Bengali Film Director Rituparno Ghosh Dies - Thursday May 30,2013

Rituparno Ghosh died on Thursday May 30,2013 in Kolkata after suffering a massive heart attack

Rituparno Ghosh (Aug 31, 1963 – May 30, 2013)the Bengali Film director started his career as a creative artist in advertisement agency after a degree in economics

 Films Directed by Rituparno Ghosh

Rituparno Ghosh's Debut Film ''Hirer Angti'' was released in 1992

  
''Unishe April''(1994)his second film was released and won the 1995 National Film Award for Best Feature Film and Debashree Roy won the National Award for Best Actress

Dahan (Crossfire) (1997)was his 3rd film for which Rituparno Gosh won National Film Award for Best Screenplay and Rituparna Sengupta and Indrani Halder shared the National Film Award for Best Actress in 1998 for this film

 Asukh(1999)is about the schism between a film star daughter, Rohini (Debashree Roy ) and her father Sudhamoy (Soumitra Chatterjee)who is unwilling but forced to depend on his daughter's earnings.
  

 Asukh won the National Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali


Bariwali(The Landlad)(2000)portrayed a lonely withdrawn widow (Kirron Kher) who rents her house for a film production, and fantasises about the charming director, letting go her long-suppressed desires. Kher won National Film Award for Best Actress and Sudipta Chakraborty won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress

Utsab(The Festival)(2000) is a family drama which is portrayed on a background of Durgapuja,WB's biggest festival

 For Utsab,Rituparna Ghosh won the National Award for Best Direction

Titli(Butterfly)(2002)tells the story of a developing adolescent, played byKonkana Sen and the sensitivity of a teenager, and also the portrayal of the mother-daughter relationship

Shubho Mahurat(2003)

For Shubho Mahurat Raakhee won the National Award for Best Supporting Actress and the film won the National Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali

Chokher Bali(Sand in the Eye)(2003)won the National Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali

Raincoat(Hindi Film)(2004)tells the story of two lovers, separated by destiny, who meet again one day.Ajay Devgn and Aishwarya Rai play the lead roles and won the National Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi

 Antar Mahal(2005)starring Jackie Shroff,Rupa Ganguly,Soha Ali Khan and Abhishek Bachchan

Dosar(Emotional Companion)(2006) the Black-White Film won the National Film Award - Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) for the lead role portrayal by Prosenjit Chatterjee and Konkana Sen won the Best Actress Award at the New York Film Festival in 2007

The Last Lear(2007)starring Amitabh Bachchan,Preity Zinta,Arjun Rampal,Divya Dutta,Shefali Shah and Jisshu Sengupta

The film won the National Award of India for Best Feature Film in English in 2007 and Shefali Shah won the National Award of India for Best Supporting Actress

Khela(2008)starring Prasenjit Chatterjee and Manisha Koirala in the lead roles.The film is about a director's desire to make a film with a boy who he thinks is just perfect for the role

Sob Charitro Kalponik(All Characters are Imaginary)(2009)starring Prasenjit Chatterjee and Bipasha Basu in the lead roles won the National Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali

Abohomaan(The Eternal)(2010)starring Deepankar De,Mamata Shankar,Ananya Chatterjee,Jisshu Sengupta and Riya Sen.Rituparno Ghosh and Ananya Chatterjee won 2010 National Award for Best Direction and Best Actress for this film

Noukadubi(Boat Wreck)(2010)starring Prasenjit Chatterjee,Jisshu Sengupta,Raima Sen & Riya Sen
The movie is a Period Film set in the 1920s Based on a Novel by Rabindranath Tagore of the same name

 Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish(2012)starring Rituparno Ghosh and Jisshu Sen Gupta is based on the story of Chitrangada from the Mahabharata . It tells the story of a choreographer who is struggling with his gender identity.
The film won the Special Jury Award at the National Film Awards 

Sunglass starring Madhavan,Konkana Sen and Raima Sen is a forthcoming Hindi Film directed by Rituparno Ghosh.
The film is a satirical comedy about the 7-year itch between a husband (Madhavan) and wife (Konkana Sen)) and how their life turns topsy-turvy with the entry of what seems to be an ordinary pair of antique sunglasses

 


Films Acted by Rituparno Ghosh and directed by Others

Arekti Premer Golpo(Just Another Love Story)(2010)starring Rituparno Ghosh,Indraneil Sen Gupta,Jisshu Sengupta and Raima Sen and directed by Kaushik Ganguly.This film will also be the first film on homosexuality

Memories in March(2011)the English Film starring Rituparno Ghosh,Raima Sen and Deepti Naval and directed by Sanjoy Nag is the effective exploration of a situation wherein a bereaved mother comes to terms with the fact of her son’s sexual identity.

Awards
In his career spanning almost two decades he won 12 national and some international awards