Debashis Das

Biography

Debashis Das is a filmmaker, Scriptwriter who was born on July 1, 1991, in Gazipur, Bangladesh. He started practicing drama, recitation, debate, and music in college. Then he started trying to make short films from the time he was studying at Bangladesh Agricultural University. He has been awarded as ‘Zahir Raihan Best Short’ by the renowned filmmaker in Bangladesh Tareq Masood (late) for the Short film named 'Nun'. He started the two-year 'Filmmaking Training' course at the Bangladesh Cinema and Television Institute (BCTI). During the course, he made a few short films and they earned some honors both inside and outside the country. The film "The Ballad of a Geek", which he made at an international film festival among the film schools of the world, Inspired by the famous writer Akhtaruzzaman Elias' story "Niruddesh Jatra", Das made his final diploma movie "Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit" and it got first place in the integrated merit list. His ongoing film project is ‘Mukuler Jadur Ghora’ which revolves around a child’s fantasy journey received the national film grant in the 2019-20 fiscal year.