Soumyak Kanti DeBiswas
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Kanti's work as playwright and director has been produced by British Council, National Theatre Studio London, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, National Theatre Scotland, HOME Manchester and Theatre Royal Plymouth. He was awarded Best Director at Thespo Theatre Festival X, Mumbai and performed lead roles in two feature films: Tasher Desh-The Land of Cards (dir: Q/2012/Netflix) and Madly Bangali (dir: Anjan Dutt/2010/Amazon Prime). Kanti was an Inlaks scholar at Royal College of Art in London, post which he founded a nightclub at The Yard Theatre curating 250+ nights in collaboration with London's progressive music promoters. In 2016, Kanti returned to India to write and produce a feature film Cat Sticks (MUBI) which premiered with a Grand Jury prize at Slamdance Film Festival 2019. He wrote and directed The Daughter in 2022, a short film starring Naseeruddin which premiered at MAMI Mumbai and Palm Springs Film Festival 2022. He runs Field a design company with his brother.