Years active 1974 - present | Name Goutam Ghose Website www.goutamghose.com | |
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Occupation Film director, Actor, Producer, Music Director, Cinematographer Spouse Neelanjana Ghose (m. 1978) Children Anandi Ghose, Ishaan Ghose Parents Himangshu Kumar Ghose, Santana Ghose Movies Similar People Aparna Sen, Soumitra Chatterjee, Srijit Mukherji, Parambrata Chatterjee, Prosenjit Chatterjee | ||
Trailer shankhachil prosenjit chatterjee goutam ghose releasing this 14th april 2016
Goutam Ghose (also credited as Gautam Ghosh, Bengali: গৌতম ঘোষ) (born 24 July 1950) is one of the most acclaimed film directors, music director, and cinematographer of modern India, who works primarily in Bengali cinema.
Contents
- Trailer shankhachil prosenjit chatterjee goutam ghose releasing this 14th april 2016
- Film director and Cinematographer Goutam Ghose speaks on his film Abar Aranye
- Early life
- Career
- Notable films
- Awards and participation
- As an avant garde poet
- References
Film director and Cinematographer Goutam Ghose speaks on his film 'Abar Aranye'
Early life
Goutam Ghose was born on 24 July 1950 in Calcutta, India to Santana and Prof. Himangshu Kumar Ghose. His kindergarten days began at the St John’s Diocesan School (now an all-girls school). He studied there till class 4 and then moved to the neighboring Cathedral Missionary Boys' School. He graduated from the University of Calcutta.
Career
He started making documentaries in 1973. Took active part in group theatre movement in Calcutta. Also dedicated some time as a Photo Journalist. Made his first documentary– New Earth in 1973 followed by Hungry Autumn which won him the main award at the Oberhausen Film Festival. He has since made ten feature films including Maa Bhoomi, Antarjali Yatra, Padma Nadir Majhi, Patang, Abar Aranye, Gudia, Kaalbela and Moner Manush. He made a number of documentaries also.
He has won 16 National Awards and many international awards like the Silver Balloon Award, the Nantes Film Festival, the UNESCO Award, the Cannes Film Festival, the Grand Prix-Golden Semurg at Tashkent, the Fipresci Awards and Red Cross Award.
Notable films
Released on 15 April, Poila Boishakh
Awards and participation
Hungry Autumn (A documentary) :
Land of Sand Dunes (A documentary):
Meeting a Milestone (A documentary):
Maa Bhoomi:
Dakhal:
Paar:
Antarjali Jatra:
Padma Nadir Majhi:
Patang:
Beyond the Himalayas (A documentary):
Gudia:
Dekha:
Kalahandi (A documentary):
A Treasure in the Snow (A documentary):
Abar Aranye:
Impermanence(A documentary):
Yatra:
Moner Manush:
Shankhachil:
SPECIAL AWARDS:
Also won Kalakar Awards
As an avant-garde poet
Ghose has portrayed the role of a Hungry generation poet in Srijit Mukherji's film Baishe Srabon and also penned the poems of the character he played.