Family & Childhood:
Mr. Partha Paul was born on 5th November 1980 in a cultural family in Gobindopur Hanskhali, a village located in District Nadia, West Bengal, India.
Partha's grandfather Late Mr. Rangeshwar Paul, an artist (sculpture) by profession had passed away 10 years before his birth.
Mr. Kanai Lal Paul, Partha's father, a photographer and clay model maker (sculpture) is the only son of Late Mr. Rangeshwar Paul. Partha's father, Kanai Lal Paul, was not a whimsical photographer but has been always serious about photography.
Partha grew up watching his father develop the black-white photographs in the dark-room, located inside the house. Partha's curiosity and affinity for photography grew from there. Since then the seeds of creativity were planted in his mind.
At college:
After completed his Law degree Partha pursued his PG Diploma in Media Studies (Film & Television) under Calcutta University.
At Work:
Short Film:
After college, Partha started working on a project Mrityu Rog (Passion to Die) in the year 2012. This Short feature had first gone to Imphal International Short Film Festival 2012 for screening. Now streaming on moviewood ott.
There was no looking back for him since then. After Mrityu Rog, Partha started working on his second Documentary project named Destiny in the year 2013, under the banner or production house named Nickname Entertainment. Now streaming on moviewud ott.
Feature Film:
In the year 2016 he completed 'Antahkaran' (The Internal Sense), a feature film, that gave him an exposure in the national level as a filmmaker by winning the Best Screenplay in National category at LCIFF 2018, Gwalior, MP, India.
‘Antahkaran’ was officially selected and appreciated by the DIFF2018, New Delhi.
‘Antahkaran’ has won Best Film on Woman, Best Direction and Best Cinematography in CICFF 2019 which known as “Golden Fox Award”, now streaming on moviewood ott.