---
name: "Santi P. Choudhury"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/santi-p-choudhury"
fi1m_id: "santi-p-choudhury"
tmdb_id: 1602838
roles: ["Writer"]
died: "28 February 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T08:28:56.142557+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Santi P. Choudhury

## Identity

Santi P. Choudhury

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/santi-p-choudhury
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** santi-p-choudhury
- **TMDB ID:** 1602838
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1602838

Writer. Died 28 February 1982.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Died:** 28 February 1982
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1602838

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Music Room*](https://film.one/film/the-music-room.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Santi P. Choudhury (1929–1982) was an Indian director and writer. He studied at Presidency College, Calcutta, and Glasgow University, and was active in the British film society movement.

He worked with Satyajit Ray from 1955 to 1957 and served as assistant screenplay writer on *The Music Room* (1958). In 1958 he founded the Little Cinema film unit in Kolkata, which produced over 100 independent short films and documentaries without government support.

His writing credits also include *Dakather Hatey Bulu* (1963) and *Heerer Prajapati* (1968). He directed numerous documentaries throughout his career.

*Sources: imdb.com, bengalfilmarchive.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Music Room* (1958), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-music-room.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Heerer Prajapati* (1968), Writer, Director
- *The Music Room* (1958), Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-music-room.md)
- *A Painter of Our Times*, Director

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/santi-p-choudhury