Arghyakamal mitra biography of christopher

The closest analogy was magic which always fascinated me. Frankly, I had no idea of editing in the real sense. It was a sense of mystery that prompted me to choose this field of filmmaking. And what was life at FTII, where he studied from , like? FTII was a dreamland. I joined with a sense of wonder and it carried on till I walked out of its portals after my three-year stint as a film student.

I was like a sponge soaking in every little experience that came my way. I was in awe of the whole process of filmmaking and was happily sucked into it.

Arghyakamal mitra biography of christopher

Getting barraged by such a huge variety of films from all over he world was an experience unto itself. It was heady. Teachings in my discipline also did not let me choose any particular film or a filmmaker to be my favourite. Entirely my fault perhaps, but I was happy with that. The whole wide world of documentaries, experimental films, underground films and various kinds of fiction narratives Indian and international drowned me.

Actually, I did not want to perhaps make any conscious effort to stick to a genre and follow it. After graduating from the FTII, the world of work had both its good and bad sides. There was more work in Calcutta than one could handle. But it was all on video. Film work was hard to come by. I was pretty deep into the video world busy making a living.

And being a freshly minted film school editing graduate, I was also taken to shoots to provide that extra editorial edge. I happily did that as it also gave me a good exposure of the shoot politics and an opportunity to travel. So, it was neither the best of times nor the worst of times. But in reality, Mitra did not find it tough to land his first job.

And that too, as an independent editor for an advertisement film directed by Raja Dasgupta within a week of his coming back to Calcutta. I filled in this gap with lots of work for television and video. I slowly realised that I would never get a film work from regular filmmakers. The only way I could land a film work was if the film was directed by one of the directors I had worked with in the video world.

Malay Bhattacharya, with whom I had worked on in his television serial, was gearing up to produce and direct his first feature film. It was an FTII meet of sorts. Editing award-winning films has become a habit for me. Initially, I would get upset because I never won the National Award for my work in those films. But slowly, I came to terms with the pain.

This year, I kept no track of the Awards and it's come as a pleasant surprise," says Mitra. The Times of India. Archived from the original on Categories : Living people Bengali film editors Film editor stubs. Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Year of birth missing living people All stub articles.

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