Aditya Bhattacharya

Aditya Bhattacharya
Born	1965 (age 51–52)
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	film director, screenwriter
Years active	1983-present

Aditya Bhattacharya (born 1965) is an Indian film director and screenwriter, most known for his feature film, Raakh (1989) starring Aamir Khan and Pankaj Kapur and which garnered three National Film Awards.

He is the son of film director Basu Bhattacharya.

Born in a Bengali family of film director Basu Bhattacharya and Rinki Bhattacharya who is daughter of noted filmmaker Bimal Roy and herself a columnist and documentary filmmaker. He has two sisters, Chimmu and Anwesha Arya who is a writer.

He started his film career as an actor in Shyam Benegal's Mandi (1983), where he played the role of Smita Patil's boyfriend. He followed it up Rihaee (1988) and Sudhir Mishra's Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2003). He made his debut as director, with Raakh (1989) which starred Aamir Khan, his second after his debut with Ketan Mehta's Holi (1984), though it was released only after his blockbuster QSQT (1989); the film didn't do well at the Box Office, however it on to receive three National Film Award, and a Best Directorial Debut Award at the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards.

Meanwhile, he also worked as a photo journalist. Subsequently, he shifted base 1988 from Mumbai to Rome, where he made an Italian film, some music videos, etc.

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