Chidananda Dasgupta
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Chidananda Dasgupta was an influential Indian film critic, historian, and filmmaker, and a co-founder of the Calcutta Film Society.
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| Chidananda Dasgupta canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chidananda Dasgupta Context triple: [Aparna Sen, parent, Chidananda Dasgupta]
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Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee
Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee was a 19th-century Bengali intellectual and social reformer associated with the radical Young Bengal movement that challenged orthodox Hindu traditions under British colonial rule.
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B.
Virendranath Chattopadhyaya
Virendranath Chattopadhyaya was an Indian nationalist and revolutionary leader who played a key role in anti-British activities abroad during the Indian independence movement.
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C.
Krishna Mohan Banerjee
Krishna Mohan Banerjee was a 19th-century Indian educator, writer, and religious reformer associated with the Young Bengal movement and early Bengali Christian intellectual circles.
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D.
Chittaprosad Das
Chittaprosad Das was an Indian artist and political cartoonist known for his sharp anti-colonial and socially critical works, particularly his graphic documentation of the Bengal Famine of 1943.
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E.
Gadadhar Chattopadhyay
Gadadhar Chattopadhyay, better known as Sri Ramakrishna, was a 19th-century Indian mystic and spiritual teacher whose life and teachings inspired the Ramakrishna Movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chidananda Dasgupta Target entity description: Chidananda Dasgupta was an influential Indian film critic, historian, and filmmaker, and a co-founder of the Calcutta Film Society.
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A.
Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee
Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee was a 19th-century Bengali intellectual and social reformer associated with the radical Young Bengal movement that challenged orthodox Hindu traditions under British colonial rule.
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B.
Virendranath Chattopadhyaya
Virendranath Chattopadhyaya was an Indian nationalist and revolutionary leader who played a key role in anti-British activities abroad during the Indian independence movement.
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C.
Krishna Mohan Banerjee
Krishna Mohan Banerjee was a 19th-century Indian educator, writer, and religious reformer associated with the Young Bengal movement and early Bengali Christian intellectual circles.
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D.
Chittaprosad Das
Chittaprosad Das was an Indian artist and political cartoonist known for his sharp anti-colonial and socially critical works, particularly his graphic documentation of the Bengal Famine of 1943.
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E.
Gadadhar Chattopadhyay
Gadadhar Chattopadhyay, better known as Sri Ramakrishna, was a 19th-century Indian mystic and spiritual teacher whose life and teachings inspired the Ramakrishna Movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian person
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film critic ⓘ film director ⓘ film historian ⓘ person ⓘ |
| child | Aparna Sen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | Calcutta Film Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1921-11-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2011-05-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Calcutta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Dasgupta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cinema studies
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film criticism ⓘ film history ⓘ |
| founded | Calcutta Film Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Chidananda Dasgupta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary film
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film criticism ⓘ film history ⓘ |
| givenName | Chidananda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Bengali
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English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Calcutta Film Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Indian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
co-founding the Calcutta Film Society
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pioneering Indian film criticism ⓘ writing on Satyajit Ray and Indian cinema ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Cinema of Satyajit Ray
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The Dance of Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ The Painted Face NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film critic
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film director ⓘ film historian ⓘ translator ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Assam Province
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British India ⓘ Shillong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
India
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Kolkata NERFINISHED ⓘ West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Aparna Sen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Supriya Dasgupta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Calcutta
NERFINISHED
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Kolkata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
Indian cinema
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Satyajit Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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