Sani Ghose Ray is an Indian

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and

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based out of Kolkata. He is also one of the founder members of the production house Acropoliis Entertainment along with a line production company Greyscale Entertainment. The movie Nagarkirtan produced by Sani Ghose Ray has won Special Jury Award at National Film Awards in 2017.

Film career

Ghose Ray began his career by assisting directors such as

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, Sudeshna Roy, and Abhijit Guha. He worked as an Executive Producer / Line Producer / Associate Director on films such as Abohomaan, Sunglass,

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, Sob Charitra Kalponik,

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, Tamasha by Imtiaz Ali, and others, as well as nonfiction TV shows such as "Ghosh & Co.", anchored by Rituparno Ghosh.

As producer

In 2006, Ghose Ray started Acropoliis Entertainment, a film production company based in Kolkata, along with Snigdha Sumit Basu, Sumit Tinkari Basu and Rajnish Jaichandra Hedao. Ghose Ray started his entrepreneurial journey with television in 2009. He has produced around 25 TV serials for

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, and

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, including Raashi, Agnipariksha,

Bodhuboron ''Bodhuboron'' was a Bengali language television serial which began airing on Star Jalsha from 19 August 2013. The series starred Gourab Chatterjee and Pramita Chakraborty in lead roles. It was the remake of the Hindi popular show Saath Nibh ...

, Mon Phagun, Kamala O Sriman Prithwiraj, Gaatchora and others. In 2017, he produced Nagarkirtan, directed by Kaushik Ganguly, under the banner of Acropoliis Entertainment. At the

65th National Film Awards The 65th National Film Awards ceremony was an event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals presented its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2017 in Indian cinema. The awards were announced on 13 April 2018. The awa ...

, Ghose Ray received

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for this film. The film received four National Awards (Special Jury Awards, Feature Film, Best Makeup, and Best Costume), as well as the National Film Award for Best Actor for Riddhi Sen.

As director

In 2020, Ghose Ray debuted as a director with 'Bonyo Premer Golpo' on Hoichoi. It was one of the platform's most popular shows. With OTT programmes like Srikanto, Ray gradually established himself as a director. In 2023, he directed Swethkali (a psychological thriller) for ZEE5, which has become the platform's most successful programme to date. Ghose Ray's other OTT series 'Jaatishawr' is also released at Hoichoi OTT platform.

Filmography

Movies

Web series

TV series

References

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* {{Authority control Hindi film producers Bengali film producers Film producers from Kolkata Living people Indian film directors Indian film producers by language Year of birth missing (living people)