Anirban Bhattacharyya
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Anirban Bhattacharyya is an Indian television producer, author, TEDx speaker and actor. He is the creator and producer of the true crime TV series Savdhaan India and Ishq Kills.[1] He studied at Dr. Graham's Homes School at Kalimpong. He is an alumnus of St. Xavier's College Kolkata graduating with English Literature as Major. He went on to earn a master's degree in Mass Communication Film & television from the A.J.K. Mass Communication Research Centre New Delhi.
Author
Bhattacharyya released his debut book entitled The Deadly Dozen: India's Most Notorious Serial Killers.[2] The book was launched by film director Anurag Kashyap[3]
Bhattacharyya's true crime book, India's Money Heist: The Chelembra Bank Robbery, was published by Penguin India. The book is about the Chelembra bank robbery and it was launched by actor Mohanlal.[4] It is rumored that a film adaptation starring Mohanlal and Fahadh Faasil is in the making.[5]
In 2023 he released his fifth book The Hills Are Burning which is a memoir of his friends and him growing up in a boarding school in Kalimpong set against the genesis and the subsequent violence and human rights violations of the Gorkhaland movement of 1986.[6]
In 2024, a campaign called 'Fit My Feet' about customised footwear for people inflicted with club feet that Anirban directed and co-produced for McCaan Worldgroup won Gold and Bronze at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2024 [7]
His book Swipe Right to Kill chronicles the details of the 2018 Jaipur Tinder murder case. Published by Penguin India, the book was released on 22 August 2024 on SoftCover.[8]
After his true crime trilogy, Anirban published a collection of horror short stories called Enter At Your Own Risk.[9]
Television producer
Anirban created, produced, wrote, and directed the true crime television series Savdhaan India for Life OK, which subsequently became Star Bharat.[10] He has also been the producer of Crime Patrol and Fear Files: Darr Ki Sacchi Tasvirein. He has directed shows at, and worked as Content Head at Channel V India.[11][better source needed]
References
- ^ "Crime Patrol Aur Savdhaan India ke Lekhak ne Tinder Fake Profile Murder Par Aankh Khol Di". Youtube.com. 19 December 2024.
- ^ The Deadly Dozen: India's Most Notorious Serial Killers. ASIN 0143445723.
- ^ "Anurag Kashyap feels truth is stranger than fiction". The Statesman India. 8 June 2019.
- ^ "actor Mohanlal released the book Indias money heist the Chelembra bank robbery". Asianet.
- ^ "Movie on 'Indian Money Heist'; Mohanlal to play IG Vijayan, Fahadh Faasil as heist's mastermind". Kerala Kaumudi. 9 August 2022.
- ^ "The Hills are Burning book review: Blaze of memory". The New Indian Express. 3 March 2023.
- ^ "Cannes Lions 2024 SLow but stellar start for India as McCann Worldgroup bags gold". 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Team, ThePrint (16 August 2024). "New book chronicles details of 2018 Jaipur Tinder murder case". ThePrint. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "Anirban Bhattacharyya completes his true crime trilogy". The Telegraph (India). 9 December 2024.
- ^ "the story behind the story of the chelembra bank robbery". thesouthfirst.com. 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Anirban Bhattacharyya joins Channel [v] as executive producer". www.afaqs.com.