Ushmey Chakraborty | |
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Born | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | 27 October 1988
Alma mater | New York Film Academy |
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Years active | 2008–present |
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Relatives | See Chakraborty family |
Ushmey Chakraborty is an Indian filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. He is the son of actors Mithun Chakraborty and Yogeeta Bali. [1]
Ushmey was born to Mithun Chakraborty and Yogeeta Bali in Mumbai. [2] He is the second son of Mithun. He has two brothers, Mimoh and Namashi Chakraborty and a sister Dishani Chakraborty. [3]
He also attended the New York Film Academy.
He started his career as an actor in the film Phir Kabhi (2008), playing younger version of Mithun Chakraborty’s character. [4]
He then made his directorial debut with film titled Life, Somewhere in 2010, which he also written and produced. The film won the Royal Reel Award from the Canada International Film Festival in 2011. [5]
In 2013, his another directorial Lucky Man was released. [6] The film also starred Amruta Subhash in key role.
He then made a short film in 2017 titled Holy Smoke!, it starred his siblings, Mimoh, Namashi and Dishani in pivotal roles. [7] The film was streamed on Vimeo. [8]
In 2022, his another short film Gay, Asian, Immigrant. [9] It was screened at Dances With Films, an annual independent film festival located in Los Angeles, California. [10] This film was also the official selection at the 40th Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival. [11]
Year | Title | Credited as | Note(s) | |||
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Director | Writer | Producer | Actor | |||
2008 | Phir Kabhi | No | No | No | Yes | Acting debut |
2010 | Life Somewhere | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also editor and cinematographer |
2013 | Lucky Man | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Also editor |
2017 | Holy Smoke! | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Short film; Also editor and cinematographer |
2022 | Gay, Asian, Immigrant | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film |
Mithun Chakraborty is an Indian actor, producer and politician who predominantly worked in Hindi and Bengali language films. He is a former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament. He is the recipient of three National Film Awards for best actor. In January 2024, Chakraborty was awarded Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian honour, by the Government of India.
Yogeeta Bali is a former Indian Bollywood actress. She was active in the late 1970s and through the 1980s.
Outfest is an LGBTQ-oriented nonprofit that produces two film festivals, operates a movie streaming platform, and runs educational services for filmmakers in Los Angeles. Outfest is one of the key partners, alongside the Frameline Film Festival, the New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival, and the Inside Out Film and Video Festival, in launching the North American Queer Festival Alliance, an initiative to further publicize and promote LGBT film.
Mimoh Chakraborty, also known by the nickname Mimoh, is an Indian actor who works in Hindi film industry. He is the son of actors Mithun Chakraborty and Yogeeta Bali.
Kaalpurush or Kalpurush is a 2005 Indian Bengali drama film directed and written by Buddhadev Dasgupta. The film stars Mithun Chakraborty and Rahul Bose in lead roles.
John G. Young is an American director, producer and writer. He graduated from the State University of New York at Purchase where he now teaches and is Chair of The Film Conservatory.
Phir Kabhi is a 2009 Hindi language Indian romance film directed by V. K. Prakash for producers Ronnie Screwvala and Pradeep Guha under their banners UTV Motion Pictures and Culture Company Pvt.Ltd. respectively starring Mithun Chakraborty, Dimple Kapadia and Rati Agnihotri. The film was released Direct-to-video and on DTH services on 22 September 2009.
La Mission is a 2009 drama film starring Benjamin Bratt and Jeremy Ray Valdez. It is written and directed by Peter Bratt. The film premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and screened at various festivals, including the San Francisco International Film Festival and the Palm Springs International Film Festival. It received a limited release beginning April 9, 2010.
Be-Shaque is a 1981 Indian Hindi-language thriller drama film directed by Kashinath, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Yogeeta Bali, Amrish Puri and Shakti Kapoor. It is a remake of own Kannada directorial Aparichita.
Sitara (transl. Star) is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Meraj, with Mithun Chakraborty, Zarina Wahab. The music was composed by R. D. Burman. The film was a remake of the Telugu film Seetamalakshmi.
Khwab (transl. Dream) is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language romantic thriller film directed by Shakti Samanta, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Ranjeeta Kaur, Naseeruddin Shah and Yogeeta Bali.
Karate is a 1983 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Deb Mukherjee, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Kaajal Kiran, Yogeeta Bali and Mazhar Khan.
Tchindas is a 2015 Spanish-Cape Verdean documentary film directed by Pablo García Pérez de Lara and Marc Serena. The film premiered at the Outfest Los Angeles 2015 where it received a Grand Jury Award.
Jewel's Catch One was a dance bar owned by Jewel Thais Williams. It was located at 4067 West Pico Boulevard in the Arlington Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. Opened in 1973, it was the longest running black gay dance bar in Los Angeles. After nearly closing in 2015, it was purchased by Mitch Edelson and his father Steve Edelson - who reopened under new management. Briefly called Union after the change in management, it has since reverted to the Catch One moniker.
Lavender is a 2019 short LGBT romantic drama film, written and directed by Matthew Puccini. It premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, where it was then acquired by Fox Searchlight Pictures for an Academy Award-qualifying theatrical run, attaching it to select screenings of The Aftermath.
Cicada is a 2020 American romantic drama film directed by Matthew Fifer and Kieran Mulcare. Fifer co-wrote the film with Sheldon D. Brown, both of whom starred in leading roles.
Minyan is a 2020 American LGBT-related coming-of-age drama film written by Eric Steel and Daniel Pearle. It was directed by Eric Steel, in his feature film debut. It is based on a short story of the same name by David Bezmozgis. The film stars Samuel H. Levine, Ron Rifkin, Christopher McCann, Brooke Bloom, Alex Hurt, Chris Perfetti, and Mark Margolis in his final film role before his death in 2023. It had its world premiere at the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for Best Feature Film. It went on to screen at Los Angeles Outfest, where it won the Grand Jury Award for Outstanding U.S. Narrative Feature. The film was received favorably by critics.
Rosh is Indian Hindi language crime thriller movie starring Nikita Soni, Alina Rai, Ruchi Tiwari, Mimoh Chakraborty and Yash Raj (Yr).
The Mattachine Family is an American comedy-drama film, directed by Andy Vallentine and released in 2023. The film stars Nico Tortorella and Juan Pablo Di Pace as Thomas and Oscar, a gay couple who have spent a year as foster parents to a teenage boy whose mother was in jail; however, when she is released and regains custody of her son, Thomas and Oscar are forced to confront their very different visions for what they want out of life when they find themselves in disagreement on whether to pursue true parenthood.