Bengali Directors
by rahulmir6 | created - 16 May 2020 | updated - 16 May 2020 | PublicBengali known and unknown Great Directors
1. 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 ...
2. 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 ...
3. 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 ...
4. 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 ...
5. 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.
6. Kaushik Ganguly
Writer | Jyeshthoputro
Kaushik Ganguly was born on August 4, 1968 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He is an actor and writer, known for The Elder Son (2019), The Eunuch and the Flute Player (2017) and Cinemawala (2016). He is married to Churni Ganguly. They have one child.
7. 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.
8. Aditya Vikram Sengupta
Director | Asha Jaoar Majhe
Aditya Vikram Sengupta is known for Labour of Love (2014), Once Upon a Time in Calcutta (2021) and Jonaki (2018).
9. 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).
10. Shoojit Sircar
Director | Piku
Cinema entered the ordinary life of a young, sports and soccer enthusiast Shoojit Sircar, studying in Delhi, India, quite by chance when during the XIIth grade a friend suggested accompanying him for the viewing of a film. Unbeknownst to Sircar, this film would mark for him the beginning of a whole...
11. Tapan Sinha
Director | Apanjan
Born in 1924. Science graduate from University of Calcutta. Sinha began his film career as a sound engineer in Calcutta's New Theatre in 1946. Four years later, he received an invitation to the London film festival and the opportunity of working at Pinewood Studios. He was in the UK for two years. ...
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