29. ^ "'No Dorai' wins top prizes at National Film Awards". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  30. ^ "National Film Awards 2022 announced". The Daily Star. 2023-10-31. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
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