Subhash Dutta

Subhash Dutta (9 February 1930 – 16 November 2012) was a Bangladeshi filmmaker, theater and film actor. He started his career as a commercial artist.
Career.
At the beginning of his career, Dutta worked as a film poster artist. He drew posters for Mukh O Mukhosh (1956), the first Bengali-language movie to be made in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). He directed his first movie, Sutorang, in 1964. The movie won the second prize at the Frankfurt Festival in 1965. In 1972, he acted with the theatrical group, "Aranyak Nattyadal".
Awards.
His movie "Abirbhab" won a prestigious award in Frankfurt Film Festival. His directed movies were awarded in Phnom Penh Film Festival (1968), Moscow Film Festival (1967, 1973, 1979). He also got award for his acting by Pakistan Film Festival (1965).
Personal life and death.
Dutta had two sons, Shivaji and Ranaji, and two daughters, Shilpi and Shotabdi.
Dutta died from heart disease on 16 November 2012 at his home in Ram Krishna Mission Road, Dhaka.