Niranjan K Kujur
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
A Cinema Graduate from Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI), Kolkata, Niranjan is a multi-lingual Film Director who has made films in Kudukh, Santhali, Bengali, Hindi and Mandarin Chinese.
His film, 'Edpa Kana' (Going Home) won the National Film Award for Best Audiography (Non-feature) in 2016, IDPA Award at Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) organized by Films Division, and Special Jury Mention at International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) in 2015. The film also traveled to ISFVF held at Beijing Film Academy, China, the same year.
'Pahada' and 'Edpa Kana' are two of his films that were selected for the Indian Panorama (Non-feature) of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in its 44th and 47th editions, respectively. His Santhali Video on Adivasi women's plight in the adivasi society, 'Dibi Durga', traveled to Bangladesh and Malaysia in 2019.
The Netflix series, 'Jamtara', had him as a Line Producer for the Jamtara schedule. He has directed a number of digital ad films for brands like Dabur, ITC and Springfit, working with the production company Ice Media Lab and Analytics in 2021-23. 'Jannat-e-Kesar', a digital ad film directed by him won the 16th ET Ascent Star of the Industry Award for "Best Use of Content Marketing" presented by ET Ascent of Economic Times - Times Group in 2022. The ad film 'The Spitting Wall' directed by him won the 54th edition of the very prestigious ABBYS (Silver) award for "Cause Marketing" presented by The Advertising Club at the GoaFest-2023.
'Amir', his International co-production with Haftix Films, was selected for the "Hub of Asia" section at the 39th Busan International Short Film Festival, South Korea, 2022. His latest directorial short film 'Teere Bendho Na..' (Unanchored) was selected In competition at the 14th IDSFFK, 2022, govt. of Kerala. Niranjan has also completed serving as Assistant Professor (contractual) in Direction and Screenplay Writing department of SRFTI in September 2022.
His film, 'Edpa Kana' (Going Home) won the National Film Award for Best Audiography (Non-feature) in 2016, IDPA Award at Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) organized by Films Division, and Special Jury Mention at International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) in 2015. The film also traveled to ISFVF held at Beijing Film Academy, China, the same year.
'Pahada' and 'Edpa Kana' are two of his films that were selected for the Indian Panorama (Non-feature) of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in its 44th and 47th editions, respectively. His Santhali Video on Adivasi women's plight in the adivasi society, 'Dibi Durga', traveled to Bangladesh and Malaysia in 2019.
The Netflix series, 'Jamtara', had him as a Line Producer for the Jamtara schedule. He has directed a number of digital ad films for brands like Dabur, ITC and Springfit, working with the production company Ice Media Lab and Analytics in 2021-23. 'Jannat-e-Kesar', a digital ad film directed by him won the 16th ET Ascent Star of the Industry Award for "Best Use of Content Marketing" presented by ET Ascent of Economic Times - Times Group in 2022. The ad film 'The Spitting Wall' directed by him won the 54th edition of the very prestigious ABBYS (Silver) award for "Cause Marketing" presented by The Advertising Club at the GoaFest-2023.
'Amir', his International co-production with Haftix Films, was selected for the "Hub of Asia" section at the 39th Busan International Short Film Festival, South Korea, 2022. His latest directorial short film 'Teere Bendho Na..' (Unanchored) was selected In competition at the 14th IDSFFK, 2022, govt. of Kerala. Niranjan has also completed serving as Assistant Professor (contractual) in Direction and Screenplay Writing department of SRFTI in September 2022.
