Animesh Aich

{{Infobox person

| name = Animesh Aich

| image = Animesh Aich (1).jpg

| caption = Aich in 2018

| birth_date = 8 February {{year?}}

| nationality = Bangladeshi

| occupation = {{hlist|Filmmaker|Director|Actor|Writer}}

| partner = Ashna Habib Bhabna (2018–present){{Cite news|url=https://en.prothomalo.com/entertainment/Bhabna-doesn-t-know-when-she-ll-marry-Animesh|title=Bhabna doesn't know when she'll marry Animesh|date=27 Jan 2020|work=Prothom Alo}}

| years_active = 2002–present

| known_for = {{blist|Guerrilla (2011)|Debi (2018)}}

}}

Animesh Aich (born 8 February {{year?}}){{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/showtime/2018/02/08/animesh-aich-celebrates-grand-birthday-party|title=Animesh Aich celebrates grand birthday party|date=2018-02-08|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=2019-03-03}} is a Bangladeshi filmmaker, director, actor and writer. He is a recipient of one Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Art Direction for his work in the war film Guerrilla (2011), and has also won a record four Meril Prothom Alo Awards for Best TV Director.

Personal life

Animesh Aich celebrates his birthday on February 8. He has a younger brother, named Anup Aich.{{Cite web |last=Reeti |first=Sadia Khalid|date=29 January 2019 |title=Anup Aich: From films to books and books to films |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/amp/showtime/167426/anup-aich-from-films-to-books-and-books-to-films |access-date=23 September 2024 |website=Dhaka Tribune}} Animesh studied sculpting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/news/animesh-aich-1799548|title=Animesh Aich|date=2019-09-14|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}

Animesh has been dating actress Ashna Habib Bhabna since late 2010s.{{Cite web |url=https://www.daily-bangladesh.com/Animesh-Habib-to-marry-soon/19547 |title=Animesh-Habib to marry soon! |language=en |access-date=2019-06-06}}{{Cite web |date=14 February 2017 |title=অনিমেষ বললো, একদম ঢং কইরো না: ভাবনা |url=https://www.banglatribune.com/amp/entertainment/181215/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B7-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%A2%E0%A6%82-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE |access-date=23 September 2024 |website=Bangla Tribune |language=bn}}

Career

Aich joined an advertising company as a copy writer. Aich and some other contemporary directors such as Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, Tarek Shahriar, Nurul Alam Atique were involved with Jolchobi.{{cite news |last=Islam |first=Mohammad Zahidul |date=31 May 2014 |title=Ten Things You Didn't Know about Animesh Aich |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/ten-things-you-didnt-know-about-br-animesh-aich-26231 |newspaper=The Daily Star}} Later he joined as an associate director in Cycle er Dana. He debuted in directing through a television drama named Kufa in 2002, for which he won the Meril-Prothom Alo Critics Choice award. In 2004, he won another Meril-Prothom Alo award for directing the television drama Chor Eshe Bhul Korechilo.

In 2011, Aich co-directed the liberation war film Guerrilla (2011), starring Jaya Ahsan and Ferdous Ahmed. It became a major success, earning ten National Film Awards, including Best Art Director for Aich.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/guerrilla-bags-10-national-film-awards|title=Guerrilla bags 10 National Film Awards|date=2013-03-17|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-03-03}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/interview/news/animesh-aich-awaits-career-landmark-1648186|title=Animesh Aich awaits a career landmark|date=2018-10-18|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-06-06}} Aich's next venture was the psychological thriller Zero Degree (2015), again starring Ahsan, along with Mahfuz Ahmed. The film was highly anticipated because of Aich's previous success, but critics were disappointed with his work.{{cite news |title=Zero Degree: Few Flaws Kill a Macabre Treat! |url=http://www.dhakacourier.com.bd/zero-degree-few-flaws-kill-a-macabre-treat/ |newspaper=Dhaka Courier |date=23 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228024224/http://www.dhakacourier.com.bd/zero-degree-few-flaws-kill-a-macabre-treat/ |archive-date=28 February 2015 |access-date=23 September 2024}}{{cite news |author=Abdullah Al Amin (Rubel) |date=28 February 2015 |title=Movie Review: Zero Degree (2015) |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/movie-review/bangla/zero-degree-2015-4354 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=23 September 2024}} His subsequent release Voyongkor Sundor (2017) also opened to a negative reception.{{Cite web |date=2017-08-19 |title=Bhoyonkor Sundor and Controversy Thereafter; How Much Justified? |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/movie-review-0/bhoyonkor-sundor-and-controversy-thereafter-how-much-justified-1450558?amp |access-date=2024-09-23|website=The Daily Star |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Parambrata, Bhabna on board for Animesh Aich's latest |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/t-junction/2015/apr/24/parambrata-bhabna-board-animesh-aichs-latest |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |date=24 April 2015}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/showtime/2018/02/13/stopped-reading-newspapers-voyangkor-sundor|title='I stopped reading newspapers after Voyangkor Sundor'|date=2018-02-13|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=2019-06-06}}

Aich first appeared as an actor in Lalon (2004) and Runaway (2012).{{Cite news |url=http://www.newagebd.net/article/50440/director-animesh-acts-in-film|title=Director Animesh acts in film|work=New Age |language=en|access-date=2019-06-06}} In 2018, he played a supporting role in Anam Biswas's psychological thriller Debi, as the husband of Ahsan's character. Based on Humayun Ahmed's novel of the same name, the film was well-received by critics and became a box-office success.{{Cite news |last=Raihan |first=Siam |date=20 October 2018 |title=Debi is worth the hype |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/showtime/158684/film-review-%E2%80%98debi%E2%80%99-is-worth-the-hype |access-date=23 September 2024 |work=Dhaka Tribune}}

The web film Maya, directed by Aich, was released in 2024 on the steaming platform Deepto Play. Maya is based on Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's supernatural novel of the same name.{{Cite web |last=Shazu |first=Shah Alam |date=29 March 2024 |title=Animesh Aich’s ‘Maya’ to stream on OTT this Pohela Baishakh |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/tv-film/news/animesh-aichs-maya-stream-ott-pohela-baishakh-3577581?amp |access-date=23 September 2024 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}

Awards

=Meril-Prothom Alo awards=

Best Director Critics' Choices Award, for Kufa (2002)
Best Director Award (Drama), for Chor Eshe Bhul Korechilo (2004){{cite web|url=http://www.animeshaich.com/animesh-aich/ |title=Animesh Aich |work=animeshaich.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713155428/http://www.animeshaich.com/animesh-aich/ |archivedate=2015-07-13 }}