Film-maker Buddhadeb Dasgupta's unique on-screen poetry gave voice to ignored peoples’ dreams

Film-maker Buddhadeb Dasgupta, known for his unique mix of reality and lyricism that made stories of dreamers and outliers flow like on-screen poetry, breathed his last on Thursday morning at his south Kolkata home. The 77-year-old had been battling nephrological ailments, but had been active even during the pandemic.