DISCOVERING THE NEW NARRATIVES IN THE OLD MOVIE FORMS

H aving no lineage of the entertainment media, Arindam was all set to pursue his doctoral program at an American university after graduating from St Xavier’s College, Kolkata and completing his M.B.A. from IISWBM, Kolkata. But quite timely he decided to nurture himself as an actor which he quite successfully did. During this period of 34 years in his chosen profession, Arindam has passionately pursued his career as an Actor, Producer, Executive Producer, Line Producer and finally one of the most accepted, followed and loved Director of the Bengali Filmdom.

Starting off as an actor on stage and television, the observant thespian was motivated to tell stories in his own unique way. After twenty-five years of being a well acclaimed actor, an indomitable want to tell stories had propelled him into being a director. He is now a creator who cradles the spirit of a performer.

In 2007, as an actor on stage, he had toured and performed in twelve cities of United States. He has acted in over ten thousand episodes in numerous Bengali Television serials. He was also a favourite actor of accomplished directors and has worked with Anjan Dutt, Prabhat Roy, Rabiranjan Moitra, Sandip Ray, Koushik Ganguly and the like. Arindam Sil has directed eleven films till date with back to back blockbuster hits which include Har Har Byomkesh, Ebar Shabor, Durga Sohay, Dhananjay, Mitin Mashi to name a few.

In 2009, Arindam Sil founded his production company Nothing Beyond Cinema marking his start as a producer.

Presently, besides being a Director, Producer, and an occasional actor, Arindam Sil is the Chairperson of Film, Media, Entertainment Committee of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and also the Chairperson of the Entertainment Committee of Indian Chamber of Commerce. He is the chartered president of Rotary Club of Kolkata, Urbana. He is also a passionate conservationist and a social activist.

Actor and director Arindam Sil is elemental to the entire community of story tellers and story makers. Being a maestro of bringing literary texts alive on screen to finely knitting originals, Arindam Sil's narrative is exemplary in the world of motion pictures. He has also been a very successful line producer and executive producer to films like Kahaani, Detective Byomkesh Bakshi, Teen, Meri Pyaari Bindu, Gunday and many other films.

Arindam Sil's intuitive genius is priceless for the representation of the human condition and sensibility on the silver screen.

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N othing Beyond Cinema in Kolkata, West Bengal, created and being headed by Arindam Sil, is a company that is surging ahead in the entertainment industry in this part of the country.

Heart-warming storylines… smart crispy packaging… overwhelming appreciation… these are what makes our celluloid dreams at NBC . Enrapturing the audiences all around the country and even abroad, our films & television works have ranked in success for the company and its associates.

NBC was started in December 2009 and upgraded Bengali film & television space in this period. Making a strong start with hit television series Bondhu Tomay the company soon became a buzzword for promoting stellar productions with the releases such as 'Shukno Lanka' , the Bengali Mithun Chakraborty film of the year produced by Mumbai Mantra & Nobel Chor, starring Mithun Chakraborty and directed by Sumon Ghosh.

All of these landmark achievements set up huge expectations for the future works from NBC. In 2010 NBC stepped forward to Bollywood, by line producing Spaghetti 24X7, a Gaurav Pandey film produced by Mithun Chakraborty, Kahaani, a Vidya Balan acted hindi film directed by Sujoy Ghosh, and Gunday, a film starring Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra & Irrfan Khan produced by the legendary Yash Raj Films, Detective Byomkesh Bakshi, a film starring Sushant Singh Rajput under the banner of Yash Raj Films & Dibakar Banerjee Production. After that NBC has been associated with films like Kahani 2, Teen, Meri Pyari Bindu, and numerous Bengali films like Roop Katha Noy, Hridh Majhare, Bono Hasnh, Take One and Asbo Aar Ek Din, Dhananjay, Asche Abar Shabor, Swapnajaal, Guptadhoner Sondhane.