Das begun his film making journey in the mid-1970s, debuting with documentaries such as "The Art of Anant Malakar" and "Tripura." His inaugural feature, Sainik (Soldier), premiered at various international film festivals, including Berlinale in 1976, further expanding its reach to
Mannheim,
Tehran,
Kraków,
Mongolia,
Yugoslavia, and the San Remo Film Competition in
Italy. In 2001, Das created
Saanjhbatir Roopkathara. In 2006, he made the film
Faltu (
The Saga of Ranirghat, 2006), which won him the
National Film Award for Best Feature Film on Family Welfare. In 2007, he made
Jara Bristite Bhijechhilo (
Drenched... in the rain), for which he won the Special Director's Award at
Almaty, Kazakhstan, and two awards in
Madrid, Spain: Best Actress and Special Jury Award for the Director. This film also was an entry in the Indian Panorama of
International Film Festival of India 2007. He won 11
Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for the last three films. He made a documentary on the rebel poet
Kazi Nazrul Islam, produced by the
Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India and was inaugurated by the then External Affairs minister,
Pranab Mukherjee at a function at Habitat Center, New Delhi. Thereafter, he also made a few documentaries produced by
PSBT and
Films Division, which include
Maa Durga (on goddess
Durga) and
Flow & Ebb (on the boatmen of Bengal). His feature film
Swarger Nichey Manush (People under Heaven) starring
Rituparna Sengupta was showcased at
Mumbai Film Festival,
Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema and others. but was not released commercially at that time. All the films listed above were shown at
Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema. His film
Achin Pakhi (A Love Story) had its International Premiere at
Cairo International film Festival 2010 and World Premiere under Indian Panorama at
International Film Festival of India 2010. His next film
Banshiwala (The Flautist), based on
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay's novel of the same name won him two international awards -
Golden Kahuna Award at Honolulu Film Awards 2011 and
Bronze Palm Award at Mexico International Film Festival 2011. It was also showcased at New Jersey International Film Festival. His next film,
Bedeni (The Snake-Charmer's Wife) was based on
Tarashankar Bandopadhyay's novel and starred
Rituparna Sengupta. His last film was
Ajana Batas (The Mystic Wind), which starred
Paoli Dam and was based on
Joy Goswami's novel. It had its premiere at
International Film Festival of India 2013 (Indian Panorama). It also won him the
Bronze Palm Award at Mexico International Film Festival 2014. It was officially selected (in competition) at Washington DC South Asian Film Festival 2014, Indian International Film Festival of Queensland 2014, and Fer Film Festival 2015. It competed for the Conch shell Award at
Belize International Film Festival 2014. The film garnered critical acclaim and was released commercially nine months after his demise. ==Filmography==