Shomshuklla

Shomshuklla

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Shomshuklla Profile

  • Name:
  • Shomshuklla
  • Born:
  • November 9, 1965
  • Spouse:
  • Bhaskar Das

Shomshuklla Biography

Shomshuklla is a multifaceted personality from Kolkata associated with Indian film industry. She is known as a film director, screen writer, theatre personality and also a writer and singer. A talented director of present times, all her three independent films – Sandcastle, Chhutii Aar Picnic and Hopscotch have been showcased at many international film festivals and won many awards as well. She has also released numerous private albums and staged many plays as well. She owns a theater company by the name of ‘Kali Theatre’, established in the year 2006.

 

Shomshuklla was born in Kolkata on 9 November 1965. Her mother is a lecturer. Shomshuklla learnt Rabindra Sangeet from Dakshinee, an acclaimed music training institute. She married Bhaskar Das in 1985 and the couple has one child. In 1990 she shifted to Ahmedabad where she continued her music training under Krishnakant Parekh. In 1995 she reached Mumbai with dreams to become successful as a singer. She continued her music training under Dr. Prabha Atre. She released her first Indi Pop album, ‘Dhin Tara’ in 1998 in association with Times Music.

 

Her second album ‘Raahien’ released in 2001. Two years later she released her third album – Glimpse, an album of remixes. Cafe Kalighat (2004), Kolkata Jam (2006), Sonic Frames (2008), Mukto Paakhi (2001) and Chuye Jete Moon (2003) are her other released albums. In 2006 she published her first collection of poems titled, ‘I Have Seen That Face Before’. After that she published several English and Bengali books including Seconds Before Sunrise, Easy, Ekta Manusher Khoje and Chul Ta Elomelo. She released her first film, Sandcastle in 2014. Though she had the concept in 2006, it took almost 8 years for its making. The film competed for The Academy Awards from India.

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Updated: June 26, 2016

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