Atanu Ghosh

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Atanu Ghosh
Born
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Occupation(s)Film director, screenplay writer
Websiteatanughosh.in

Atanu Ghosh Ghosh is a National-Award-winning Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, author and teacher. His Bengali film Mayurakshi (2017) was awarded the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali.[1] His film Shesh Pata,[2][3] Angshumaner Chhobi, Mayurakshi, Binisutoy, Abby Sen and Rupkatha Noy, bagged multiple awards.Atanu started his career as a scriptwriter and director for documentary films in 1996. For his work in Aar Ek Bampi, he received the Doordarshan National Award for Best Children's Telefilm.

Biography

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After completing post-graduation in journalism from the University of Calcutta, Ghosh started his career in 1996 as scriptwriter and director of documentary films. Thereafter, he branched out to fictional serials and telefilms.

He received the Doordarshan National Award for Best Children's telefilm Aar ek Bampi in 2002.[4]Megh Brishti Rodh fetched him the coveted RAPA Award for Best screenplay. He was awarded the prestigious Shyamal Sen Smriti Samman in 2008.[5]

Ghosh wrote a play for National School of Drama, New Delhi entitled "Ruh-ba-Ruh" directed by Kaushik Sen. He has directed some 23 telefilms. Ghosh has also worked as scriptwriter and editor for many eminent directors. Also, he has directed over 30 documentary and corporate films for many reputed organisations. His debut feature film, Angshumaner Chhobi (2009) was selected in the Indian Panorama of the International Film Festival of India (2009) as well as in Competitive Section, was awarded the prestigious Aravindan Puraskaram for the Best debut film of 2009, the Lankesh Chitra Prashasti (Karnataka State Award for India's Best Debut Director ) Bengal Film Journalist Award as well as Audience Award (Rainbow Film Festival, London) besides 13 other national and international awards. Takhan Teish was his second film, which was released in 2011. It was screened at film festivals in Shanghai, Osaka and other places. His third film Rupkatha Noy (2013) was nominated for the FIPRESCI Award[6] for Best Indian Film 2013, was officially selected in many film festivals including Shanghai International Film Festival,[7] Dhaka International Film Festival and many others. It received four Filmfare Awards[8] including Best Film (Critics Choice), Best Actor (Critics Choice) - Soumitra Chatterjee, Best Debut Actress (Sohini Sarkar), Best Female Playback Singer (Anwesha Dutta Gupta). His fourth film, Ek Phaali Rodh (2014), had its World Premiere at Shanghai International Film Festival[9] in June 2014. He received a National Film Award[10] in the Best Film category for his 2018 movie Mayurakshi. His sixth film Mayurakshi received four Filmfare Awards[11] including Best Film (Critics Choice), Best Actor (Critics Choice) - (Soumitra Chatterjee), Best Actor (Popular Choice)- (Prosenjit Chatterjee), Best Background Score (Debojyoti Mishra). Mayurakshi was awarded the prestigious Chitra Bharathi for the Best Indian Cinema Award of 2018,[12] the WBFJA (West Bengal Film Journalists' Association)[13] for Best Film, Best Actor (Soumitra Chatterjee), Best Actor (Prosenjit Chatterjee) besides 3 international nominations.[14]

Filmography

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Feature films

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Web Originals

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Awards and recognitions

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Awards and recognitions
Year Award Category Film
2017 National Film Award[16] Best Bengali Film Mayurakshi
2013 Filmfare Awards[17] Best Film (Critics) Rupkatha Noy
2017 Filmfare Awards[18] Best Film (Critics) Mayurakshi
2019 Filmfare Awards Best Film (Critics) Robibaar
2020 Filmfare Awards[19] Best Film (Critics) Binisutoy
2023 Filmfare Awards[20] Best Director, Best Original Story, Best Dialogue Shesh Pata

Telefilms

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The following is the list of telefilms directed by Atanu Ghosh. For all but one of these telefilms, Atanu Ghosh is also credited for the story and screenplay:

Year Film Language Cast & Note
2003 Disha Bengali Locket Chatterjee, Pijush Ganguly, Bhaskar Banerjee & Kamalika Banerjee.
2003 Weekend Bengali

Aparajita Auddy, Krishnakishore Mukherjee, Suchandra Chowdhury & Bhaswar Chatterjee.

2003 Srishtichhara Bengali Bhiswa Guha Thakurata, Sunil Mukherjee & Bhaskar Banerjee
2003 Amriter Putra Bengalil Locket Chatterjee, Kharaj Mukherjee, Suman Banerjee (Selected in 2nd Kolkata Telefilm Festival)
2003 Akashchhoya Bengali Gargi Roychowdhury, Pijush Ganguly, Kamalika Banerjee (Selected in 2nd Kolkata Telefilm Festival. Selected in 10th Kolkata International Film Festival, 2004).
2004 700 Square Ft Bengali Badsha Moitra, Rudranil Ghosh, Rituparna Sen (Selected in 2nd Kolkata Telefilm Festival. Nominated as Best Telefilm of the year in the Anandolok Puraskar,2004).
2004 Sumitra Online Bengali Mamatashankar, Biswajit Chakrabarty, Goutam De (Winner of Telesamman for Best Telefilm of 2004)
2004 Gabhir Asukh Bengali Krishnakishore Mukherjee, Aparajita Auddy, Bhiswa Guha Thakurata, Debesh Roychowdhury.
2004 Kanta Bengali Swastika Mukherjee, Kaushik Sen, Sudipta Chakrabarty (Nominated for Best Actress (Swastika Mukherjee) in the Indo-Bangladesh Kala Music Awards, 2005)
2005 Deadline Bengali Parambrato Chatterjee, Aparajita Ghosh Das, Suchandra Chowdhury & Biswajit Chakrabarty
2005 Megh Bristi Rodh Bengali Kaushik Sen, Swastika Mukherjee, Badsha Moitra, Rajat Ganguly (winner of RAPA Award for Best screenplay)
2005 Manthan Bengali Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Mallika Majumdar, Diganta, Indrani Bose, Bhaskar Banerjee
2005 Asomapto Bengali Soumitra Chatterjee, Indrani Halder, Kaushik Sen, Bishwanath Bose .(Winner of Tellysamman for Best Direction 2006)
2005 Mishraraag Bengali Indrani Halder, Kaushik Sen, Badsha Moitra, Aparajita Auddy, Bhaskar Banerjee and Supriya Devi
2006 Aaro Ek Prithibi Bengali Indrani Halder, Badsha Moitra, Rajatava Dutta, Kanchana Moitra
2006 Aaloy Phera Bengali Indrani Halder, Shiladitya Patranobish (Winner of Tellysamman for Best Actress – Indrani Halder – 2007; Nominated for Tellysamman for Best Telefilm of 2007)
2006 Ankush Bengali Soumitra Chatterjee, Indrani Halder, Badsha Moitra, Parambrato Chatterjee(Nominated for Best Telefilm in Anandalok Puraskar 2007)
2007 Roopkatha Noy Bengali Kaushik Sen, Koninika Banerjee, Suchandra Chowdhury & Sourabh Das
2007 Parampara Bengali Goutam De, Arunodoy, Priyanka
2007 Premer Galpo Bengali Kaushik Sen, Indrani Halder, Biswanath Bose
2008 Adhara Madhuri Bengali Bhaswar Chatterjee, Neel Mukherjee, Aparajita Ghosh Das and Indrani Halder
2009 Parokiya 2000 Bengali Kaushik Sen, Anjana Basu, Kushal Chakrabarty

Others

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Notable films/serials/documentaries:

  • Banglar Swadeshi Gaan – a 3-episode series on the patriotic songs of Bengal to commemorate 50 years of Indian independence
  • Ebong Computer – a 10 episode fictional series on computers
  • Aatanka – a 40 min fictional film on AIDS awareness
  • Chalti Hawa – a 10 episode musical series on Bengali Band music
  • Goenda Poribar – a 52 episode fiction series
  • Icchedana – a 26 episode science fiction series for children
  • Ardhek Prithibi – a 26 episode fiction series
  • Abaak Prithibi – a 26 episode fiction series

Bibliography

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  • Bandi Mon Khola Akash 2021
  • Nihsango Nagorik 2023[21]

References

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  1. ^ "Atanu Ghosh on his film Mayurakshi winning National Award: I hope more people will see it now". 21 April 2018.
  2. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (3 May 2024). "India's Prosenjit Chatterjee on Overcoming His Hero Image With 'Shesh Pata' Role: 'It Was a Huge Task' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  3. ^ PTI (16 January 2024). "'Shesh Pata' adjudged best movie, Prosenjit gets best actor award by film journos". ThePrint. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Movie Details of 29th Kolkata International Film Festival". kiff.in. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  5. ^ "A Day with Atanu Ghosh - SRFSB". 26 August 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Fandry wins FIPRESCI-India Film Critics Award for Best Indian Film 2013 - DearCinema.com". Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  7. ^ "The 17Th Shanghai International Film Festival". Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  8. ^ Filmfare Awards East
  9. ^ "The 17Th Shanghai International Film Festival". Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  10. ^ 65th National Film Awards[circular reference]
  11. ^ "Filmfare Award East 2018 Winners - List of Bengali Filmfare Award Winners".
  12. ^ "Mani Ratnam gifts ₹10 lakh to groom young filmmakers". The Hindu. March 2018.
  13. ^ "Winners of WBFJA (West Bengal Film Journalists' Association) Awards 2018". Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  14. ^ https://filmbazaarindia.com/media/2483/indian-panorama_2009_catalogue.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  15. ^ https://www.dhakatribune.com/showtime/315133/chorki-releases-poster-for-soumitra-chatterjee%E2%80%99s [bare URL]
  16. ^ "65th National Film Awards: 'Mayurakshi' grabs the Best Bengali Film Award". The Times of India. 13 April 2018. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  17. ^ "Winners of Vivel Filmfare Awards East | Filmfare.com". www.filmfare.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  18. ^ https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/filmfare-award-for-bishorjon-mayurakshi-as-best-films-118021800316_1.html [bare URL]
  19. ^ https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-bangla-2021/winners [bare URL]
  20. ^ https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-bangla-2024/live-updates [bare URL]
  21. ^ https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/three-movie-scripts-of-bengali-director-atanu-ghosh-is-going-to-be-published-in-a-book-dgtl/cid/1494187 [bare URL]
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