Abhijit Chowdhury is a

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-based writer and an independent filmmaker whose debut direction is Dwitiyo Ripu which got released on 11 September 2015. In 2018, his short film ''Mithye'' was released in a popular Bengali OTT platform ''

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'' where Souman Bose was seen in the leading role. His next release ''Aste Ladies'' is a web series streaming in ''

'' featuring three ladies in the lead role played by ''

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'' and ''Madhurima Ghosh''. Abhijit wrote and directed this web series containing 9 episodes which introduced the genre of ''Crime Comedy'' for the first time to the Bengali audience. His next venture, ''Manbhanjan'' is also a web series based on a Short story of ''

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''. ''Manbhanjan'' was released on ''

'' on 14 June 2019. ''

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'' and ''

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'' played the leading roles in ''Manbhanjan''. Abhijit earned critical success for his web series ''Aste Ladies'' and ''Manbhanjan'' . The Bengali audience got a new pair of detectives, "Johny Bonny", a Suspense-Drama series created by Abhijit, starring Debasish Mondal, Swastika Dutta, Ankit Majumder,

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, and others which streaming on Klikk, a Bengali OTT by Angel Digital. The director beautifully portrays the life of a Cop and his infinite struggle of how he gets help from his partner in crime for solving the cases with the help of Chess strategies.

Early life and background

Abhijit graduated from ''

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur (IIEST Shibpur), erstwhile Bengal Engineering College (also known as B.E. College), formerly Bengal Engineering and Science University (also known as BESU), is a public research u ...

''. He left his job as a software engineer to pursue his Film-making career.

Filmography

References

External links

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