Shyama

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Director

Obhi Chatterjee

Bio

Obhi was born and brought up in London, the son of Bengali parents who regularly organised cultural events in and around London which usually featured the music, plays and dance of Rabindranath Tagore. He has accompanied some of the top singers of Rabindrasangeet on tabla, including Subinoy Roy and Kanika Bannerjee. His interest in moving images developed at an early age from watching his father, Jayanta Chatterjee (Bojroshen - singer / Executive producer), use an 8mm camera to record holidays and film a short, stop-motion animation sequence. Since his marriage to Kaberi Chatterjee (Shyama -dancer / Production designer / Costume designer / Producer), Obhi has been exploring the possibilities presented by digital audiovisual technologies to develop his creative side.

Director- Job Description

The principal creative artist on a movie set. A director is usually (but not always) the driving artistic source behind the filming process, and communicates to actors the way that he/she would like a particular scene played. A director's duties might also include casting, script editing, shot selection, shot composition, and editing. Typically, a director has complete artistic control over all aspects of the movie, but it is not uncommon for the director to be bound by agreements with either a producer or a studio. In some large productions, a director will delegate less important scenes to a second unit director 2UD.