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Life story of RItuparno Ghosh

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  • Veteran Director/ Actor of Bengali Film Industry Rituparno Ghosh was born in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

    Veteran Director/ Actor of Bengali Film Industry Rituparno Ghosh was born in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

  • Before his career in film

    Before his career in film
    Before his career in film, Rituparno Ghosh worked at the Response India advertising agency before starting his career in films. He became known as an effective copywriter in Kolkata and was noted for composing succinct, appealing one-liners and slogans for ad campaigns in Bengali.

  • Rituparno got his first break in documentary film when Tele-Response, his own agency and a member of the Response family of companies, was commissioned to make a documentary on Vande Mataram for Doordarshan.

    Rituparno got his first break in documentary film when Tele-Response, his own agency and a member of the Response family of companies, was commissioned to make a documentary on Vande Mataram for Doordarshan.

  • Ghosh's first film

    Ghosh's first film
    Song from Hirer Angti: jao jao giri anite gouri He then veered into filmmaking, bursting into the scene with Heerer Angti (The Diamond Ring), which explored a man's failed attempt to ingratiate himself into the graces of a prosperous household to get hold of the property. This film was based on a novel written by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay about inheritance and conjuring tricks, and starring Moon Moon Sen, Basanta Choudhury, and others.

  • Second film

    Second film
    Unishe AprilHis second film, Unishe April (19th of April), starring Aparna Sen, Debashree Roy, Prosenjit Chatterjee and Dipankar Dey, was released. It was a pathbreaking movie in Bengal, exploring the relationship between a mother and a daughter; the mother's inability to understand the daughter's reticence, and the daughter's bitterness towards her danseuse mother who was never really there for her. But, her father was till he died.

  • 'Unishe April' won two National Film Awards, including Best Feature Film.

  • His next film, 'Dahan', released and won Ghosh the National Film Award for Best Screenplay.

    His next film, 'Dahan', released and won Ghosh the National Film Award for Best Screenplay.

  • Rituparna Sengupta and Indrani Halder shared the National Film Award for Best Actress roles in ‘Dahan' which was based on the true story of a woman who was molested on a street in Kolkata, and of another woman, a witness who came forward to bring legal ac

    Rituparna Sengupta and Indrani Halder shared the National Film Award for Best Actress roles in ‘Dahan' which was based on the true story of a woman who was molested on a street in Kolkata, and of another woman, a witness who came forward to bring legal ac

  • Then followed Bariwali, Asukh, Utsab, Shubho Mahurat between 1997 and 2003 with a variety of stars both from Bengal and the national arena. Shubho Mahurat – based on Agatha Christie's The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side, starred the veteran actresses R

    Then followed Bariwali, Asukh, Utsab, Shubho Mahurat between 1997 and 2003 with a variety of stars both from Bengal and the national arena. Shubho Mahurat – based on Agatha Christie's The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side, starred the veteran actresses R

  • Ghosh's first Hindi film, 'Raincoat', an adaptation of the short story, The Gift of the Magi (1906), by O. Henry was released. In this film he worked with Aishwarya Rai again. The shooting of the film was completed in 17 days. This film received National

    Ghosh's first Hindi film, 'Raincoat', an adaptation of the short story, The Gift of the Magi (1906), by O. Henry was released. In this film he worked with Aishwarya Rai again. The shooting of the film was completed in 17 days. This film received National
    Raincoat's review

  • Then followed Antarmahal, Dosar, The Last Lear with Amitabh Bachchan, Khela, Shob Charitor Kalponik, Abohoman and Sunglass. Most films delved into human desires and frailties, attempting with success to bring about a cathartic clarity at the end.

    Then followed Antarmahal, Dosar, The Last Lear with Amitabh Bachchan, Khela, Shob Charitor Kalponik, Abohoman and Sunglass. Most films delved into human desires and frailties, attempting with success to bring about a cathartic clarity at the end.

  • He also acted in Arekti Prem-er Golpo, Memories in March and Chitrangada. Arekti Prem-er Golpo, written and directed by Kaushik Ganguly, was a film on homosexuality. Ghosh played a transgender filmmaker, shooting a biopic on the first self-evident gay jat

    He also acted in Arekti Prem-er Golpo, Memories in March and Chitrangada. Arekti Prem-er Golpo, written and directed by Kaushik Ganguly, was a film on homosexuality. Ghosh played a transgender filmmaker, shooting a biopic on the first self-evident gay jat

  • Filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh, who brought back the cinematic narrative of Bengal from the more popular to the serious and thought-provoking, died on May 30 suffering a massive heart attack. He had just finished filming Satyanneshi – a mystery caper by fictio

    Filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh, who brought back the cinematic narrative of Bengal from the more popular to the serious and thought-provoking, died on May 30 suffering a massive heart attack. He had just finished filming Satyanneshi – a mystery caper by fictio
    Rituparno Ghosh's death