Rituparno Ghosh
Indian film director, actor, writer, and lyricist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rituparno Ghosh (31 August 1963 – 30 May 2013) was an Indian film director, actor, writer and lyricist.[1] After pursuing a degree in economics, he started his career as a creative artist at an advertising agency. He received recognition for his second feature film Unishe April which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film. Having won 19 National Awards, along with his contemporaries Aparna Sen and Goutam Ghose, Rituparno heralded contemporary Bengali cinema to greater heights.[2][3] Ghosh died on 30 May 2013 in Kolkata after a heart attack.[4][5] Ghosh was also one of the openly homosexual personalities in Indian cinema.
Rituparno Ghosh | |
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Born | (1963-08-31)31 August 1963 Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
Died | 30 May 2013(2013-05-30) (aged 49) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Other names | Ritu |
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Years active | 1992–2013 |
Ghosh was influenced by the works of Satyajit Ray and was an avid reader of Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore's works are frequently referenced to in his films.[6] He also made a documentary titled Jeevan Smriti on the life of Tagore.[7][8] In his career spanning almost two decades, he won 12 National and numerous International awards.[9] His unreleased Bengali movie Sunglass (also known as Taak Jhaank) was honoured and released at the 19th Kolkata International Film Festival.[10][11]