Phalguni Dasgupta is a versatile artist. He graduated from the Kolkata government college of art and craft in 1959, moving to the art department of Bimal Roy productions in 1960, which he left in 1962. After this he taught for seven years at Sainik school in Purulia, then worked as an illustrator for the national book trust, being awarded for his illustrations in 1984 and 1995, in 1987 and 1989 he got the a AIFACS award for painting and in 1994 he became t ...