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Twice national award winner Anjan Das started his film career in the mid 70's with two documentaries named 'The art of Anant Malakar' and 'Tripura'. His first feature was 'Sainik' meaning soldier. The film was shown in various International Film festivals including Berlin in 1976. Other notable ones were Mannheim, Tehran, Cracow, Mongolia, Yugoslavia and it was invited to San Remo Film Competition in Italy.
Thereafter several documentaries followed, notable among them are those on Indian Oil Corp., Hindustan Lever, ONGC, Bengal Emta Coal Mines, Industrial Development Corp. of Orissa Ltd., Andrew Yule etc.
In 2001, he made the feature film 'Saanjhbatir Rupkathara', which was picked up by Columbia Tristar for distribution. The film was showcased at several international film festivals including Montreal World film festival, London, Rome, Rotterdam, Edmonton, Madrid, Singapore etc. The film was chosen as one of the 7 best films of that year at London.
Then came the feature film 'Iti Srikanta' which did the usual round of festivals and won A National Award for Best Audiography in 2004.It was shown in the Indian Panorama of International Festival Of India 2004 and was shown in various international film fests such as Rotterdam, Edinburgh, Brisbane, Singapore,etc.
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