{"id":13727,"date":"2026-05-28T17:02:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/beloved-filmmaker-anik-dutta-dies-at-66-a-tragic-loss-for-indian-cinema\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T17:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:32:54","slug":"beloved-filmmaker-anik-dutta-dies-at-66-a-tragic-loss-for-indian-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/beloved-filmmaker-anik-dutta-dies-at-66-a-tragic-loss-for-indian-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved Filmmaker Anik Dutta Dies at 66: A Tragic Loss for Indian Cinema |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131369295,imgsize-109378,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/anik-dutta.jpg\" alt=\"Filmmaker Anik Dutta passes away at 66\" title=\"Anik Dutta\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Filmmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/anik-dutta\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Anik Dutta<\/a>, 66, passed away on Wednesday, reportedly by suicide. According to Kolkata Police, he was rushed to a private hospital in Dhakuria after falling from the terrace of his wife\u2019s flat in a multi-storeyed residential building in Hindustan Park.<!-- --> Police said neither family members nor domestic help noticed his entry into the building; only security personnel were aware of his presence. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>Dutta was declared dead on arrival at the hospital. His body was later sent to SSKM Hospital for postmortem. Police sources said a purported suicide note was recovered from the terrace; it does not hold anyone responsible. The document has been sent for forensic examination, and the homicide department is assisting the investigation to establish the sequence of events.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>As per media reports, preliminary postmortem findings indicate death due to massive internal and external bleeding with severe head trauma, consistent with a high-impact fall. The autopsy, conducted on Wednesday evening, noted extensive head and brain injuries, including multiple skull fractures, epidural hematoma and intracranial hemorrhage. Several ribs were fractured, with blood accumulation in the chest cavity, and vital organs including the lungs and liver were ruptured. Injuries to the lower body included fractures to the left leg and hip, along with severe damage to the left waist. External injuries included deep wounds to the head and neck and extensive abrasion marks.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Authorities said the investigation is ongoing, with police examining forensic evidence and witness statements to determine the exact circumstances.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Dutta rose to fame with the 2012 satirical horror-comedy <span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Bhooter Bhabishyat<\/span>, and went on to direct <span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Aparajito<\/span>, <span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Meghnadbodh Rohoshyo <\/span>and <span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Borunbabur Bondhu<\/span>. His last film was <span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Joto Kando Kolkatatei <\/span>(2025).<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/entertainment\/beloved-filmmaker-anik-dutta-dies-at-66-a-tragic-loss-for-indian-cinema\/articleshow\/131368744.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filmmaker Anik Dutta, 66, passed away on Wednesday, reportedly by suicide. According to Kolkata Police, he was rushed to a private hospital in Dhakuria after falling from the terrace of his wife\u2019s flat in a multi-storeyed residential building in Hindustan Park. Police said neither family members nor domestic help noticed his entry into the building; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[299],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}