Established in 2013, FOR FILMS was started with a view to creating quality cinema for a globally discerning audience. As the name suggests, the company’s raison d’être is everything that is film related and is a binding passion for each member of the team.

FOR FILMS is currently three films old and is engaged in developing multiple feature films and web series at the moment.

  • Aditya Vikram Sengupta

    Founder, Filmmaker, Producer

    Born and brought up in Calcutta, India, Aditya was always inclined towards performing arts. He is trained in western classical music, theatre, animation and has a degree in Graphic Design from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India. Aditya was a producer with Channel V before making his hugely successful debut film, Asha Jaoar Majhe (Labour Of Love) which fetched several international film awards and two national awards including the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director, in 2015.

  • Priyankar Patra

    Producer and Filmmaker

    Priyankar is a Calcutta based screenwriter, filmmaker and a playwright. During his time at Northwestern University in Chicago, where he earned his MFA in Screenwriting, he worked closely with Warner Bros., and developed multiple projects as part of the Television Academy Foundation's education initiatives. After graduation, he moved back to Calcutta to collaborate with Aditya as a producer at For Films. Priyankar has also been a part of the Locarno Industry Academy - South Asia. Currently he's developing his feature length directorial debut.

  • Zara Sengupta

    Executive Producer

    Zara trained in public health and has worked in the non-profit sector for 8 years. She aligns with For Films’ responsible filmmaking and feels her role as producer can integrate her own passion of social justice and development.

  • Arush Sengupta

    Writer & Content Developer

    Arush is a lawyer by training, who has practiced in Kolkata and New Delhi. He has been a keen theatre enthusiast which led him to direct his debut play, Monk of Malgudi, an adaptation of RK Narayan’s The Guide and Vijay Tendulkar’s Silence the Court is in Session. His passion for cinema prompted him to join For Films where he hopes to develop his skills further.

  • Tridib Kumar Sengupta

    Head - Finance & Accounting

    A post graduate in Commerce from the University of Calcutta worked with National Insurance Co Ltd for almost 40 years before he formed For Films with his son, Aditya. Tridib looks after the financial aspects of the company apart from which he also acts in various television commercials, web series and feature films.