Atanu Ghosh

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.^[1] His film Shesh Pata,^[2][3] 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.

Atanu Ghosh
Born	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Education	University of Calcutta
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenplay writer
Website	atanughosh.in

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.^[4]Megh Brishti Rodh fetched him the coveted RAPA Award for Best screenplay. He was awarded the prestigious Shyamal Sen Smriti Samman in 2008.^[5]

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^[6] for Best Indian Film 2013, was officially selected in many film festivals including Shanghai International Film Festival,^[7] Dhaka International Film Festival and many others. It received four Filmfare Awards^[8] 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^[9] 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^[10] 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,^[11] the WBFJA (West Bengal Film Journalists' Association)^[12] for Best Film, Best Actor (Soumitra Chatterjee), Best Actor (Prosenjit Chatterjee) besides 3 international nominations.^[13]

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

• 72 Ghanta (2022)^[14]

Awards and recognitions

Awards and recognitions

Year	Award	Category	Film
2017	National Film Award[15]	Best Bengali Film	Mayurakshi
2013	Filmfare Awards[16]	Best Film (Critics)	Rupkatha Noy
2017	Filmfare Awards[17]	Best Film (Critics)	Mayurakshi
2019	Filmfare Awards	Best Film (Critics)	Robibaar
2020	Filmfare Awards[18]	Best Film (Critics)	Binisutoy
2023	Filmfare Awards[19]	Best Director, Best Original Story, Best Dialogue	Shesh Pata

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:

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

• Bandi Mon Khola Akash 2021
• Nihsango Nagorik 2023^[20]