Atanu Ghosh


Atanu Ghosh is a Bengali filmmaker. His Bengali film Mayurakshi was awarded the National Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali.

Biography

Right from his debut feature film, Atanu's films have been widely shown in most prominent film festivals across the world. Winner of numerous national and international awards, his works reflect an urge for exploring unique complexities of human behaviour pitted against the backdrop of rapidly changing society. His films are known for perceptual precision and economy of expression.
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. Another telefilm, Akashchhoan, was selected for the 10th International Kolkata Film Festival, 2004. Sumitra Online was selected for the Telesamman Award for the Best Telefilm of 2005, and Asamapto for Best Direction in 2006. Megh Brishti Rodh fetched him the coveted RAPA Award for Best screenplay. He was awarded the prestigious Shyamal Sen Smriti Samman in 2008.
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 was selected in the Indian Panorama of the International Film Festival of India as well as in Competitive Section, was awarded the prestigious Aravindan Puraskaram for the Best debut film of 2009, the Lankesh Chitra Prashasti Bengal Film Journalist Award as well as Audience Award 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 was nominated for the FIPRESCI Award for Best Indian Film 2013, was officially selected in many film festivals including Shanghai International Film Festival,
Dhaka International Film Festival and many others. It received four Filmfare Awards including Best Film, Best Actor - Soumitra Chatterjee, Best Debut Actress, Best Female Playback Singer. His fourth film, Ek Phaali Rodh, had its World Premiere at Shanghai International Film Festival 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 including Best Film, Best Actor -, Best Actor -, Best Background Score. Mayurakshi was awarded the prestigious Chitra Bharathi for the Best Indian Cinema Award of 2018, the WBFJA for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actor besides 3 international nominations.

Filmography

Feature films

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:
YearFilmLanguageCast & Note
2003DishaBengaliLocket Chatterjee, Pijush Ganguly, Bhaskar Banerjee & Kamalika Banerjee.
2003WeekendBengali
Aparajita Auddy, Krishnakishore Mukherjee, Suchandra Chowdhury & Bhaswar Chatterjee.
2003SHRISTICHARABengaliBhiswa Guha Thakurata, Sunil Mukherjee & Bhaskar Banerjee
2003Amriter PutraBengalilLocket Chatterjee, Kharaj Mukherjee, Suman Banerjee
2003AkashchhoyaBengaliGargi Roychowdhury, Pijush Ganguly, Kamalika Banerjee.
2004700 Square FtBengaliBadsha Moitra, Rudranil Ghosh, Rituparna Sen.
2004Sumitra OnlineBengaliMamatashankar, Biswajit Chakrabarty, Goutam De
2004Gabhir AsukhBengaliKrishnakishore Mukherjee, Aparajita Auddy, Bhiswa Guha Thakurata, Debesh Roychowdhury.
2004KantaBengaliSwastika Mukherjee, Kaushik Sen, Sudipta Chakrabarty
2005DeadlineBengaliParambrato Chatterjee, Aparajita Ghosh Das, Suchandra Chowdhury & Biswajit Chakrabarty
2005Megh Bristi RodhBengaliKaushik Sen, Swastika Mukherjee, Badsha Moitra, Rajat Ganguly
2005ManthanBengaliSabyasachi Chakrabarty, Mallika Majumdar, Diganta, Indrani Bose, Bhaskar Banerjee
2005AsomaptoBengaliSoumitra Chatterjee, Indrani Halder, Kaushik Sen, Bishwanath Bose.
2005MishraraagBengaliIndrani Halder, Kaushik Sen, Badsha Moitra, Aparajita Auddy, Bhaskar Banerjee and Supriya Devi
2006Aaro Ek PrithibiBengaliIndrani Halder, Badsha Moitra, Rajatava Dutta, Kanchana Moitra
2006Aaloy PheraBengaliIndrani Halder, Shiladitya Patranobish
2006AnkushBengaliSoumitra Chatterjee, Indrani Halder, Badsha Moitra, Parambrato Chatterjee
2007Roopkatha NoyBengaliKaushik Sen, Koninika Banerjee, Suchandra Chowdhury & Sourabh Das
2007ParamparaBengaliGoutam De, Arunodoy, Priyanka
2007Premer GalpoBengaliKaushik Sen, Indrani Halder, Biswanath Bose
2008Adhara MadhuriBengaliBhaswar Chatterjee, Neel Mukherjee, Aparajita Ghosh Das and Indrani Halder
2009Parokiya 2000BengaliKaushik Sen, Anjana Basu, Kushal Chakrabarty

Others

Notable films/serials/documentaries: