Rituparno Ghosh

Rituparno Ghosh
Ghosh at MAMI festival in 2010
Born(1963-08-31)31 August 1963
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Died30 May 2013(2013-05-30) (aged 49)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Other namesRitu
Occupations
  • Director
  • actor
  • writer
  • lyricist
Years active1992–2013
Bengali Award Winning Film Director Rituparno Ghosh, Charcoal on Paper by Amitabh Mitra

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.

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]

  1. ^ "Rituparno Ghosh: Indian film director dies age 49". The Guardian. 30 May 2013. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Rituparno, tender as night: Raja Sen salutes the talent". Rediff. 30 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Rituparno Ghosh, trailblazer of new wave Bengali cinema, dies". The Times of India. 30 May 2013. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference TOI Rituparno Ghosh, national award winning filmmaker, dies was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Rituparno Ghosh's canvas was both intimate and profoundly cinematic". Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  6. ^ Gupta, Uttaran Das (7 September 2018). "How Rituparno Ghosh's Chitrangada challenged Bengali middle-class morality". Business Standard India – via Business Standard.
  7. ^ "Rituparno's Jeevan Smriti shows the Tagore of flesh and blood". www.telegraphindia.com.
  8. ^ "Cinema Plus / Film Review : Mixed recipe lacks punch". The Hindu. 10 July 2009. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  9. ^ "Rituparno Ghosh Awards: List of awards and nominations received by Rituparno Ghosh | Times of India Entertainment". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Rituparno Ghosh's Taak Jhaank to open Kolkata Film fest : Home Right, News". India Today. 21 October 2013. Archived from the original on 23 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  11. ^ "Rituparno Ghosh wanted to cast Dev in one of his films!". Times Of India.