Soukarya Ghosal ( bn, সৌকর্য ঘোষাল; born 7 June 1986) is an Indian filmmaker, director, screenwriter, illustrator and music composer. He is widely considered for his work in

Rainbow Jelly ''Rainbow Jelly'' ( bn, রেনবো জেলি) is a 2018 Bengali language Indian food fantasy film for children, written and directed by Soukarya Ghosal and starring Sreelekha Mitra, Kaushik Sen, Shantilal Mukherjee and introducing Mahabrata ...

, a food fantasy film for the children in Bengali Cinema. His first feature film was ''

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'', bagged three awards in the 4th

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2014 by

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. Ghosal made His second film ''

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'' which he wrote and directed for

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Originals, was a

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love story set in the 90's. His film ''

'', a food fantasy film about an autistic orphan received Hiralal Sen Award and

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Memorial Award for Most Promising Director from

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. His upcoming films are OCD and Kalantar.

Early life

Ghosal was born and brought up in

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. He attended A. K. Ghosh Memorial School and

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, and graduated in History from

Asutosh College Asutosh College (Bengali: আশুতোষ কলেজ) is a college affiliated to the University of Calcutta, situated in Southern Kolkata, close to the Jatin Das Park Metro Station, gate No. 2. It was established in 1916 as the South Subu ...

. He did a postgraduate course in

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from

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 ...

. His admiration for

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's illustrations in ''Sandesh'' magazine was a guiding force in his desire to become a professional illustrator.

Career

In 2011, he joined ''Robbar'' the

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of ''

Sangbad Pratidin ''Sangbad Pratidin'' ( lit.: news every day) is a daily Indian Bengali newspaper simultaneously published from Kolkata, Barjora and Siliguri. It was founded by Swapan Sadhan Bose, the owner and also All India Trinamool Congress representative ...

'' as a staff cartoonist and Illustrator. While working on

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such as ''

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'' in ''Sandesh'' and

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in ''Kishore Bharati'', he felt a strong urge for sound and motion in his art. This led him to quit his job and pursue films. Coming directly from the field of art, Ghosal made his first film, ''

'' based on a surrealist painter who could physically take people into the space he drew. It took him a year to find a producer for the film.

2014–2015

On 7 March 2014, his debut film ''

'', based on magic realism &

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was released in West Bengal. This hyperlink film featured

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, Rajesh Sharma,

Sreelekha Mitra Sreelekha Mitra (Bengali language, Bengali: শ্রীলেখা মিত্র) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. Winner of a Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, BFJA Award a ...

, Rajatabha Dutta,

Subhasish Mukherjee Subhasish Mukherjee ( bn, শুভাশীষ মুখার্জি) is an Indian Bengali actor. He is a well-known actor in Bengali cinema. He generally appears in comedy and in supporting roles. Some of his well-known films where he acted ...

Shantilal Mukherjee Shantilal Mukherjee is an Indian actor associated with Bengali-language theatre and films. Biography Mukherjee was born in Kolkata. He lost his father in an early age. He was admitted in Sarsuna High School from where he passed Madhyamik e ...

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and Anindiya Banerjee, and was produced by Cozum Analytics Ltd. In 2015, he made his second film, ''

'', for television. A teenage love story set in the 90s, it starred

Riddhi Sen Riddhi Sen is an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Bengali films. He is a regular actor of the theatre group Swapnasandhani and is an alumnus of South Point school, Kolkata. In 2010, he received a special talent award from his schoo ...

, Meghla Dasgupta,

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, Saili Bhattacharya and Joydeep Kundu, and was produced by Nideas Creations.

2016–2018

In 2016, he adapted the story of

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to rewrite for a television series for

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. That year, he worked as the second unit director in

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's ''Zulfiqar'', produced by

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. Inspired by the literary world of Leela Majumdar in 2017, his film production company Indigenous produced ''

'', a food fantasy in

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starring Mahabrata Basu, Anumegha Banerjee,

Kaushik Sen Koushik Sen (born 19 September 1968) is an Indian actor of film, television and theatre based in Kolkata. He is the director of the well-acclaimed theatre group Swapnasandhani. He has won the BFJA awards for best supporting actor for his perform ...

etc.. The film was based on an autistic orphan child who could control the human mind by cooking food with several tastes. The film depicted the gradual changes in the villain's mind and his seven different reactions as he encountered different kinds of tastes:

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, salty,

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and

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. Rainbow Jelly film got released in

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on 25 May 2018 & got

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in London &

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. The film received Hiralal Sen award for best Bengali film of 2018 from FFSI (

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). Ghosal received the Most Promising Director Award from

, for Rainbow Jelly. In November 2018 Ghosal made

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thriller ''

Rawkto Rawhoshyo ''Rawkto Rawhoshyo'' is a 2020 Indian Bengali-language investigative thriller film written and directed by Soukarya Ghosal. The film is produced by Surinder Films, and stars Koel Mallick with a supporting cast of Lily Chakravarty, Rwitobroto ...

'' produced by Surinder Films starred

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Lily Chakravarty Lily Chakravarty is an Indian actress. She worked in many Bengali and Hindi films. Early life She was born in Dhaka. She was born to Sri Kesab Chandra Chakraborty and Dipti Chakraborty. Career Lily debuted in the Bengali movie Bhanu Pelo Lott ...

, Chandan Roy Sanyal,

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Basabdatta Chatterjee Basabdatta Chatterjee is a Bengali actress who mainly works in Bengali television serials. She made her debut in the popular soap ''Gaaner Oparey'' directed by Rituparno Ghosh. She rose to fame by acting in the lead female role in the comedy soa ...

etc.

2019–present

In August 2019 he made his fifth feature film Bhoot Pori a

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. This is a biography of a ghost who came into existence after the death of a Bengali widow in the eve of the Independence Day of India. The film starred

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Sudipta Chakraborty Sudipta Chakraborty is an Indian actor who mostly works in Bengali cinema. She won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film ''Bariwali''. She completed her school leaving examination from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Fort Willi ...

, Bishantak Mukherjee etc.

was released in theatres on 21 October 2020 during

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. The film was initially scheduled to release on 10 April 2020, but was postponed due to the

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Filmography

Films

Awards and Nominations

References

External links

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