Partha Pratim Moitra

Who is Partha Pratim Moitra?

Partha Pratim Moitra is a film maker and poet from Barak Valley, Assam.

He is currently the Chief Producer of the government run television channel [Lokasiksha Sanchar], and the Audio-visual Program Consultant of SRD Cell of Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Govt of West Bengal. This channel is a joint collaboration of Information and cultural Affairs Department, Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Govt of West Bengal and ISRO. This is for Training and Development Communication Channel.

Partha Pratim Moitra has published three poetry books, Himghar, Palalik Shilalipi and Jalabas Parba, written in Bengali.

He is a self-proclaimed Post Modern Anarchist and has written a number socio-political articles in different Bengali magazines. This changes in his orientation is indebted to two persons; Soumen Guha of Kolkata and Late Dr. Sujit Choudhury of Barak Valley Assam.

Partha Pratim Moitra was a front runner of the Super-8 Film Movement in Assam, and made his maiden film Asraf Alir Swadesh, the first movie ever made in Barak Valley, Assam. He also directed Din-Shuru: The Birth of an Indian Carnival, produced by Paxvision and Kinetica of England.