Biswanath Rath is an Indian film director, screenwriter, editor and producer. His films have received awards and recognitions in a total of 314 International Film Festivals.[1][2][3] He is the founder of production company BnR Films LLP.[4]
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Biswanath Rath | |
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Born | 18 June 1984 |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Film director, screenwriter, editor, producer |
Years active | 2013–present |
Spouse | Archana Rath |
Children | 1 |
His first short film, Kar Bhalaa, garnered a total of 42 International Film Festivals nominations and three awards.[5][6][7] His debut music video was “Feel the Passion“.[7][8] It has received 21 international film festival nominations. His first ad film, The 'Right' Glass is a social ad-film based on child rights, which has garnered two awards and 59 international film festival nominations.[5][9] His Tamil music video, "Namma Chennai Chancey Illa," produced by national daily The Times of India with the theme celebration of Chennai and its culture, was premiered at TourFilm Riga - Tourism Film Festival in 2017.[10][11] This video is a spiritual successor to Chancey Illa (2014).[12] His English documentary, A Zero to Hero Collaborative Approach, released on World Food Day (2016) received the Audience Award at the AgriCulture Film Festival held in Rome (Italy) on 9 December 2017.[13][14][15][4][16][17][18][19] This documentary tells the inspirational success story of the collaboration between Dangarbheja Gram Panchayat (Nabarangpur) and a civil society organization named Govindalaya.[20]
His silent short film, New Champion, received the Best Film in Indian Panorama Award at CMS International Children's Film Festival at Lucknow on 9 April 2018.[21]
His latest English documentary, Kotpad Weaving: The Story of a Race Against Time, was telecasted on DD National on 24 March 2018.[22] It explores the uniqueness of Kotpad Handloom, the issues and possible solutions for revival of Kotpad weaving and dyeing.[23][24] The film had its Australian premiere at Sydney on November 15, 2018 as part of a handloom exhibition titled “The Kotpad Collection” organized by brand Kay Collections (founded by Kushma Ram).[25] It had its Indian premiere at Kashmir World Film Festival, Srinagar on 30 November 2018 where it won the Best Short Documentary award.[26] The film also features 2019 Padma Shri award recipient Gobardhan Panika. The documentary film has garnered a total of 27 international film festival nominations and two awards.[27] This film is the world's first documentary film on Kotpad Handloom.[28] In June 2020, the film premiered on Amazon Prime US, UK, Canada, Australia and other English-speaking territories of Amazon Prime, making it the first documentary from Odisha to feature on a major global OTT platform.[29][30]
In June 2020, his romantic Odia music video "ବର୍ଷା ଭିଜା ରାତି" ("Barshaa Bhijaa Raati") premiered on an OTT named IndieShorts, making it the first Odia music video to feature on a national OTT platform.[31][32]
In August 2020, his friendship-themed Hindi music video, “Woh Bhi Kya Din the Yaar,” premiered on YouTube on Friendship day. This music video is India's first independently made crowd-sourced music video.[33]
Biswanath Rath was born in Jeypore, Odisha to Raghunath Rath and Pramila Rath.[1][6] He is an alumnus of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Warangal.[34] From 2007 to 2010, he worked in Maruti Suzuki India Limited after which he moved to Chennai to learn filmmaking.[34] At Chennai, he completed formal courses in Screenwriting and Film Direction and started his filmmaking career.[34][35]
In 2015, he founded film production company BnR Films LLP with his wife Archana Rath.[4][35]
Year | Award | Event name | Organisation | Location |
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2017 | Adarsh Prabasi Odia | Prabasi Odia Business Summit | Odisha Without Border | Chennai |
2019 | Utkal Shree | Utkal Divas (Odisha Day) | Thane Odia Association | Mumbai |
2019 | Adarsh Prabasi Samman | Raja Mahostav[36] | Kalinga Swaraj Foundation | Pune |
2019 | Bartika Artist Award | Odisha Hastatanta Carnival[37] | Bartika Handlooms | Bhubaneswar |
Year | Title | Type/language | Director | Writer | Producer | Editor | Awards/festivals |
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2013 | Kar Bhalaa | Short film (Hindi-Tamil) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | (1) 2nd Best Short Film Award—Yuva Nirman Short Film Festival, Ahmednagar (2014) (2) Best Direction Award—Srishti Short Film Festival, Bhubaneswar (2015) (3) Nominated—Jaipur International Film Festival, Jaipur (2014)[38] (4) Nominated—FilmSaaz International Film Festival, Aligarh (2014) (5) Nominated—Jagran Film Festival, Mumbai (2014)[39] (6) Nominated—Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth, New Delhi (2016) |
2015 | The 'Right' Glass | Social ad-film (silent) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | (1) Best Fiction Award—Srishti Short Film Festival, Bhubaneswar (2015)[40] (2) Children Choice Award—Kallola Short Film Festival, Bhubaneswar (2015)[9][6][41][42][43] (3) Nominated—FilmSaaz International Film Festival, Aligarh (2015) (4) Nominated—Jagran Film Festival, Mumbai (2015)[38][44] (5) Nominated—Development Film Festival, Madurai (2015) (6) Nominated—Kolkata International Film Festival, Kolkata (2015) (7) Nominated—CMS International Children's Film Festival, Lucknow (2016)[45][46] (8) Nominated—Bradford Small World Film Festival, UK (2016) (9) Nominated—Phoenix Film Festival, USA (2016) [47][48][49][45] (10) Nominated—Marano Ragazzi Spot Festival, Italy (2016) (11) Nominated—PickUrFlick Indie Film Festival, Bengaluru (2017) (12) Nominated—Cardiff Film Festival, UK (2017)[1][3] [50][51][52] (13) Nominated—International Open Film Festival, New York (2016)[53] (14) The Encouragement Award—International Public Advertisement Festival of Seoul, South Korea (2020)[54](15) Best Filmmaker Award—Indian Creative Minds Film Festival, Mumbai (2021) |
2015 | Feel The Passion | Music video (English) | Yes | Yes | No | No | (1) Nominated—FilmSaaz International Film Festival, Aligarh (2016)[55][56](1) Nominated—FilmSaaz International Film Festival, Aligarh (2016) |
2016 | New Champion | Silent short film | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | (1) 'Best films in Indian Panorama' Award—CMS International Children's Film Festival, Lucknow (2018)[50][51][57] |
2016 | A Zero To Hero Collaborative Approach |
Documentary (English) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | (1) Audience Choice Award—AgriCulture Film Festival, Rome (2017)[58][59][18][60] (2) Nominated—Cardiff Film Festival, UK (2017)[1][3] (3)Semi-Finalist—G2 Green Earth Film Festival, Los Angeles (2017) |
2017 | Namma Chennai Chancey illa | Music video (Tamil) | Yes | Yes | No | No | (1) Nominated—Cardiff Film Festival, UK (2017)[11][10][1][3] |
2018 | Kotpad Weaving : The Story of a Race Against Time |
Documentary (English) | Yes | Yes | No | No | (1) World Premiere—Marin County International Festival of Short Film & Video, California (2018)[61] (2) European Premiere—Zagreb Tourfilm Festival, Croatia (2018)[61] (3) Award of Excellence-Metro Film & TV Awards, USA (2018)[62] [63] (4) Best Short Documentary Award—Kashmir World Film Festival, Srinagar (2018)[64][65][66][67][68][69] (5) Best Documentary Award—Kala Samruddhi International Film Festival, Mumbai (2019) (6) Nominated—Smita Patil International Film Festival, Pune (2018)[70][71][72][73] (7) Educational Screening—Asian College of Journalism, Chennai (2019) (8) Educational Screening—Golden Jubilee Convention by OSA, New Jersey (2019)[74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84] (9) Nominated—Open Frame Film Festival, Delhi (2019)[85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93][94] (10) Best Indian Film Award (in Documentary Category)-Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Film Festival, Surat (2020) |
2018 | ଶତ ପ୍ରତିଶତ Original (100% Original)[95][96] |
Comedy short film (Odia) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | (1) Best Odia Film Award-Indian Creative Minds Film Festival, Mumbai (2021) |
2019 | WAR : Rescue. Release. Repeat[97][98][99] | Documentary web series (Odia) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | (1) World Premiere—The Lift-Off Sessions, UK (2020)[100] |
2019 | Desh Dosti Etc[101][102][103][104][105] | Short film (Hindi) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | (1) Best Screenplay Award—Indian Creative Minds Film Festival, Mumbai (2021) |
2019 | ବର୍ଷା ଭିଜା ରାତି (Barshaa Bhijaa Raati)[106][107][108] |
Music video (Odia) | Yes | Yes | No | No | (1) World Premiere—The Lift-Off Sessions, UK (2020)[109][110][111][112] |
2020 | Ravaiyaa[113][114][115][116] | Short film (Hindi) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | (1) Best Short Film Award-RATMA International Film Festival, UK (2020)[117] (2) Best Thought Provoking Concept Award-Cinema of the World, Mumbai (2020) (3) Top Inspiring Film-Creative International Online Film Festival, Kolkata (2020) (4) Best Message Film (2nd Runner-up)-Indian International Film Awards, Bengaluru (2020) (5) Special Mention Jury Award-Cochin International Film Awards, Kerala (2020) (6) Special Festival Mention Award-South Indian International Film Awards, Bengaluru (2020) (7) Up Coming Filmmaker Award-Kolkata Online International Film Festival, Kolkata (2020) (8) Nominated-Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (9) Best Film Award-Cinemaking International Film Award, Dhaka (2020) (10) Honorable Mention-Huntington Beach Cultural Cinema Showcase, California (2021) (11) Best Picture Award- Indo American International Festival of World Cinema, Mumbai (2021) (12) Best Director Award-Indo American International Festival of World Cinema, Mumbai (2021) (13) Best Story Award-Indian Creative Minds Film Festival, Mumbai (2021) (14) Best Short Film Award-Aasha International Film Festival, Nashik (2021) |
2020 | India Jeetega[113][114][115][116] | Music video (Hindi) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | (1) Best Lyrics Award-Cinemaking International Film Award, Dhaka (2020) (2) Best Lyrics Award-Indian Creative Minds Film Festival, Mumbai (2021) |
2020 | Woh Bhi Kya Din the Yaar[118][119][120][121][122] | Music video (Hindi) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | (1) Best Music Video Award-Cochin International Film Awards, Kerala (2020) (2) Best Singer & Composer Award-Cochin International Film Awards, Kerala (2020) (3) Best Lyricist Award-Cochin International Film Awards, Kerala (2020) (4) Best Music Video Award(First Runner-Up)-Indian International Film Awards, Bengaluru (2020) (5) Best Singer Award-Indian International Film Awards, Bengaluru (2020) (6) Best Music Video Award(First Runner-Up)-Global Indie Film Awards, Kolkata (2020) (7) Best Male Singer Award-South Indian International Film Awards, Bengaluru (2020) (8) Best Music Video Award-Indian Creative Minds Film Festival, Mumbai (2021) |