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Biswanath Rath
Biswanath Rath being honoured at Prabasi Odia Business Summit, Chennai in April 2017
Born (1984-06-18) 18 June 1984 (age 40)
Jeypore, Odisha, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, editor, producer
Years active2013–present
SpouseArchana Rath
Children1

Biswanath Rath is an Indian film director, screenwriter, editor and producer. His films have received a total of 530 recognition/awards in various International Film Festivals across the globe.[1][2][3][4][5] He is the Odia filmmaker to achieve the milestone of winning 500 film festival accolades which includes 118 awards.[6] He is the founder of production company BnR Films LLP.[7]

Work

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His first short film, Kar Bhalaa, garnered a total of 56 International Film Festivals nominations and three awards.[8][9][10] His debut music video is called "Feel the Passion".[10][11] It has received 31 international film festival nominations. His first ad film, The 'Right' Glass is a social ad-film based on child rights, which has garnered 8 awards and 77 international film festival nominations.[8][12] 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.[13][14] This video is a spiritual successor to Chancey Illa (2014).[15] 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.[16][17][18][7][19][20][21][22]

This documentary tells the inspirational success story of the collaboration between Dangarbheja Gram Panchayat (Nabarangpur) and a civil society organization named Govindalaya.[23]

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.[24]

His English documentary, Kotpad Weaving: The Story of a Race Against Time, was telecasted on DD National on 24 March 2018.[25] It explores the uniqueness of Kotpad Handloom, the issues and possible solutions for revival of Kotpad weaving and dyeing.[26][27] 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).[28] It had its Indian premiere at Kashmir World Film Festival, Srinagar on 30 November 2018 where it won the Best Short Documentary award.[29] The film also features 2019 Padma Shri award recipient Gobardhan Panika. The documentary film has garnered a total of 51 international film festival nominations and 8 awards.[30] This film is the world's first documentary film on Kotpad Handloom.[31] In June 2020, the film premiered on Amazon Prime US, UK, Canada, Australia and other English-speaking territories of Amazon Prime, making it the documentary from Odisha to feature on a major global OTT platform.[32][33]

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.[34][35]

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.[36]

In November 2023, his feature documentary proposal 'Habaspuri Weaving: The Second and Last Death???' got selected in NFDC Film Bazaar Documentary Co-Production Market and was pitched in Film Bazaar Goa held between 20-24 November 2023.[37][38][39][40][41][42][43] This documentary is the spiritual successor to his acclaimed handloom documentary 'Kotpad Weaving' and aspires to explore the uniqueness of Habaspuri Handloom as well as the issues and challenges faced by Habaspuri weavers from Kalahandi district (Odisha). This documentary proposal featured in the list of 12 Documentaries selected by NFDC team (for co-production market) out of 98 International entries. The documentary is scheduled to go on floor in October 2024.

Personal life

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Biswanath Rath was born in Jeypore, Odisha to Raghunath Rath and Pramila Rath.[2][9] He is an alumnus of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Warangal.[44] From 2007 to 2010, he worked in Maruti Suzuki India Limited after which he moved to Chennai to learn filmmaking.[44] At Chennai, he completed formal courses in Screenwriting and Film Direction and started his filmmaking career.[44][45]

In 2015, he founded film production company BnR Films LLP with his wife Archana Rath.[7][45]

Awards and recognition from Indian socio-cultural associations

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Year Award Event name Organisation Location
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[46] Kalinga Swaraj Foundation Pune
2019 Bartika Artist Award Odisha Hastatanta Carnival[47] Bartika Handlooms Bhubaneswar

Filmography

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Year Title Type/language Director Writer Producer Editor Awards/festivals
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)[48]
(4) Nominated—FilmSaaz International Film Festival, Aligarh (2014)
(5) Nominated—Jagran Film Festival, Mumbai (2014)[49]
(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)[50]
(2) Children Choice Award—Kallola Short Film Festival, Bhubaneswar (2015)[12][9][51][52][53]
(3) Nominated—FilmSaaz International Film Festival, Aligarh (2015)
(4) Nominated—Jagran Film Festival, Mumbai (2015)[48][54]
(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)[55][56]
(8) Nominated—Bradford Small World Film Festival, UK (2016)
(9) Nominated—Phoenix Film Festival, USA (2016)
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(10) Nominated—Marano Ragazzi Spot Festival, Italy (2016)
(11) Nominated—PickUrFlick Indie Film Festival, Bengaluru (2017)
(12) Nominated—Cardiff Film Festival, UK (2017)[2][4]
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(13) Nominated—International Open Film Festival, New York (2016)[63]
(14) The Encouragement Award—International Public Advertisement Festival of Seoul, South Korea (2020)[64](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)[65][66](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)[60][61][67]
2016 A Zero To Hero
Collaborative Approach 		Documentary (English) Yes Yes Yes Yes (1) Audience Choice Award—AgriCulture Film Festival, Rome (2017)[68][69][21][70]
(2) Nominated—Cardiff Film Festival, UK (2017)[2][4]
(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)[14][13][2][4]
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)[71]
(2) European Premiere—Zagreb Tourfilm Festival, Croatia (2018)[71]
(3) Award of Excellence-Metro Film & TV Awards, USA (2018)[72]
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(4) Best Short Documentary Award—Kashmir World Film Festival, Srinagar (2018)[74][75][76][77][78][79]
(5) Best Documentary Award—Kala Samruddhi International Film Festival, Mumbai (2019)
(6) Nominated—Smita Patil International Film Festival, Pune (2018)[80][81][82][83]
(7) Educational Screening—Asian College of Journalism, Chennai (2019)
(8) Educational Screening—Golden Jubilee Convention by OSA, New Jersey (2019)[84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93][94]
(9) Nominated—Open Frame Film Festival, Delhi (2019)[95][96][97][98][99][100][101][102][103][104]
(10) Best Indian Film Award (in Documentary Category)-Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Film Festival, Surat (2020)[105]

2018 ଶତ ପ୍ରତିଶତ Original
(100% Original)[106][107] 		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[108][109][110] Documentary web series (Odia) Yes Yes Yes Yes (1) World Premiere—The Lift-Off Sessions, UK (2020)[111]
2019 Desh Dosti Etc[112][113][114][115][116] 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)[117][118][119] 		Music video (Odia) Yes Yes No No (1) World Premiere—The Lift-Off Sessions, UK (2020)[120][121][122][123]
2020 Ravaiyaa[124][125][126][127] Short film (Hindi) Yes Yes Yes No (1) Best Short Film Award-RATMA International Film Festival, UK (2020)[128]
(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[124][125][126][127] 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[129][130][131][132][133] 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)
2022 Kahide Thare[5][134][135][136] Music video (Sambalpuri) Yes Yes Yes No (1) Best Music Regional-Sambalpuri-Indogma Film Festival, Faridabad (2022)[137]
(2) Best Music Video Award-iDEAL International Film Festival, Sillod (2022)
(3) Best Director-Music Video Award-iDEAL International Film Festival, Sillod (2022)[138]
(4) Best Music Video Award-Santa Dev International Film Festival, Tamil Nadu (2022)
(5) Best Music Video Award-Canary International Film Festival, Tamil Nadu (2022)[139]
(6) Best Music Video Award-Rohip International Film Festival, Tamil Nadu (2023)
(7) Best Music Video Award (Special Mention)-Diamond Bell International Film Festival, Tamil Nadu (2022)
(8) Best Lyricist-Filmyway International Film Festival, Mumbai (2022)
(9) Best Lyricist-Janjira International Film Festival, Maharashtra (2023)
(10) Best Drama-International Grand Glory Film Awards, Imphal (2023)
(11) Best VFX-International Grand Glory Film Awards, Imphal (2023)[140]
(12) Best Editing-International Grand Glory Film Awards, Imphal (2023)
2023 The SoulCatcher Documentary (English) Yes Yes Yes Yes (1) Official Selection-Global Film Exhibition, USA (2023)
(2) Official Selection-Cinema of the World, New Delhi (2023)
(3)Official Selection-AIU Film Festival, Jahra, Kuwait (2023)
2023 Tribal Fashion: The Dangaria Kandh Way Documentary (English) Yes Yes Yes Yes (1) Official Selection-Cinema of the World, New Delhi (2023)
2023 Kahara Jiba Short Film (Odia) No Yes Yes Yes
2024 Habaspuri Weaving: The Second and Last Death???[141] Feature Documentary (English-Odia) No Yes Yes No

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