query: educated_at dhritiman chatterjee
supports: Padma Shri (also Padmashree) is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Awarded by the Government of India, it is announced every year on India's Republic Day. Bengal (bgl; Bengali: ,  and ) is a region in Asia which is located in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Geographically, it is made up by the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta system, the largest such formation in the world; along with mountains in its north (bordering the Himalayan states) and east (bordering Northeast India and Burma). Pratidwandi or Pratidandi (literally "Adversary", "Opponent" or "Competitor" in Bengali; known internationally as The Adversary) is a 1970 Indian Bengali drama film directed by Satyajit Ray based on the novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It is the first part of the Calcutta trilogy. Set during the period of the Naxalite movement in Bengal,  Vittorio De Sica (7 July 1901  13 November 1974) was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Aparna Sen (née Dasgupta) ("Ôporna Shen"; born 25 October 1945) is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. A leading actress of late 1960s,1970s,1980s. She has received eight "BFJA Award", five for best actress,two for best supporting actress and one for lifetime achievement award. She is the winner of three National Film Awards and nine international film festival awards for her direction in films. She was awarded the "Padma Shri", the fourth highest civilian award,by the government of India in 1987. The Elements trilogy is a trilogy of films by Indian film-maker Deepa Mehta, dealing with controversial issues of social reform on the Indian subcontinent. "Fire", the first release in 1996, dealt with issues of arranged marriage and homosexuality in the patriarchal culture of India. "Earth", released in 1998, dealt with the religious strife associated with the partition of India and formation of Pakistan in the mid-20th century. "Water", released in 2005, was the most critically successful of the three, and dealt with suicide, misogyny, and the mistreatment of widows in rural India. Dhritiman Chaterji ( Bengali :   ) is a Bengali actor . He began his acting career in 1970 as the protagonist of Satyajit Ray 's Pratidwandi ( The Adversary ) . Most of his acting work has been in India 's `` parallel '' , or independent , cinema with filmmakers such as Satyajit Ray , Mrinal Sen and Aparna Sen , among others . He has also worked in English films with well - known filmmakers such as Deepa Mehta and Jane Campion . He has received several acting awards in India and has been on the Jury of the Indian National film Awards . Chaterji pursues a parallel career in advertising , social communications and documentary filmmaking . Never a part of mainstream `` Bollywood '' , he 's made an astonishingly small number of films . In recent years he 's taken roles with filmmakers as diverse as Jane Campion and hugely successful Mumbai directors Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Mani Ratnam . Dhritiman is his screen name . He is otherwise known as Sundar Chaterji and is quite active on the English stage in Chennai . Born on 30 May 1945 , he was educated at Kolkata 's St Xavier 's Collegiate School and Presidency College , and the Delhi School of Economics . About his acting qualities Satyajit Ray once remarked , `` I do not know what definition of a star these filmmakers have been using , but mine goes something like this . A star is a person on the screen who continues to be expressive and interesting even after he or she has stopped doing anything . This definition does not exclude the rare and lucky breed that gets lakhs of rupees per film ; and it includes everyone who keeps his calm before the camera , projects a personality and evokes empathy . This is a rare breed too but one has met it in our films.Dhritiman Chatterji of Pratidwandi is such a star . '' - ( Our Films Their Films ) Dhritiman is currently anchor of Pradhanmantri ( TV Series ) in Bengali on ABP Ananda from 14 December 2013 . Sunil Gangopadhyay or Sunil Ganguly ("Shunil Gônggopaddhae"), (7 September 1934  23 October 2012) was an Indian Bengali poet and novelist based in the Indian city of Kolkata. Born in Faridpur, in what is now Bangladesh, Gangopadhyay obtained his master's degree in Bengali from the University of Calcutta. In 1953 he and a few of his friends started a Bengali poetry magazine, "Krittibas". Later he wrote for many different publications. Satyajit Ray (2 May 1921  23 April 1992) was an Indian Bengali filmmaker, widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century. Ray was born in the city of Calcutta into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature. Starting his career as a commercial artist, Ray was drawn into independent filmmaking after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir and viewing Vittorio De Sica's Italian neorealist film "Bicycle Thieves" (1948) during a visit to London. Ritwik Ghatak ("Ritbik Kumar Ghôôk", ; 4 November 19256 February 1976) was a Bengali filmmaker and script writer. Along with prominent contemporary Bengali filmmakers Satyajit Ray and Mrinal Sen, his cinema is primarily remembered for its meticulous depiction of social reality. Although their roles were often adversarial, they were ardent admirers of each other's work and, in doing so, the three directors charted the independent trajectory of parallel cinema, as a counterpoint to the mainstream fare of Hindi cinema in India. Ghatak received many awards in his career, including National Film Award's Rajat Kamal Award for Best Story in 1974 for his "Jukti Takko Aar Gappo" and Best Director's Award from Bangladesh Cine Journalist's Association for "Titash Ekti Nadir Naam". The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri for Arts in 1970. Parallel Cinema is a film movement in Indian cinema that originated in the state of West Bengal in the 1950s as an alternative to the mainstream commercial Indian cinema, represented especially by popular Hindi cinema, known today as Bollywood. Mrinal Sen (also spelled "Mrinal Shen", born 14 May 1923) is an Indian filmmaker based in Kolkata. Along with his contemporaries Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak, he is often considered to be one of the greatest ambassadors of Indian parallel cinema on the global stage. Like the works of Ray and Ghatak, his cinema is known for its artistic depiction of social reality. Although the three directors shared a healthy rivalry, they were ardent admirers of each other's work, and in so doing, they charted the independent trajectory of parallel cinema, as a counterpoint to the mainstream fare of Hindi cinema in India. Kolkata (, also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India, while the Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating port and its sole major riverine port. In 2011, the city had population of 4.5 million, while the population of the city and its suburbs was 14.1 million, making it the third-most populous metropolitan area in India. In 2008 its gross domestic product (adjusted for purchasing power parity) was estimated to be 104 billion, which was the third highest among Indian cities, behind Mumbai and Delhi. Jean Renoir (15 September 1894  12 February 1979) was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent era to the end of the 1960s. His films "La Grande Illusion" (1937) and "The Rules of the Game" (1939) are often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made. He was ranked by the BFI's "Sight & Sound" poll of critics in 2002 as the fourth greatest director of all time. Among numerous honors accrued during his lifetime, he received a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award in 1975 for his contribution to the motion picture industry. Renoir was the son of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. India, officially the Republic of India ("Bhrat Gaarjya"), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country (with over 1.2 billion people), and the most populous democracy in the world. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast. It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Myanmar (Burma) and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives. India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia. Its capital is New Delhi; other metropolises include Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. Deepa Mehta, (born 15 September 1950) is an Indo-Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, "Fire" (1996), "Earth" (1998), and "Water" (2005); among which "Earth" was sent by India as its official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and "Water" was Canada's official entry for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, making it only the third non-French-language Canadian film submitted in that category after Attila Bertalan's 1990 invented-language film "A Bullet to the Head" and Zacharias Kunuk's 2001 Inuktitut-language feature "", and the first to receive an Oscar nomination. 
candidates: actor chennai india master today university of calcutta
answer: university of calcutta