Born in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, Debesh has been working in the field of theatre for the last thirty three years. He is the founder and director of “Sansriti”. He has directed over 40 plays in Bengali. “Winkle Twinkle”, “Devi Sarpomasta”, “Phataru”, “Saudagorer Nouka” are milestone productions on the Bengali Stage directed by Debesh.
Not only proscenium, but he has also directed plays for intimate and site-specific theatre. He is a well acclaimed theatre academic and expert, and has completed a senior fellowship on “Cognitive Neuroscience and Theatre”. He has written several books on theatre. “The Week” magazine felicitated him as one of the ‘Fifty emerging stars of India’ in 2003. Debesh has been honoured by Paschimbanga Natya Academy (Govt. of W.B.) as “Best Director” twice. Recipient of many awards Debesh directed his first feature film “Natoker Moto: like a play” in 2015. It was included in International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa in the Indian Panorama and, International Competition Section. Film Critic Circle of India (FCCI) honoured him as best debut director of 2015 for the film. Currently he is working on “Natyashastra”. Highest state award in theatre (Girish Ghosh Samman) was given to Debesh by Govt. of W.B. (I&CA) in 2019.
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Keya Chakraborty issue / 1993
Satu Sen issue / 1997
Theatre criticism in the mirror of Bengali Theatre, Part - I / 1997
Theatre criticism in the mirror of Bengali Theatre,Part - II / 2001
Theatre collection of Shekhar Chattopadhyay / 2001
Book publication of Satu Sen / 2002.
Special Issue on Winkle Twinkle / 2010
Revised version of “Keya Chakraborty special issue” : Sansriti, December 30, 1993
“Keya” published by Deep Prakashan, 2015.
Monograph “KANO AVINOY KARI?” (Why Act?). Ms. Swaoli Mitra. / 2015
Bharater Natyashastra: Ekti Sahajpath : Debesh Chattopadhyay, 2016
Pirandello : Debesh Chattopadhyay/2018