Atanu Ghosh is an Indian filmmaker. His Bengali film ''

Mayurakshi ''Mayurakshi'' is a 2017 Bengali film directed by Atanu Ghosh and produced by Firdausal Hassan & Probal Halder for Friends Communication. The music was composed by Debojyoti Mishra. The film won the award for Best Bengali feature film at the ...

'' (2017) was awarded the

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several ...

. His film

Angshumaner Chhobi ''Angshumaner Chhobi'' (2009) is the debut feature film of Atanu Ghosh and had its premiere at the 40th International Film Festival of India, Goa. It was selected in the Competitive Section of the festival, one of the two Indian entries. Plot ...

Binisutoy ''Binisutoy'' (No String Attached) is a Bengali drama film directed by Atanu Ghosh and produced by Sandeep Agarwal. Released on 20 August 2021, it stars Ritwick Chakraborty and Bangladesh actress Jaya Ahsan. Plot Kajal and Sraboni, two people ...

Abby Sen ''Abby Sen'' is a 2015 Bengali science fiction comedy film directed by Atanu Ghosh and produced by Firdausul Hassan and Probal Halder. It features Abir Chatterjee, Raima Sen, Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Bratya Basu, and Priyanka Sarkar in lead rol ...

and

Rupkatha Noy ''Rupkatha Noy'' is a 2013 Bengali film directed by Atanu Ghosh and produced by Firdausal Hassan and Probal Halder for Friends Communication. The music was composed by Joy Sarkar. Plot Sisir Roy (Soumitra Chatterjee) is a 72-year-old man, ...

, bagged multiple Awards.He was born on 12 August 1969 in Kolkata, West Bengal. One of his Bengali movies named Mayurakshi was awarded as the Best Feature Film in Bengali. 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 Awards for Best Children's Telefilm.

Biography

Right from his debut feature film, Atanu's films have been widely shown in most prominent film festivals across the world. Winner of numerous national and international awards, his works reflect an urge for exploring unique complexities of human behaviour pitted against the backdrop of rapidly changing society. His films are known for perceptual precision and economy of expression. After completing post-graduation in journalism from the

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate State university (India), state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered ...

, 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. Another telefilm, ''Akashchhoan'', was selected for the 10th International Kolkata Film Festival, 2004. ''Sumitra Online'' was selected for the Telesamman Award for the Best Telefilm of 2005, and ''Asamapto'' for Best Direction in 2006. ''Megh Brishti Rodh'' fetched him the coveted RAPA Award for Best screenplay. He was awarded the prestigious Shyamal Sen Smriti Samman in 2008. Ghosh wrote a play for

National School of Drama National School of Drama (NSD) is a theatre training institute situated at New Delhi, India. It is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It was set up in 1959 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi and became an indepe ...

, 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, ''

'' (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 Aravindan Puraskaram (Aravindan Award) is an award instituted in 1991 in the memory of iconic Malayalam filmmaker G. Aravindan for the best debutant director in Indian languages. The award comprises Rs. 25,000, a memento and a citation. The award i ...

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 ''Takhan Teish'' is a 2010 Bengali film directed Atanu Ghosh which was premiered at the 6th Osaka International Film Festival, Japan. It is Ghosh's second feature film. Plot Tamodeep is brilliant, sensitive and eternally perturbed by his gran ...

'' was his second film, which was released in 2011. It was screened at film festivals in Shanghai, Osaka and other places. His third film ''

'' (2013) was nominated for the FIPRESCI Award for Best Indian Film 2013, was officially selected in many film festivals including Shanghai International Film Festival, Dhaka International Film Festival and many others. It received four Filmfare Awards including Best Film (Critics Choice), Best Actor (Critics Choice) - Soumitra Chatterjee, Best Debut Actress (

Sohini Sarkar Sohini Sarkar is an Indian Bengali film and television actress. She played the title character in the 2011–2012 TV series ''Adwitiya''. Sarkar made her film debut in the 2013 film ''Rupkatha Noy''. In the same year she acted in the film ''Phor ...

), Best Female Playback Singer (Anwesha Dutta Gupta). His fourth film, ''

Ek Phaali Rodh ''Ek Phaali Rodh'' ( en, A Ray of Light) is a 2014 Bengali film directed by Atanu Ghosh and produced by Bitan Roy and Antara Ghosh for Teamwork Communication. The music is composed by Joy Sarkar. It is Atanu Ghosh's fourth feature film after Ang ...

'' (2014), had its World Premiere at Shanghai International Film Festival in June 2014. He received a National Film Award in the Best Film category for his 2018 movie

. His sixth film

received four Filmfare Awards including Best Film (Critics Choice), Best Actor (Critics Choice) - (

Soumitra Chatterjee Soumitra Chatterjee (also spelt as Chattopadhyay; 16 June 193515 November 2020) was an Indian film actor, play-director, playwright, writer, thespian and poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of ...

), Best Actor (Popular Choice)- (

Prosenjit Chatterjee Prosenjit Chatterjee (born 30 September 1962) is an Indian actor and producer. He is widely regarded as one of the leading actors in modern Bengali cinema. He predominantly works in Bengali cinema . He is the son of veteran Bollywood actor Bisw ...

), Best Background Score (

Debojyoti Mishra Debojyoti Mishra (born 30 April 1963 at Kolkata) is an Indian music director and film composer. He became popular with his minimalist classical compositions for the Hindi film ''Raincoat'', directed by Rituparno Ghosh. He also worked on Bengali ...

was awarded the prestigious Chitra Bharathi for the Best Indian Cinema Award of 2018, the WBFJA (West Bengal Film Journalists' Association)http://allaboutbanglacinema.org/news/winners-wbfja-awards-2018/ for Best Film, Best Actor (

), Best Actor (

) besides 3 international nominations.

Filmography

Feature films

* ''

'' (2009) * ''

'' (2010) * ''

'' (2013) * ''

'' (2014) * ''

'' (2015) * ''

'' (2017) * '' Robibaar'' (2019) * ''

'' (2021) * '' 72 Ghanta'' (2022) * ''Aro Ek Prithibi'' (2022) * ''Sesh Pata'' (2022)

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:

Others

Notable films/serials/documentaries: * ''Banglar Swadeshi Gaan'' – a 3-episode series on the patriotic songs of Bengal to commemorate 50 years of Indian independence * ''Ebong Computer'' – a 10 episode fictional series on computers * Aatanka – a 40 min fictional film on AIDS awareness * ''Chalti Hawa'' – a 10 episode musical series on Bengali Band music * Goenda Poribar – a 52 episode fiction series * ''Icchedana'' – a 26 episode science fiction series for children * ''Ardhek Prithibi'' – a 26 episode fiction series * ''Abaak Prithibi'' – a 26 episode fiction series

References

Sources

* http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=25&id=205716&usrsess=1 * http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=25&id=172857&usrsess=1 * http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=25&id=187832&usrsess=1 * https://web.archive.org/web/20080119023045/http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=25&theme=&usrsess=1&id=185385 * http://www.taratv.com/telespec.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20071217030324/http://banglatelefilmclub.org/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20080612100922/http://www.realbollywood.com/news/2007/01/indian-telefilms.html * http://cities.expressindia.com/local-news/fullstory.php?newsid=182901 * http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/calcutta-times/big-screen-brings-added-charm-to-bangla-telefilms/articleshow/791509.cms * https://web.archive.org/web/20081014060317/http://www.my-westbengal.com/n/a/arc6-2005.shtml

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghosh, Atanu Living people 21st-century Indian film directors Film directors from Kolkata Bengali film directors 1969 births University of Calcutta alumni