Judhajit Bagchi and Ranadeep Bhattacharyya are Indian film director, producer and screenwriter duo. In 2019 their short film Children of the Soil have won the 66th National Film Awards in Best Audiography. They have directed and produced the film Amen (2010) inspired from the life of the human right activist Harish Iyer.""Ray of hope" for gay cinema as Indian film festival lands in Europe" Gay Star News, 23 November 2012."Film festival puts spotlight on alternate sexuality" Times of India."State of the Queer" Film Impressions, October 2010.Ganguly A."Shot from the Margins" Business Standard."The Golden Retriever: Amen - A Cinema born" Vinatananda blog July 2010."Amen, a gay rights activist’s life on 70mm" DNA India 24 February 2012."Ellen in the city" The Asian Age"Amen Pink Pages."Movie review: Amen Gays Family website 5 July 2010."Film festival puts spotlight on alternate sexuality" Times of India."Straddling two worlds" Mid day. In 2011 Amen was selected as the only Indian film on the Iris Prize, also known as the 'gay Oscars', list of 30 top LGBT films from across the globe.
In 2015 and 2016, they have won the Cannes Corporate media and TV award"Brand Film from India becomes the first ever to win honours at Cannes & Toronto" Pocket News Alert. and the International Business Award (Stevie Award)."Passion Film is Stevie Award® winner in 2015 International Business Awards" You Tube 26 October 2015. They are the first and only Indian filmmakers to win these awards in consecutive years."Passion film brings home Cannes Dolphin Award Adage India."Cannes festival dedicated to corporate and brand films." Navratna News 9 September 2016.Mumbai production house wins Cannes" Dwarka Parichay blog October 2016.
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