The studio
Tarunabh Dutta, director of TD Film Studio
An architect who became a filmmaker. Twenty years of live-action cinema, then animated films for audiences in India and around the world: devotional epics, fairy tales, science fiction, dramas and trailers.
The studio in three minutes
Every door of the studio in one film, cut from our own work: devotional epics, fairy tales for children, feature films, music videos, commercials and explainers, post-production and VFX, acting workshops and websites. The short films, documentaries, web series and client films are on the films page.
The twelve doors, chapter by chapter
- 0:00 · Every story needs a door
- 0:20 · India’s sacred stories
- 0:38 · Fairy tales for children
- 0:52 · Feature films
- 1:09 · Music videos and songs
- 1:43 · Commercials and explainers
- 1:57 · Post-production and VFX
- 2:09 · Acting and filmmaking workshops
- 2:21 · Websites, SEO and Google Maps
- 2:38 · Every service, one studio
- 2:52 · The last door
- 3:08 · Start a project
The full body of work, from devotional epics and fairy tales to commercials and heritage restoration, is in the portfolio.
Tarunabh Dutta and the people he works with
Tarunabh Dutta trained as an architect at Sir J.J. College of Architecture, Mumbai, and has made films since 2004, when his first film, a documentary, won the Nari Gandi Trophy at college. He writes, storyboards and directs each film, and with the studio’s cinematographers, animators, singers, musicians and voice artists carries it through the edit, visual effects, grade, music, sound and subtitles until the master is signed off.
For twenty years that craft was practised with cinema cameras, real locations and hundreds of actors. He has experimented with generative tools since 2021 and has made animated films with them since about 2023, which is why a single studio can now deliver at a scale that used to need a department. The tools are the brush; the vision, the story and the finish are his.
His devotional films Shri Krishna’s Entire Life and Jai Maa Kali have each passed 1.5 million views, and international clients have come to the studio because of its published work. Himakhi Dutta works alongside him as Chief Assistant Director.
Feature filmography
- Loving Days (2008)
- UFO (2009)
- Phokotia Tales (2017)
- Avataran (2021), the first science-fiction feature of Assam, with more than 1,500 visual-effects shots
- My Love is Vengeance (2022)
- Adhorua (2024), an Assamese feature of three hours and sixteen minutes, cast with actors trained at the studio
- My True Love (2021), animated feature
- Sleeping Beauty (2024), animated feature
Alongside the features: three web series and a twelve-episode broadcast series, 60 short films (33 in live action, 27 animated), 67 music videos, documentaries, advertisements and corporate films, more than 85 projects in all. See the posters and watch the films. His first book, The Unfiltered Universe of Zubeen Garg, is on Kindle worldwide.
On the record
Credentials
- Two features certified by the Central Board of Film Certification
- Screenwriters Association member; screenplays registered
- Life member, All Assam Cine Producers’ Association
- Four copyright disputes filed, four won, none lost
Clients and collaborations
Who the studio has worked with
Excel Dental Clinic, Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya, Nilachal HP Gas Agency, Assam Downtown University, Dornier Systems and departments of the Government of Assam (TV campaigns, 2014), with visual effects for the feature films Rudra (directed by Rupak Gogoi, 2025), Kooki (2024) and Rador Pakhi (Morning Sunshine) (2024). Earlier credits include direction, production and visual effects for the DY365 television series Anusandhankari Spiridon (2011–12); project coordination, character and scene concepts and storyboards for Jahnu Barua’s 3D animated advertising campaign for Assam Tourism, made with Reliance Animation (2009–11); storyboards and character design concepts for Disney India’s Zokkomon (2008–09); and an uncredited cinematography contribution to Chor: The Bicycle (2014).
Teaching
A mentor to actors and filmmakers
Nine batches of the Onscreen Acting Workshop since 2016, close to 200 actors trained, and 40+ workshops across colleges, universities and schools. Trainees from earlier productions now work in the film industry in direction, writing, cinematography and visual effects.
On the record
On set and on the record
Learn and listen: the ONSCREEN acting course for actors who want to work on camera, and the studio’s Assamese songs and Hindi songs.
Questions about Tarunabh Dutta
What does Tarunabh Dutta do on a film?
He has worked in each craft a film needs: screenplay, storyboard, direction, animation, cinematography, editing, visual effects, motion graphics, colour, music and sound. For each project he brings in trusted collaborators, among them Himakhi Dutta as assistant director, cinematographers, singers and musicians, voice artists, and Joon Nath and his team for weddings. A client deals with the director who makes the film, not with a manager.
Where did Tarunabh Dutta train?
He trained as an architect at Sir J.J. College of Architecture, Mumbai, and has made films since 2004. That training is still part of the work: designing spaces, sets and worlds, and planning a film in detail before it is made.
Where can I see his films?
On the films page and on the TD Film Studio YouTube channel, which carries the devotional films, song-films and music videos.
Does Tarunabh Dutta teach or give talks?
Yes. He has led 40+ workshops in colleges, universities and schools, and teaches acting for the camera through the Onscreen Acting Workshop and the online ONSCREEN course. Invitations can be sent through the contact page.
Work with the director
When you commission TD Film Studio, the person who writes and directs your film is the person who answers.