Kaushik Ganguly

Kaushik Ganguly is an Indian director, screenwriter and actor in Bengali cinema.

Kaushik Ganguly
Ganguly in 2019
Born (1968-08-04) 4 August 1968
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materJadavpur University
OccupationDirector, actor, screenwriter
Notable work
Shabdo
Chotoder Chobi
Cinemawala
Bishorjan
Nagarkirtan
Spouse(s)Churni Ganguly
ChildrenUjaan Ganguly (son)
Parent(s)Sunil Ganguly (father)

Life and career

'Local is international'. This saying about regional cinema is what drives filmmaker Kaushik Ganguly, one of the most prominent names in contemporary Indian Cinema. Based out of Kolkata, Kaushik is one of the few Bengali directors with such impact on both international, as well as the regional film circuit. Formerly, a teacher of Bengali, he quit his job and moved to filmmaking long back in the early 90s. His film ‘Arekti Premer Golpo' (Just Another Love Story) had been selected in the Panorama section at Berlinale, 2010. Not only a several times National Film Awards winner for films like Laptop, Shabdo, Chotoder Chobi, Bisorjon and Nagarkirtan, but, he is also the only South Asian filmmaker to have received the prestigious UNESCO Fellini honour for his film, Cinemawala. His films have been selected in the Indian Panorama section at the International Film Festival of India, Goa, for 10 consecutive years. He is also a very highly acclaimed actor who has consistently proved his caliber with such strong performances in films like Kedara, Chotushkone, and Sankar Mudi, to name a few.

Filmography

Director
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmNotes
2004Waarish
2005Shunyo E Buke
2005Ek Mutho Chabi
2009Brake Fail
2009Jackpot
2010Arekti Premer GolpoSilver Peacock in IFFI 2010, Goa, Berlin Film Festival,2010, Best Film Award in NY Film Festival, 2010
2011Rang Milanti
2012LaptopNational Award in 2011 for Background Music, IFFI 2011, Goa, Indian Panorama, Dubai Film Festival 2011
2012ShabdoBest Feature Film in Bengali and Best Audiography in 2012, KFF 2011, IFFI 2012, Goa, Dubai Film Festival, Singapore Film festival 2012. Released in Kolkata on 2013.
2013C/O SirSingapore Film Festival 2013
2013Apur PanchaliAdaptation based on the real-life story of the actor acted as protagonist Apu in Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali
2014ShabdoA Anurag Basu Production, Under pre-production
2014KhaadGargi Roy Choudhury, Kaushik Ganguly, Mimi Chakraborty, Saheb, Tanushree, Pallavi Chatterjee, Ardhendu Banerjee, Lily Chakravarty
2015Chotoder ChobiDulal Sarkar, Deblina Roy in lead role
2016Bastu-ShaapAbir Chatterjee, Churni Ganguly, Kaushik Ganguly, Parambrata Chatterjee, Raima Sen in lead role
2016Cinemawala'ICFT-Unesco Fellini Prize'at IFFI-2015. Star Cast : Paran Bandopadhyay, Arun Guhathakurta, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Sohini Sarkar, Lama, Bimal Chakraborty, Aloknanda Roy, Debaloy Bhattacharya
2017BishorjanJaya Ahsan, Abir Chatterjee, Kaushik Ganguly, Lama
2017Chaya O ChobiAbir Chatterjee, Koyel Mallick, Priyanka Sarkar
2018DrishtikoneProsenjit Chatterjee, Rituparna Sengupta, Churni Ganguly in lead role
2018Kishore Kumar JuniorProsenjit Chatterjee, Aparajita Auddy, Rwitobroto Mukherjee in lead role
2019Nagarkirtan2017: National Film Awards

Special Jury Award (Feature Film): Nagarkirtan - Acropoliis Entertainment (Producer), Kaushik Ganguly (Director) Best Actor: Riddhi Sen Best Costume Design: Gobinda Mandal Best Make-up Artist: Ram Rajak

2019BijoyaJaya Ahsan, Abir Chatterjee, Kaushik Ganguly
2019JyeshthoputroProsenjit Chatterjee and Ritwick Chakraborty in lead role
2020Ardhangini Jaya Ahsan, Churni Ganguly, Kaushik sen in lead role
2020Lokkhi Chele Ujaan ganguly in lead role
2021DhumketuDev, Subhashree Ganguly in lead role

Notable Acting Roles
  • Laptop
  • Chotuskone
  • Bastu-Shaap
  • Bishorjon
  • Bijoya
  • Dristikone
  • Ka Kha Ga Gha
  • Tarikh
  • Shankar Mudi
  • Kedara
  • Saat No. Shanatan Sanyal

Television

Screenwriter
  • 2005 Shunyo E Bukey
  • 2009 Jackpot
  • 2010 Arekti Premer Golpo
  • 2011 Rang Milanti
  • 2012 Laptop
Kaushik Ganguly (second from right) receiving ICFT –UNESCO Award for the film Cinemawala, at IFFI 2015

Awards
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References
  1. Ganguly, Ruman (7 April 2010). "Gaurav makes his dad proud". Time of India. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
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