Utpal Datta

This article is about Assamese Utpal Datta, not Bengali stage and film Utpal Dutt. For Bengali stage and film , director Utpal Dutt, see Utpal Dutt.

Utpal Datta is an Indian film critic from Guwahati. He was awarded the Jury Special Mention for Best Writing in Cinema in 2006. He received the National Film Award for Best Critic in 2023.

Utpal Datta
Utpal Datta addressing a press conference in 2013
Language	Assamese
Nationality	Indian
Citizenship	Indian
Alma mater	Gauhati University
Notable awards	Special Jury Mention for Book on Cinema at the 54th National Film Awards[1]

Career

Utpal Datta earned his Masters in Arts from Gauhati University. He later joined ⠀⠀All India Radio, Guwahati, where his book 24 Frames (2008), an anthology of articles on Indian cinema, was released as a radio program.^[2] His short feature film Bohubritta (Circles, 2019) has been screened at several International Film Festivals.^[3]

Books

Author

• Chalachitra (1996 in Assamese)
• Kālasandhyā (2007)(কালসন্ধ্যা in Assamese)^[4]
• 24 Frames (2008)
• Mantra Mugdha (2020)^[5]https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/MANTRA_MUGDHA/tuoGEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
• Film Appreciation (2021)^[6]
• The Last Signature of Mozart (2024)^[7]
• Aparupa Andaman
• Maramar Neha
• CineQuiz
• Chalachitra - Articles on film aesthetics 24 Frames
• Ki Naam ai premor
• Mantramugdha
• Chalachitrar Rasaswadan
• Kapurusor Tarowal
• Asomiya Cinemar Ati Adhyai
• Decoding Films

Editor

• Aamar Chinaki Tachadduk (1982 in Assamese)
• Chalachitra Katha
• Bata Bijayi Lekhakar Galpa
• Ganje Fariste
• Chalachitra - Samoi, Samaj, Nandantatwa

Translator

• Girish Karnad's Tughlak and Nagamandala
• Dr. Dipak Chandra's Duryodhan
• Narendra Modi's Ailoi cithi
• K. Satchidanandan's Matra ata sparsatei barasun diya megh
• K. Satchidanandan's Herai jowa bastubor
• Dr. Ratan Bhattacharya's Raktakta burburanir Mmalita

Films

• By Lane 2 (2013)^[8]
• Through Trust and Fear
• Borgeet- Eti Dhrupadi Ratna
• Bohubritta (2019)^[9]
• Fagu Khele Karunamoi
• Harinarayan

Awards and recognition

• Special Jury Mention for Book on Cinema at the 54th National Film Awards^[1]
• Swarna Kamal, Best Writing in Cinema at 71st National Film Award
• Amulya Manna Photography Award 2025^[10]