Sanjoy Nag (born 18 March) is a film director/actor. He won the

National Film Award The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directora ...

in 2011 for his debut feature film ''

Memories in March ''Memories in March'' is a 2010 Indian drama film directed by Sanjoy Nag. The film stars Deepti Naval, Rituparno Ghosh and Raima Sen. The film is the effective exploration of a situation wherein a bereaved mother comes to terms with her late s ...

''.

Early life and background

Sanjoy Nag was born and brought up in

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. He completed his schooling from St James’ School. He pursued commerce from University of Calcutta. He was associated with the film and television industry of Bengal from a young age.

Career

He conceptualized the album ''Priyo Bondhu'' with Anjan Dutt and Nima Rahman. In 2011, he made his debut feature film ''

'' that won him the

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English is one of the National Film Awards of India presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. It is one of seve ...

. He acted in

Rituparno Ghosh Rituparno Ghosh (31 August 1963 – 30 May 2013) was an Indian film director, actor, writer and lyricist. After pursuing a degree in economics, he started his career as a creative artist at an advertising agency. He received recognition for his ...

’s film on ''Rabindranath Tagore''.He was associate director for Rituporno Ghosh's award winning film ''Chitrangada'' and Anjan Dutt's film ''Badadin''

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Filmography as director

Filmography as actor

References

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External links

* * ;Interviews
Director of the film "Memories in March", Sanjoy Nag addressing a press conference at IFFI-2011
YouTube, '' 42ndIFFI2011'' 27 November 2011
Video of Interview
YouTube, '' BollywoodHungama.com'' 31 March 2011 {{DEFAULTSORT:Nag, Sanjoy Film directors from Kolkata Living people 1967 births Bengali film directors