Nityananda Datta

Nityananda Datta (13 August 1933 – 14 May 2020) was an Indian film-maker who is originally from Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Datta is best known for his work with Satyajit Ray as his assistant director. His body of work includes some of Ray's most renowned works depicting life and struggles of people in Calcutta and West Bengal, such as Charulata, Aparajito, Kanchenjungha, Devi, The World of Apu, and Jalsaghar.

Later in his career, Dutta also directed his own features, including Baksa Badal (1970) (written by Ray, who also composed the music ) and Hathat Dekha (1967). He worked with

After relocating to Bombay, Datta supported filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee as associate director in several more films. He also worked on several documentary films sponsored by Doordarshan between 1977 - 1983.