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Dibakar Banerjee
Born (1969-06-21) 21 June 1969 (age 54)
New Delhi
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)film director, screenwriter
Years active2006-present
Known forKhosla Ka Ghosla, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Love Sex aur Dhokha, Shanghai (2012 film)

Dibakar Banerjee (born 1969) is an Indian film director and screenwriter, who is most known for films, Khosla Ka Ghosla (2006), Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008), which he also wrote, both of which won National Film Awards.[1][2] He started his career in advertising, and continues as an ad filmmaker, in 2010 he also directed a Coca Cola commercial.[3][4]

In 2010, he made his third film, Love Sex aur Dhokha, where one of the three sub-plots in the movie is loosely based on the infamous 2004 DPS MMS scandal.[5]

Early life and education

Dibakar Banerjee was born and brought up at New Rohtak Road near Karol Bagh, in West Delhi, and studied at Bal Bharati Public School, Delhi.[6][7][8]

After finishing his schooling, he joined the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad to study visual communications and graphic design, but left it two and a half years later. Back in New Delhi, he worked briefly with audio-visual filmmaker Sam Mathews.[8][9]

Career

He joined advertising as a copywriter first with Shems Combit , TBWA Anthem, and then he joined Contract Advertising, Delhi, where he worked with Pradeep Sarkar, who was then a creative director at the agency. Screenwriter Jaideep Sahni was also one of his colleagues, who later penned Khosla Ka Ghosla’s story, screenplay, dialogues and lyrics.

In 1997, he left Contract to launch his own company, 'Watermark', with two ex- NID friends, promos for Channel V and MTV and Ad films for major brands. With friend and ex-colleague Jaideep Sinha he conceptualised his debut film "about Delhi, based in Delhi", Khosla Ka Ghosla (2006) starring Anupam Kher and Boman Irani, shot in locations in and around New Delhi. The film went on to receive not just accolades for him but also a National Film Award amongst others,[1][10] and brought him in the list of new filmmakers who were bringing about a marked shift in Bollywood themes, which typically focuses on stories & characters from in and around Mumbai.[11][12]

In 2008, he co-wrote and directed his second feature, also set in his hometown Delhi,[3] Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, with Abhay Deol and Paresh Rawal, it was premiered at the IFFI, Goa,[6] and also at MoMA, New York.[13] Commercially it was released in the 26/11 weekend, though it went on to become a sleeper hit;[14] later New York Times described it as "a breezy mix of satire and realism",[15] and the film won three Filmfare Awards.

In 2010, he directed India's first film shot entirely on Digital Camera, Love Sex aur Dhokha (LSD),which won him critical acclaim. A cutting satire on lapsing social mores fueled by materialistic greed and technological media advancement, it continued his oeuvre of grappling with the life of anchor-less middle-class & the completely amoral nouveau riche thrown up by India's economic boom of the 1990s. Screened in key festivals around the world it went on to get him international acclaim.

In 2012, he directed Shanghai, a critically acclaimed political thriller involving an assassination, wherein Abhay Deol, who was the lead in his previous film Oye Lucky!, plays one of the three principal characters of the film, a Tamil IAS officer. The film also stars one of Bollywood's most popular stars, Emraan Hashmi. The film is based on the 1967 Greek novel Z written by Vassilis Vassilikos, which was also made into a film by Costa-Gavras.

Shanghai released on June 8, 2012.[16][17]

Personal life

Dibakar Banerjee is married to Richa Puranesh, who has an FMCG marketing background,[8] and the couple lived in Delhi for many years. After the success of Khosla Ka Ghosla, the couple moved to Mumbai and live in Parel, Mumbai with their 3 year old daughter.

Filmography

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b "The first rush". The Telegraph (Kolkata). October 14, 2006.
  2. ^ Mukherjee, Aparajita (25 January 2010). "Dibakar gets lucky with Oye Lucky..." Times of India.
  3. ^ a b "Banerjee ready with second film". The Hindu. October 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "Imran Khan makes debut in Coke ad". Indiatimes.com Movies. 11 Feb, 2010. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "Delhi MMS scandal inspires Dibakar's 'Love, Sex Aur Dhoka'". The Indian Express. Dec 29, 2009.
  6. ^ a b "Out to steal hearts". The Hindu. Nov 29, 2008.
  7. ^ "CUT TO DELHI". The Indian Express. Feb 15, 2009.
  8. ^ a b c "The Quiet Riot: The middle class loves Dibakar Banerjee's films." Tehelka. February 20, 2010.
  9. ^ Sahu, Shambhu (23 October 2006). "'You have to create a believable reality'". The Times of India.
  10. ^ Taran Adarsh (September 22, 2006). "Movie review: Khosla Ka Ghosla, Rocky". The Indian Express.
  11. ^ Singh, Madhur (Oct. 11, 2007). "Bollywood Changes Its Tune". TIME. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ "The old in the new: By subverting popular idioms, a new wave of filmmakers are redefining Hindi cinema". Screen (magazine). Aug 28, 2009.
  13. ^ Dasgupta, Priyanka (5 June 2009). "I plan to do a political thriller: Dibakar". The Times of India.
  14. ^ "Role play". Screen (magazine). Jul 03, 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ Rachel Saltz (June 4, 2009). "The Variety of Life, Real and Imagined, in Movie-Mad India". New York Times.
  16. ^ "Abhay Deol in Dibakar's political thriller". Screen (magazine). Dec 25, 2009.
  17. ^ "Abhay to learn Tamil". The Times of India. 24 December 2009.
  18. ^ "National Film Awards: Priyanka gets best actress, 'Antaheen' awarded best film". The Times of India. 23 January 2010.
  19. ^ http://www.mediasarkar.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1949:second-irds-film-awards-for-social-concern&catid=115:entertainment-&Itemid=231

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