Joydip Mukherjee

This article is about the film director. For the cricketer, see Joydeep Mukherjee.

Joydip Mukherjee
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Director Writer Actor
Years active	2008–present
Notable work	Byomkesh The Eken Eken Babu series Shikari Nabab Chalbaaz Bhaijaan Elo Re The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan The Eken: Benaras e Bibhishika

Joydip Mukherjee is an Indian film director, actor and writer primarily associated with Bengali Film Industry. He made his directorial debut with the daily soap Ekhane Aakash Neel . He gained recognition after directing multiple India-Bangladesh joint ventures including Shikari (2016) and Nabab (2017). He gained further recognition after directing all the seasons of Eken Babu series Season 6 onwards. He is best known for directing the Ekenbabu theatrical films - The Eken (2022), The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan (2023) and The Eken: Benaras e Bibhishika (2025). ^{[1] [2]}

Career

In 2008, Joydip started his career with directed television drama serial. Then he directed two more dramas. In 2016, he debuted as a film director with the project of Indo-Bangla joint production thriller drama film Shikari share with Zakir Hossain Simanto featuring Shakib Khan and Srabanti Chatterjee, which became the highest-grossing Bengali film of 2016. ^{[3] [4]}

Filmography

Soap opera

Year	Film	Director	Story writer	Actor	Notes	Ref.
2008	Ekhane Aakash Neel	Yes			Debuted in television series
2010	Gaaner Oparey	Yes
2014	Byomkesh	Yes

Films

Year	Film	Director	Story writer	Actor	Notes	Ref.
2015	Bhengchi			Yes
2016	Shikari [5]	Yes			First directed Bengali film and first collaboration between Shakib Khan and Joydip Mukherjee pair
	Amoler Cabin			Yes
2017	Nabab	Yes	Yes		Second collaboration between Shakib Khan and Joydip Mukherjee pair after the success of the film Shikari
2018	Chalbaaz [6]	Yes			Third collaboration between Shakib Khan and Joydip Mukherjee. Second time pairing between Shakib Khan and Subhashree Ganguly after Nabab
	Bhaijaan Elo Re [7]	Yes			Fourth collaboration between Shakib Khan and Joydip Mukherjee pair
	Tumi Sudhu Amar	Yes			Filming
2019	Sharate Aaj (Web series)			Yes	On ZEE5 Platform [8] [9] [10] [11]
2020	Detective	Yes			Released 14 August 2020 on Hoichoi
2021	FIR	Yes
2021	Golondaaj			Yes
2021	Anusandhan			Yes
2021	Bikkhov			Yes
2022	The Eken	Yes
2022	Lokkhi Chele			Yes
2023	Ardhangini			Yes
2023	The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan	Yes
2023	Shikarpur			Yes	ZEE5 Original web series
2023	Chhotolok			Yes	ZEE5 Original web series
2024	Kaantaye Kaantaye	Yes			ZEE5 Original web series
2025	The Eken: Benaras E Bibhishika	Yes

References

1. শাকিব খানকে বাংলাদেশের রজনীকান্ত আখ্যা দিলেন নবাবের পরিচালক জয়দীপ মুখার্জী (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
2. নারায়নগঞ্জে অপার ফটোগ্রাফির অপর সম্ভাবনা রয়েছে: জয়দীপ. newsnarayanganj24 (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
3. "2016's Most Successful Bengali Films". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
4. "A year on the silver screen". The Daily Star. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
5. "New Indo-Bangla joint production starts". The Daily Star. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
6. ডটকম, সোনালীনিউজ (11 January 2018). শাকিবের চালবাজ শুটিং হবে লন্ডনে. Sonali News (in Bengali). Retrieved 16 January 2018.
7. "Srabanti Chatterjee to reunite with Shakib Khan in 'Bhaijaan'". The Times of India. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
8. "ZEE5 unveils their biggest Bengali Original, 'Sharate Aaj' for Bangladeshi audiences on 21st February". Indian Television Dot Com. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
9. "Sharate Aaj: Zee5's Biggest Bengali Original Series Releases on 21st February". Webfare. 23 January 2019. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
10. "Sharate Aaj goes beyond the conventions of the slam-bang thriller". Film Companion. 2 March 2019. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
11. "Sharate Aaj review: Zee5's new Bengali series is a smartly written thriller loaded with terrific performances". Firstpost. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

External links

• Joydip Mukherjee at IMDb
• Joydip Mukherjee on Twitter