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Pratim D. Gupta

Pratim D. Gupta

Director and writer, also producer · Born November 11, 1981 (44)

Pratim D. Gupta is an Indian journalist, film critic, screenwriter and film director. He reviewed films for The Telegraph Kolkata and later for online platform Film Companion. His first film as writer-director is Paanch Adhyay, starring Priyanshu Chatterjee and Dia Mirza. Written and directed by Gupta, the film was shot almost entirely in Calcutta in November and December 2011. The film was selected as the Centrepiece Premiere at New York's South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF) and picked as the New Voice in Indian Cinema at the Mumbai Film Festival. His subsequent films Shaheb Bibi Golaam and Maacher Jhol have been big box office hits besides being critically acclaimed. Gupta was born in Kolkata in 1981 and studied in South Point School. He has a degree in Mass Communication and Film Studies from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata. While working as a journalist with The Telegraph Kolkata, Gupta's script Vanish was selected for the prestigious Binger Script Lab at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2009. He got his first break with the first Bengali film for Bollywood actress Dia Mirza.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 11, 1981 (44)
Works as
Director and writer, also producer
Titles
4 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 31% in 30 days

What are Pratim D. Gupta's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
47%
Bonds
28%
Society
12%
Survival
8%
Ideas
5%

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
2
Melancholic
2
Dread
1
Bittersweet
2
Romantic
1
Other
4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Pratim D. Gupta's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Netflix (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Pratim D. Gupta's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

17 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.

  • Karma Korma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 7 episodes · as Director

  • Ranna Baati (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Chaalchitro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Tooth Pari: When Love Bites(2023)

    Show Director · Creator · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
  • Love Aaj Kal Porshu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director · Writer

  • Shantilal O Projapoti Rohoshyo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · Writer

  • Typewriter(2019)

    Show Writer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
  • Ahare Mon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Mirchi Malini (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director

  • Maacher Jhol(2017)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Shaheb Bibi Golaam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director · Writer

  • X: Past Is Present(2015)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Maach Mishti & More (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Screenplay

  • Paanch Adhyay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Writer

  • Boiragi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • Chaalchitro 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Creator

  • Shaheb Bibi Golaam 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 16 titles, 13 of them dated from 2012 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 16: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting13 of 16: 4 only directing, 9 with another roleWriting9 of 16: 1 only writing, 8 with another roleOther crew2 of 16: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

16 titles, 9 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 8 of them.

By decade

2010s8 · crew2020s5 · 1 acting · 4 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Who does Pratim D. Gupta work with?

People who share at least 2 of Pratim D. Gupta's MovieCove titles; Subhankar Bhar shares the most, 2.