Moti Nandi [10 July 1931 - 3 January 2010] was a Bengali

Bengali language

Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

 writer based in Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. He was born in Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

 in 1931. He was an alumnus of the University of Calcutta

University of Calcutta

The University of Calcutta is a public university located in the city of Kolkata , India, founded on 24 January 1857...

. He died in 2010.

Career

Moti Nandi was a sports journalist and worked as a sports editor in Anandabazar Patrika. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award (2008) at a glittering ceremony to mark the grand finale of the maiden edition of the Excellence in Journalism Awards.
In his novels, he is noted for his depiction of sporting events and many of his protagonists are sports-persons. His first short story was published in Desh weekly on 1957. His story for Pujabarshiki was in Parichoy Magazine on 1985. The character Kolaboti from his novels is popular among the younger audience.

Novels

• Shada Kham (Ananda Pub.)
• Ubhoyoto Sampurno (Ananda Pub.)
• Golap Bagan (Ananda Pub.)
• Chaya (Ananda Pub.)
• Chaya Soronite Rohini (Ananda Pub.)
• Jibonto (Ananda Pub.)
• Duti Tinti Ghor (Ananda Pub.)
• Ditio Innings er Por (Ananda Pub.)
• Duro Dristi (Ananda Pub.)
• Puber Janala (Ananda Pub.)
• Bonanider Bari (Ananda Pub.)
• Bijolibalar Mukti (Ananda Pub.)
• Malabika (Ananda Pub.)
• Sibi (Ananda Pub.)
• Soloke Ponero Kora (Ananda Pub.)
• Sohodeber Tajmahal (Ananda Pub.)
• Sobai Jache (Ananda Pub.)
• Dosti Uponyas (Ananda Pub.)
• Nakhatter Raat (Punascha)
• Baobab (Punascha)
• Dadash Bakti (Punascha)
• Nayaker Probesh o Prasthan (Punascha)

Works for children

• Koni(Ananda Pub.)
• Aloukik Dilu(Ananda Pub.)
• Stopper(Ananda Pub.)
• Striker(Ananda Pub.)
• Kuronn(Ananda Pub.)
• Jibon Ananta(Ananda Pub.)
• Nnaran(Ananda Pub.)
• Feraari(Ananda Pub.)
• Tulsi(Ananda Pub.)
• Dolbodoler Aage(Ananda Pub.)
• Minu Chinur Trophy(Ananda Pub.)
• Empiyaring
• Dhankurir Kingkong(Ananda Pub.)
• Biswa-jora Biswacup(Ananda Pub.)
• Buro Ghora(Ananda Pub.)
• Doshti Kishore Uponyas(Ananda Pub.)
• Cricket er Ayne Kanun(Ananda Pub.)
• Bhuli(Gangchil)

Doshti Kishore Uponyas

• Nonida Not Out
• Striker
• Stopper
• Oporajito Ananda
• Dolbodoler Aage
• Feraari
• Shiba'r Fire Asa
• Tulsi
• Nnaran
• Minu Chinur Trophy

Kolabati series

• Kolaboti
• Kolaboti Der Diet Chart
• Kolaboti r Dekha Shona
• Kolaboti o Khayeri
• Bhuter Basay Kolaboti
• Kolaboti, Apur maa o Panchu
• Kolaboti o Millenium Match
• Kolabotir Shaktishel

Cinema

One of his novels, Koni, was filmed with Soumitra Chatterjee

Soumitra Chatterjee

Soumitra Chatterjee or Soumitra Chattopadhyay is an iconic Bengali actor from India, known among other things for his frequent collaborations with the great Bengali film director Satyajit Ray and his constant comparison with the Bengali screen idol Uttam Kumar.-Background:Soumitra graduated from...

 in one of the lead roles. Another novel "Striker" was filmed with Samit Bhanja

Samit Bhanja

Samit Bhanja was born in Jamshedpur. He got his first break in Balai Sen’s 1965 film Surer Agun and is remembered as the male lead, Navin, of the successful Hindi film Guddi, opposite Jaya Bhaduri. In addition to acting in film, he acted in theatre and jatras, and was associated with the Rupkar...

in the lead role.

External links

• Short Biography of Moti Nandy