Atanu Ghosh
{{short description|Indian filmmaker}}
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|name = Atanu Ghosh
|image = Atanu Ghosh.jpg
|birth_place = Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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|education = University of Calcutta
|occupation = Film director, screenplay writer
|website = {{URL|atanughosh.in}}
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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/atanu-ghosh-on-winning-national-award-for-mayurakshi-i-hope-more-people-will-see-it-now/story-16iNv1zolE21AKTgQRfixO.html|title=Atanu Ghosh on his film Mayurakshi winning National Award: I hope more people will see it now|work=Hindustan Times|date=21 April 2018}} His film Shesh Pata,{{Cite web |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=2024-05-03 |title=India's Prosenjit Chatterjee on Overcoming His Hero Image With 'Shesh Pata' Role: 'It Was a Huge Task' (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/asia/prosenjit-chatterjee-shesh-pata-1235991086/ |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2024-01-16 |title='Shesh Pata' adjudged best movie, Prosenjit gets best actor award by film journos |url=https://theprint.in/feature/shesh-pata-adjudged-best-movie-prosenjit-gets-best-actor-award-by-film-journos/1926197/ |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}} 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
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.{{Cite web |title=Movie Details of 29th Kolkata International Film Festival |url=https://kiff.in/archive/2020/official-selection/special-tribute-soumitra-chattopadhyay/1084 |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=kiff.in |language=en}}Megh Brishti Rodh fetched him the coveted RAPA Award for Best screenplay. He was awarded the prestigious Shyamal Sen Smriti Samman in 2008.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-26 |title=A Day with Atanu Ghosh – SRFSB |url=https://srfsb.co.in/a-day-with-atanu-ghosh/ |access-date=2024-06-29 |language=en-US}}
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{{cite web|url=http://dearcinema.com/news/fandry-wins-fipresci-india-film-critics-award-best-indian-film-2013/4955 |title=Fandry wins FIPRESCI-India Film Critics Award for Best Indian Film 2013 – DearCinema.com|accessdate=2014-11-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109124528/http://dearcinema.com/news/fandry-wins-fipresci-india-film-critics-award-best-indian-film-2013/4955|archivedate=9 November 2014}} for Best Indian Film 2013, was officially selected in many film festivals including Shanghai International Film Festival,{{cite web|url=http://www.siff.com/mlisten/2012/ShowDetail.aspx?dicID%3D968284c6-497e-41c4-9947-ef732cd2a0e6%26ID%3D334c47c4-7c60-4266-8383-f73363e6a1d4|title=The 17Th Shanghai International Film Festival|accessdate=9 November 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109133713/http://www.siff.com/mlisten/2012/ShowDetail.aspx?dicID=968284c6-497e-41c4-9947-ef732cd2a0e6&ID=334c47c4-7c60-4266-8383-f73363e6a1d4|archivedate=9 November 2014}} Dhaka International Film Festival and many others. It received four Filmfare AwardsFilmfare Awards East 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{{cite web|url=http://www.siff.com/mlisten/2012/ShowDetail.aspx?dicID%3D6807d95b-069b-4a40-8dc0-d97c9f835918%26ID%3D69923957-216b-40be-93c8-bf9d826ade2d|title=The 17Th Shanghai International Film Festival|accessdate=18 October 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025055306/http://www.siff.com/mlisten/2012/ShowDetail.aspx?dicID=6807d95b-069b-4a40-8dc0-d97c9f835918&ID=69923957-216b-40be-93c8-bf9d826ade2d|archivedate=25 October 2014}} in June 2014. He received a National Film Award in the Best Film category for his 2018 movie Mayurakshi. His sixth film Mayurakshi received four Filmfare Awards{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-east-2018/winners|title = Filmfare Award East 2018 Winners – List of Bengali Filmfare Award Winners}} 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,{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/mani-ratnam-gifts-10-lakh-to-groom-young-filmmakers/article22897428.ece|title=Mani Ratnam gifts ₹10 lakh to groom young filmmakers|newspaper=The Hindu|date=March 2018}} the WBFJA (West Bengal Film Journalists' Association){{Cite web |url=http://allaboutbanglacinema.org/news/winners-wbfja-awards-2018/ |title=Winners of WBFJA (West Bengal Film Journalists' Association) Awards 2018 |access-date=8 May 2018 |archive-date=22 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622101341/http://allaboutbanglacinema.org/news/winners-wbfja-awards-2018/ |url-status=dead }} for Best Film, Best Actor (Soumitra Chatterjee), Best Actor (Prosenjit Chatterjee) besides 3 international nominations.https://filmbazaarindia.com/media/2483/indian-panorama_2009_catalogue.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}
Filmography
=Feature films=
- Angshumaner Chhobi (2009)
- Takhan Teish (2010)
- Rupkatha Noy (2013)
- Ek Phaali Rodh (2014)
- Abby Sen (2015)
- Mayurakshi (2017)
- Robibaar (2019)
- Binisutoy (2021)
- Aaro Ek Prithibi (2023)
- Shesh Pata (2023)
Web Originals
Awards and recognitions
=Telefilms=
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:
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| 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=
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
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Atanu Ghosh}}
- {{Official website|http://www.atanughosh.in}}
- {{IMDb name|2267717}}
- {{cite web| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217030324/http://banglatelefilmclub.org/ | title=Welcome to India's First Telefilm Club ... | url=http://banglatelefilmclub.org/ | archive-date=2007-12-17}}
- {{cite web| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612100922/http://www.realbollywood.com/news/2007/01/indian-telefilms.html | title=Indian telefilms a platform for young artists | url=http://www.realbollywood.com/news/2007/01/indian-telefilms.html | archive-date=2008-06-12}}
- {{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/calcutta-times/big-screen-brings-added-charm-to-bangla-telefilms/articleshow/791509.cms | title=Big screen brings added charm to Bangla telefilms | newspaper=The Times of India | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806044536/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/calcutta-times/big-screen-brings-added-charm-to-bangla-telefilms/articleshow/791509.cms | archive-date=2011-08-06 | date=2004-07-27}}
- {{cite web| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014060317/http://www.my-westbengal.com/n/a/arc6-2005.shtml | title=My-WestBengal.Com: Comprehensive West Bengal News Coverage! | archive-date=2008-10-14 | url=http://www.my-westbengal.com/n/a/arc6-2005.shtml}}
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