Soukarya Ghosal

Soukarya Ghosal
সৌকর্য ঘোষাল
Soukarya Ghosal
Soukarya Ghosal in 2015
Born (1986-06-07) 7 June 1986 (age 38)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta (BA)
Occupations
Years active2014 -
Known forRainbow Jelly
SpousePooja Chatterjee

Soukarya Ghosal (Bengali: সৌকর্য ঘোষাল; born 7 June 1986) is an Indian filmmaker, director, screenwriter, illustrator and music composer. He is widely considered for his work in Rainbow Jelly, a food fantasy film for the children in Bengali Cinema.[1] His film Bhootpori starring Jaya Ahsan, received the Best Screenplay award at 14 Dadasaheb Phalke Film Festival in 2024.[2][3]

His first feature film Pendulum bagged three awards in the 4th Radio Mirchi Music Awards Bangla in 2014. Ghosal made His second film Load Shedding in 2015[4] which he wrote and directed for Zee Bangla Cinema Originals, was a teenage love story set in the 90's.

His film Rainbow Jelly, a food fantasy film about an autistic orphan received Hiralal Sen Award[5] and Rituparno Ghosh[6] Memorial Award for Most Promising Director from West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards. His upcoming films are OCD and Kalantar.[7]

  1. ^ "দেওয়াল ঘড়ির পিছল সুরে". Anandabazar Patrika.
  2. ^ "Bengali horror comedy film starring Jaya Ahsan receives prestigious award". The Times of India.
  3. ^ "Bhootpori is a strong reminder of what a Bengali film is capable of when it's original". The Telegraph.
  4. ^ "Teenage Love Story in Kolkata's Power-Cut Days: Soukarya Ghosal's "Loadshedding" Bangla Movie on Zee Original Cinema". Washington Bangla. Archived from the original on 20 December 2015.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "Soukarya's Rainbow Jelly wins big". The Times of India.
  6. ^ "Here's all you need to know about the winners of the 2019 WBFJA Awards". The Times of India.
  7. ^ "Bengali director Soukarya Ghosal starts shooting Bhoot Pori with Jaya Ahsan". The New Indian Express.