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Mridul Gupta (Mreedool Gooptə,b. 1959) is an Indian film maker.

He has directed a number of Assamese films. Self-taught, he has been driven by a seemingly unquenchable passion for capturing various shades of life on tape/film. The zeal is reflected in whatever he has created – from ads, quickies, newsmagazines to award-winning documentaries and feature films in Assam. A cinematographer, director and producer rolled into one, he is a complete package.

=A filmmaker is born=

-- One year that Assam would have liked to erase from history is 1983. In February that year, the State – at the peak of the anti-foreigners Assam Agitation – witnessed one of India’s worst communal carnages at Nellie.

A tall, wiry young man, armed with a vintage 16 mm movie camera, spent days in the killing fields to capture the hellish aftermath. The outcome was a grim, hard-hitting debut documentary with an optimistic twist in the tale and a call for integration. It was invited for screening at the Leipzig International Film Festival in 1994. And a quality filmmaker was born.

No looking back
- …And Ripples not the Waves, Gupta’s 1983 film on Nellie wasn’t a flash in the pan. If it gave a glimpse of his understanding of the medium, the films that followed underscored his maturity as a filmmaker capable of handling complex themes and subjects. Sutrapat (The Beginning), his debut feature film in Assamese in 1987-88, showcased his mastery in blending fact – Assam Agitation – with fiction.

Films
=•	Sutrapat (1988)= =•	Abhiman (1990)= =•	Krishnachura =