Prataya Saha is an independent filmmaker,
Tedx performer, theatre director and photographer, based out of
Bengaluru
Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...
and
Dubai.
Early life
He was born in Kolkata but he moved to Karnataka after completing his schooling at the
Calcutta Boys' School
The Calcutta Boys' School is an independent private day school located in Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal. was founded by the Rev. James Mills Thoburn (Methodist Missionary to India, and later Missionary Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church ...
to pursue Electrical and Electronics Engineering at
Siddaganga Institute of Technology
Sports
The college has facilities for encouraging sports and games. Has well equipped gymnasium, basketball, volleyball court, cricket ground, race track, badminton court, and an indoor stadium.
Ranking
Siddaganga Institute of Technology is ...
.
However, his love for photography and storytelling eventually ended up with him pursuing film-making.
Career
Prataya's directorial debut was Anna's Weekend in 2016, that got selected in festivals in the US and China. From 2017, he started working closely with Bangalore based production house
Red Polka Productions By 2021 he has made over 10 films, with his films selected in around 70 film festivals around the world, including festivals like the
New York Asian Film Festival,
Oaxaca Film Fest
Oaxaca FilmFest was an eight-day long international film festival that was permanently cancelled in 2022 without taking place, once it could no longer hide the fact that it devolved into a calculated scam to prey on unknowing filmmakers. At its st ...
,
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival,
Bengaluru International Short Film Festival, etc.
"Just Another Day", his film on gender violence, was awarded a special jury prize on
, by the department of fine arts of Kutahya Dumlupinar University in Turkey, on November 25, 2021.
Other works
Prataya forayed into making music videos with Bangalore based production house, Desktop Films in 2020. The music videos have garnered millions of views and are streaming on major music labels like the
T-Series.
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Indian filmmakers