Greatest Directors of Bengali Art Cinema
by PurnenduSingh | created - 03 Jun 2014 | updated - 03 Jun 2014 | PublicIconic Film makers of Bengali Art Cinema, in alphabetical order
1. Aparna Sen
Director | Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
Aparna Sen is a renowned name in Bengali as well as Indian cinema. She has excelled both as an actor in film and theatre and as a director of parallel cinema.
Aparna was born in 1945 in Kolkata. Her father is film critic and film maker Late Chidananda Das Gupta. She studied at Modern High School and...
2. Buddhadev Dasgupta
Director | Uttara
Buddhadev Dasgupta was born on February 11, 1944 in Anara, India. He was a director and writer, known for Uttara (2000), Dooratwa (1979) and Charachar (1994). He died on June 10, 2021 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
3. Goutam Ghose
Director | Paar
Goutam Ghose was born on July 24, 1950 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He is a director and writer, known for Paar (1984), Abar Aranye (2003) and Moner Manush (2010).
4. Mrinal Sen
Director | Chorus
Sen is one of his nation's most politically active filmakers. After having studied physics at university in Calcutta, Sen worked as a freelance journalist, a salesman of patent medicines and a sound technician in a film studio. In the mid-1940s he joined the Indian People's Theatre Association and ...
5. Qaushiq Mukherjee
Director | Gandu
Qaushiq Mukherjee was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He is known for Gandu (2010), Garbage (2018) and Land of Cards (2012).
6. Ritwik Ghatak
Director | Jukti, Takko Aar Gappo
Ritwik Ghatak was born on November 4, 1925 in Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India [now in Dhaka, Bangladesh]. He was a director and writer, known for Jukti, Takko Aar Gappo (1974), Musafir (1957) and The Cloud-Capped Star (1960). He was married to Surama Ghatak. He died on February 6, 1976 in ...
7. Rituparno Ghosh
Writer | Dahan
Rituparno Ghosh is a Bengali film director. He has won 12 National Film Awards in India and several awards at international film festivals abroad. He began directing in advertising. In 1992, he made a low-key film debut with a children's feature titled Hirer Angti (The Diamond Ring). His second ...
8. Sandip Ray
Director | Nishijapon
Sandip Ray was born on September 8, 1953 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He is a director and writer, known for Nishijapon (2005), Goopy Bagha Phire Elo (1991) and Professor Shanku O El Dorado (2019). He is married to Lalita Ray. They have one child.
9. Satyajit Ray
Writer | Pather Panchali
Satyajit Ray was born in Calcutta on May 2, 1921. His father, Late Sukumar Ray was an eminent poet and writer in the history of Bengali literature. In 1940, after receiving his degree in science and economics from Calcutta University, he attended Tagore's Viswa-Bharati University. His first movie ...
10. Sombhu Mitra
Director | Jagte Raho
Sombhu Mitra was born on August 22, 1915 in Hooghly District, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]. He was an actor and director, known for Stay Alert (1956), Shubha Bibaha (1959) and '42 (1951). He was married to Tripti Mitra. He died on May 19, 1997 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.
11. Srijit Mukherji
Director | Vinci Da
Srijit Mukherji was born on September 23, 1977 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He is a director and writer, known for Vinci Da (2019), Ek Je Chhilo Raja (2018) and Chotushkone (2014). He has been married to Rafiath Rashid Mithila since December 6, 2019.
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