Avijit Dutt
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Avijit Dutt | |
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| Alma mater | Calcutta University |
| Occupations | Actor, filmmaker, theatre director, author |
| Years active | 1972–present |
Avijit Dutt is an Indian filmmaker, actor, theatre director, and author.[1]
Dutt received a master's degree in English Literature from Calcutta University.[citation needed]
Career
Dutt began his career at an English Faculty in St. Paul's School in Darjeeling.
He has been involved in the production of over 100 plays in English, Hindi, and Bengali, as actor or director.[citation needed]
He has written seven full-length plays:
- Bamboo Flower
- Mahatma Mar Gaya
- Bombay! Bosnia![2]
- Breaking News
- Noor Jahan- An Empress Reveals
- Unspeakable[3]
- 9.45 ki Express ki Citee
He has also dramatised 1084 ki Ma, by Mahasweta Devi, with Shyamanand Jalan.
Other activities and roles
Dutt has applied for two patents, one for a toilet solution and another for a process of collecting, testing, and documenting blood tests.[3]
He is director of his organisation Enable, which has built toilets across North India,, although not the one he has patented. They have covered over 60,000 beneficiaries across 68 villages in India.[when?][3]