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Tapan Bose

Tapan Kumar Bose (8 June 1946 – 30 January 2025) was an Indian documentary filmmaker, human rights activist and journalist. He was known for his work on issues such as social justice, civil liberties and peace in South Asia. He was a founding member and secretary general of the South Asia Forum for Human Rights (SAFHR). He was also a co-founder of the Pakistan-India Peoples' Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD).

Born in 1946, he started his career as a journalist and later turned to documentary filmmaking under the influence of filmmaker S. Sukhdev. During 1970s, his work centered on documenting issues related to human rights, state-led violences, and systemic injustices. His documentaries such as ''An Indian Story (1981)'', ''Bhopal: Beyond Genocide (1986)'', ''Behind the Barricades — Punjab (1993)'', ''The Vulnerable Road User (1999)'' and ''Jharkhand — The Struggle of the Indian Indigenous People (2003)'', explored themes of state violence and indigenous struggles and were screened at various international film festivals. Provided by Wikipedia