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Arnab Chatterjee

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'''Arnab Chatterjee''' (born '''Arnab Chatterjee;''' 13 November 1999)''',''' also known an '''"ACjee"''' <ref name=":32"></ref>''',''' is an Indian filmmaker, based in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

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== Personal life and education ==
Arnab Chatterjee was born on 13th November, 1999, to Bengali parents, in [[Kolkata]], [[India]] <ref name=":0"></ref>. He completed his education from [[La Martiniere Calcutta]], from 2003 to 2018 <ref name=":32" />, and started making films during his early days of schooling. Apart from cinema as an art form, Chatterjee is an ardent admirer of [[Bollywood]] actor [[Shah Rukh Khan]] <ref name=":32" /> <ref name=":12">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>.

== Professional work ==
Chatterjee started making films at the age of eight, and founded his production banner, ACjee Productions in 2013 <ref name=":32" />, Under his own banner, he wrote, edited, produced and directed seven short films and a feature film <ref name=":12" />.

Chatterjee's short films ''The Silent Killer (2013)'' <ref name=":1"></ref>, ''The Unknown Number (2014)'' <ref name=":3">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>, and ''Thyself (2015)'' <ref name=":3" /> were screened at the [[International Children's Film Festival India (ICFFI)|International Children's Film Festival India]], in 2013 and 2015 respectively.

In 2016, Chatterjee had edited a documentary for the [[Indian Army]] <ref name=":12" />. Chatterjee’s short film, ''Vertex Duo'', which was released on [[YouTube]] in 2015, had been awarded internationally <ref name=":32" />.

In January 2016, Chatterjee began writing his debut feature, ''Unsaid,'' which was released in Kolkata, on 29<sup>th</sup> April, 2018 <ref name=":42"></ref>. The film received thirty-one awards and numerous official selections from foreign film festivals at [[Los Angeles]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[Texas]], [[London]], [[Chile]], [[Venezuela]], and became the youngest ever winner at the [[Indie Fest|IndieFEST]]. The film was premiered at [[Nandan (Kolkata)|Nandan]] West Bengal Film Centre, [[Kolkata]] <ref name=":2"></ref> <ref name=":52"> Sholoanabangaliana Portal|last=Bangaliana|first=Sholoana|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref>, which was attended by film personalities such as [[Prosenjit Chatterjee]], [[Rituparna Sengupta]], [[Kaushik Ganguly]], [[Agnimitra Paul]]<nowiki/>and [[Bonny Sengupta]] <ref name=":62"></ref>.
[[File:ArnabChatterjeeWithSoumitraChatterjeeOnSetsOfJonmodin.jpg|thumb|Chatterjee with actor [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] during the shooting of ''Jonmodin''.]]
Chatterjee’s next venture was ''Jonmodin (2019)'', a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] short film starring [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award|Dadasaheb Phalke]] and [[Legion of Honour]] awardee [[Soumitra Chatterjee]], along with Joydeep Mukherjee, Reshmi Sen, [[Biswanath Basu]], Abanti Dutta, Arindol Bagchi, and introducing Simran Tewari <ref name=":72"></ref>.
[[File:ProsenjitRituparnaKaushikAtUnsaidScreening.jpg|thumb|Chatterjee with actors [[Rituparna Sengupta]], [[Prosenjit Chatterjee]] and filmmaker [[Kaushik Ganguly]] at [[Nandan (Kolkata)|Nandan]].]]

== Controversies ==
In November 2017, Chatterjee was charged by the officials of [[La Martiniere Calcutta]] for posting a video on social media from the campus and was offered expulsion, which was later revoked due to clarifications and media interventions <ref name=":0" />

In June 2018, Chatterjee had won two medals at the ''Global Independent Film Festival'' for ''Unsaid'' in [[Los Angeles]], which were stolen in transit. <ref name=":8"></ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Film
!Director
!Producer
!Writer
!Editor
!Cinematographer
|-
|2019
|''Jonmodin'' <ref name=":72" />
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|No
|-
|2018
|''Unsaid'' <ref name=":12" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":42" /><ref name=":52" /><ref name=":62" />
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|-
|2016
|''Documentary on the Indian Army'' <ref name=":12" />
|No
|No
|No
|Yes
|No
|-
|2015
|''Vertex Duo'' <ref name=":32" />
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|-
|2015
|''Thyself'' <ref name=":3" />
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|-
|2014
|''The Unknown Number'' <ref name=":3" />
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|-
|2013
|''The Silent Killer'' <ref name=":1" />
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|}
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== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
[[imdbname:9541429|Arnab Chatterjee]] on [[IMDb]]

[http://www.twitter.com/ACjee Arnab Chatterjee] on [[Twitter]]

[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1999 births]]
[[Category:Indian filmmakers]]


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