Rituparno Ghosh
Rituparno Ghosh ( Bengali ঋতুপর্ণ ঘোষ Ṛtuparṇa Ghoṣ ; born August 31, 1963 in Calcutta , West Bengal ; † May 30, 2013 ibid) was an Indian director of Bengali films .
Life
Ghosh grew up in Kolkata and studied economics . He started out doing commercials and made his feature film debut in 1992 with the low-budget children's film Hirer Angti . Already with his second film Unishe April , the film critics noticed and he won his first National Film Award for this film in 1995 . Since then he has made several successful films with Dahan , Utsab , Chokher Bali and Raincoat . His films deal with family and social relationships. Because of his keen observation of Indian society, some local critics saw Ghosh as a successor to Satyajit Ray .
Chokher Bali (2003) with actress Aishwarya Rai brought Ghosh back into the limelight of Indian film . Rai's voice was dubbed in Bengali for this. In 2003 the film was nominated for the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival .
Ghosh, who suffered from a pancreatic disease, died of a heart attack at his Calcutta home.
Filmography
- 1992: Hirer Angti
- 1994: Unishe April ( National Film Award / Best Film )
- 1997: Dahan ( National Film Award / Best Actress )
- 1999: Bariwali ( NETPAC Prize of the Berlinale Forum , Kiron Kher - National Film Award / Best Actress , Best Narrative Award at the 43rd San Francisco International Film Festival )
- 1999: Asukh
- 2000: Utsab ( National Film Award / Best Director )
- 2002: Titli
- 2003: Shubho Mahurat ( National Film Award / Best Film in Bengali )
- 2003: Chokher Bali
- 2004: Raincoat ( National Film Award / Best Film in Hindi )
- 2005: Antar Mahal
- 2006: Dosar
- 2007: The Last Lear
- 2008: Khela
- 2009: Abohomaan
- 2009: Shob Charitro Kalponik
- 2010: Aarekti Premer Golpo
- 2011: Mumbai Cutting (section "Urge")
- 2011: Kashmakash
- 2012: Chitrangada
Web links
- Rituparno Ghosh in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ghosh's films at Chaosmag
- A gutsy filmmaker whose craft transcended the confines of region in The Hindu from May 30, 2013
- Rituparno Ghosh, a visionary and champion of liberal sexuality, dies at 49 in Hindustan Times of May 30, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ asianfilms.org ( Memento of the original from February 11, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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SURNAME | Ghosh, Rituparno |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bengali film director |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1963 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kolkata , West Bengal |
DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 2013 |
Place of death | Kolkata , West Bengal |