Atanu Ghosh

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Atanu Ghosh
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Born
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Education University of Calcutta
Occupation(s)Film director, screenplay writer
Website atanughosh.in

Atanu Ghosh Ghosh is a National-Award-winning Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, author and teacher. His Bengali film Mayurakshi (2017) was awarded the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali. [1] His film Shesh Pata, [2] [3] Angshumaner Chhobi, Mayurakshi, Binisutoy, Abby Sen and Rupkatha Noy, bagged multiple awards.Atanu started his career as a scriptwriter and director for documentary films in 1996. For his work in Aar Ek Bampi, he received the Doordarshan National Award for Best Children's Telefilm.

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Biography

After completing post-graduation in journalism from the University of Calcutta, Ghosh started his career in 1996 as scriptwriter and director of documentary films. Thereafter, he branched out to fictional serials and telefilms.

He received the Doordarshan National Award for Best Children's telefilm Aar ek Bampi in 2002. [4] Megh Brishti Rodh fetched him the coveted RAPA Award for Best screenplay. He was awarded the prestigious Shyamal Sen Smriti Samman in 2008. [5]

Ghosh wrote a play for National School of Drama, New Delhi entitled "Ruh-ba-Ruh" directed by Kaushik Sen. He has directed some 23 telefilms. Ghosh has also worked as scriptwriter and editor for many eminent directors. Also, he has directed over 30 documentary and corporate films for many reputed organisations. His debut feature film, Angshumaner Chhobi (2009) was selected in the Indian Panorama of the International Film Festival of India (2009) as well as in Competitive Section, was awarded the prestigious Aravindan Puraskaram for the Best debut film of 2009, the Lankesh Chitra Prashasti (Karnataka State Award for India's Best Debut Director ) Bengal Film Journalist Award as well as Audience Award (Rainbow Film Festival, London) besides 13 other national and international awards. Takhan Teish was his second film, which was released in 2011. It was screened at film festivals in Shanghai, Osaka and other places. His third film Rupkatha Noy (2013) was nominated for the FIPRESCI Award [6] for Best Indian Film 2013, was officially selected in many film festivals including Shanghai International Film Festival, [7] Dhaka International Film Festival and many others. It received four Filmfare Awards [8] including Best Film (Critics Choice), Best Actor (Critics Choice) – Soumitra Chatterjee, Best Debut Actress (Sohini Sarkar), Best Female Playback Singer (Anwesha Dutta Gupta). His fourth film, Ek Phaali Rodh (2014), had its World Premiere at Shanghai International Film Festival [9] in June 2014. He received a National Film Award in the Best Film category for his 2018 movie Mayurakshi . His sixth film Mayurakshi received four Filmfare Awards [10] including Best Film (Critics Choice), Best Actor (Critics Choice) – (Soumitra Chatterjee), Best Actor (Popular Choice)- (Prosenjit Chatterjee), Best Background Score (Debojyoti Mishra). Mayurakshi was awarded the prestigious Chitra Bharathi for the Best Indian Cinema Award of 2018, [11] the WBFJA (West Bengal Film Journalists' Association) [12] for Best Film, Best Actor (Soumitra Chatterjee), Best Actor (Prosenjit Chatterjee) besides 3 international nominations. [13]

Filmography

Feature films

Web Originals

Awards and recognitions

Awards and recognitions
YearAwardCategoryFilm
2017National Film Award [15] Best Bengali Film Mayurakshi
2013Filmfare Awards [16] Best Film (Critics) Rupkatha Noy
2017Filmfare Awards [17] Best Film (Critics) Mayurakshi
2019Filmfare AwardsBest Film (Critics)Robibaar
2020 Filmfare Awards [18] Best Film (Critics)Binisutoy
2023Filmfare Awards [19] Best Director, Best Original Story, Best DialogueShesh Pata

Telefilms

The following is the list of telefilms directed by Atanu Ghosh. For all but one of these telefilms, Atanu Ghosh is also credited for the story and screenplay:

YearFilmLanguageCast & Note
2003Disha Bengali Locket Chatterjee, Pijush Ganguly, Bhaskar Banerjee & Kamalika Banerjee.
2003WeekendBengali

Aparajita Auddy, Krishnakishore Mukherjee, Suchandra Chowdhury & Bhaswar Chatterjee.

2003SrishtichharaBengaliBhiswa Guha Thakurata, Sunil Mukherjee & Bhaskar Banerjee
2003Amriter PutraBengalilLocket Chatterjee, Kharaj Mukherjee, Suman Banerjee (Selected in 2nd Kolkata Telefilm Festival)
2003AkashchhoyaBengaliGargi Roychowdhury, Pijush Ganguly, Kamalika Banerjee (Selected in 2nd Kolkata Telefilm Festival. Selected in 10th Kolkata International Film Festival, 2004).
2004700 Square FtBengaliBadsha Moitra, Rudranil Ghosh, Rituparna Sen (Selected in 2nd Kolkata Telefilm Festival. Nominated as Best Telefilm of the year in the Anandolok Puraskar,2004).
2004Sumitra OnlineBengaliMamatashankar, Biswajit Chakrabarty, Goutam De (Winner of Telesamman for Best Telefilm of 2004)
2004Gabhir AsukhBengaliKrishnakishore Mukherjee, Aparajita Auddy, Bhiswa Guha Thakurata, Debesh Roychowdhury.
2004KantaBengali Swastika Mukherjee, Kaushik Sen, Sudipta Chakrabarty (Nominated for Best Actress (Swastika Mukherjee) in the Indo-Bangladesh Kala Music Awards, 2005)
2005DeadlineBengaliParambrato Chatterjee, Aparajita Ghosh Das, Suchandra Chowdhury & Biswajit Chakrabarty
2005Megh Bristi RodhBengaliKaushik Sen, Swastika Mukherjee, Badsha Moitra, Rajat Ganguly (winner of RAPA Award for Best screenplay)
2005ManthanBengali Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Mallika Majumdar, Diganta, Indrani Bose, Bhaskar Banerjee
2005AsomaptoBengaliSoumitra Chatterjee, Indrani Halder, Kaushik Sen, Bishwanath Bose .(Winner of Tellysamman for Best Direction 2006)
2005MishraraagBengaliIndrani Halder, Kaushik Sen, Badsha Moitra, Aparajita Auddy, Bhaskar Banerjee and Supriya Devi
2006Aaro Ek PrithibiBengaliIndrani Halder, Badsha Moitra, Rajatava Dutta, Kanchana Moitra
2006Aaloy PheraBengaliIndrani Halder, Shiladitya Patranobish (Winner of Tellysamman for Best Actress – Indrani Halder – 2007; Nominated for Tellysamman for Best Telefilm of 2007)
2006AnkushBengaliSoumitra Chatterjee, Indrani Halder, Badsha Moitra, Parambrato Chatterjee(Nominated for Best Telefilm in Anandalok Puraskar 2007)
2007Roopkatha NoyBengaliKaushik Sen, Koninika Banerjee, Suchandra Chowdhury & Sourabh Das
2007ParamparaBengaliGoutam De, Arunodoy, Priyanka
2007Premer GalpoBengaliKaushik Sen, Indrani Halder, Biswanath Bose
2008Adhara MadhuriBengaliBhaswar Chatterjee, Neel Mukherjee, Aparajita Ghosh Das and Indrani Halder
2009Parokiya 2000BengaliKaushik Sen, Anjana Basu, Kushal Chakrabarty

Others

Notable films/serials/documentaries:

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "Atanu Ghosh on his film Mayurakshi winning National Award: I hope more people will see it now". Hindustan Times. 21 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Ramachandran, Naman (3 May 2024). "India's Prosenjit Chatterjee on Overcoming His Hero Image With 'Shesh Pata' Role: 'It Was a Huge Task' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  3. ↑ PTI (16 January 2024). "'Shesh Pata' adjudged best movie, Prosenjit gets best actor award by film journos". ThePrint. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "Movie Details of 29th Kolkata International Film Festival". kiff.in. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "A Day with Atanu Ghosh – SRFSB". 26 August 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "Fandry wins FIPRESCI-India Film Critics Award for Best Indian Film 2013 – DearCinema.com". Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "The 17Th Shanghai International Film Festival". Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  8. ↑ Filmfare Awards East
  9. ↑ "The 17Th Shanghai International Film Festival". Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Filmfare Award East 2018 Winners – List of Bengali Filmfare Award Winners".
  11. ↑ "Mani Ratnam gifts ₹10 lakh to groom young filmmakers". The Hindu. March 2018.
  12. ↑ "Winners of WBFJA (West Bengal Film Journalists' Association) Awards 2018". Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  13. ↑ https://filmbazaarindia.com/media/2483/indian-panorama_2009_catalogue.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  14. ↑ "Chorki releases poster for Soumitra Chatterjee's posthumous film '72 Ghanta'".
  15. ↑ "65th National Film Awards: 'Mayurakshi' grabs the Best Bengali Film Award". The Times of India. 13 April 2018. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  16. ↑ "Winners of Vivel Filmfare Awards East | Filmfare.com". filmfare.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  17. ↑ "Filmfare award for 'Bishorjon', 'Mayurakshi' as Best films".
  18. ↑ https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-bangla-2021/winners [ bare URL ]
  19. ↑ "Filmfare Awards Bangla 2024 Live Updates – Winners of the Joy Filmfare Awards Bangla 2024 Full List Out".
  20. ↑ "নাগরিক জীবন ও নিঃসঙ্গতা, অতনুর ট্রিলজির চিত্রনাট্য নিয়ে প্রকাশিত হচ্ছে বই".
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