Kaushik Ghatak began his career in the

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on 14 February 1998 as an apprentice assistant to the prominent filmmaker,

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. He has directed several television serials and a few advertisement films before he directed his first film '' Ek Vivaah... Aisa Bhi'' for

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. He next film was Samrat & Co. for producer,

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, under the banner of Rajshri Productions.

Early life and education

Kaushik Ghatak was born in

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, West Bengal on 12 August 1971. He attended St. Xavier's school at

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in Bihar & graduated from St. Xavier's college,

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with Geology (Hons). He enrolled at the

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to learn the skills of film making. Prominent film maker, Anurag Basu provided Ghatak with the first break as an apprentice assistant; Ghatak assisted Basu on several television projects – Rishtey, Raahat,

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, Koshish-‐Ek Aasha and more. Ghatak also assisted Partho Mitra,

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, Goutam Mukherjee and Amitabh Bhattacharyaon on different shows, ad-films and television commercials.

Career

Television

Ghatak's first independent show as a director was with a Bengali serial ''Amra Povashi'' aired on

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and with a Hindi serial ''

Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi ''Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'' ( ''Because a mother-in-law was once a daughter-in-law, too'') is an Indian Hindi-language soap opera that aired from 4 July 2000 to 7 November 2008 on Star Plus. The show was co-produced by Shobha Kapoor ...

'' produced by

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and aired on

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. Starting from the 35th episode up to the 155th episode, Ghatak directed over 100 episodes of ''Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'' and at this time the show registered the highest TRP at the time of original Mihir Virani's death; post Ghatak's exit from the project, the show went steadily downhill.

Films

Ghatak made his directorial film debut in 2008 with the film '' Ek Vivaah... Aisa Bhi'' starring

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and

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. It was produced by Sooraj R. Barjatya, under the

banner. This film did not perform too well at the box office. His next project was with producer

, under the

banner; the film was Samrat & Co. (2014).

Personal life

Kaushik Ghatak was in love with Anita Ghatak and they had to wait for seven years before they could get married. They have two sons, Shashwat Ghatak and Shansit Ghatak.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ghatak, Kaushik 1971 births Living people Indian television directors Film directors from West Bengal