Occupation Director Spouse Anita Ghatak Role Filmmaker | Name Kaushik Ghatak Years active 1998–present | |
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Born 12 August 1971 (age 52) ( 1971-08-12 ) Katwa, West Bengal, India Movies Samrat & Co., Ek Vivaah... Aisa Bhi Children Shansit Ghatak, Shashwat Ghatak Parents Jayati Ghatak, Dasarathi Ghatak Nominations Star Guild Award for Best Director-Fiction, Indian Telly Jury Award for Best Director (soap & drama) Similar People Kavitha Barjatya, Smita Jaykar, Jayaa Bhattacharrya, Madalasa Sarma, Rajeev Khandelwal | ||
Samrat co director kaushik ghatak exclusive interview
Kaushik Ghatak began his career in the entertainment industry in India on 14 February 1998 as an apprentice assistant to the prominent filmmaker, Anurag Basu. He has directed several television serials and a few advertisement films before he directed his first film Ek Vivaah... Aisa Bhi for Rajshri Productions. He is currently directing Samrat & Co. for producer, Kavita K. Barjatya, under the banner of Rajshri Productions.
Contents
- Samrat co director kaushik ghatak exclusive interview
- Samrat co the mystery unfolds here rajeev khandelwal kaushik ghatak kavita barjatya
- Early life and education
- Television
- Films
- Personal life
- References
Samrat co the mystery unfolds here rajeev khandelwal kaushik ghatak kavita barjatya
Early life and education
Kaushik Ghatak was born in Katwa in Bardhaman, West Bengal on 12 August 1971. He attended St. Xavier's school at Hazaribagh in Bihar & graduated from St. Xavier's college, Ranchi with Geology (Hons). He enrolled at the Asian Academy of Film & Television, Noida to learn the skills of film making. Prominent film maker, Anurag Basu provided Ghatak with the first break as an apprentice assistant; Ghatak assisted Basu on several television projects – Rishtey, Raahat, Saturday Suspense, Koshish-‐Ek Aasha and more. Ghatak also assisted Partho Mitra, Gaurav Pandey, Goutam Mukherjee and Amitabh Bhattacharyaon on different shows, ad-films and television commercials.
Television
Ghatak's first independent show as a director was with a Bengali serial Amra Povashi aired on Alpha Bangla and with a Hindi serial Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi produced by Balaji Telefilms and aired on Star Plus. Starting from the 35th episode up to the 155th episode, Ghatak directed over 100 episodes of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and at this time the show registered the highest TRP at the time of original Mihir Virani's death; post Ghatak's exit from the project, the show went steadily downhill.
Films
Ghatak made his directorial film debut in 2008 with the film Ek Vivaah... Aisa Bhi starring Sonu Sood and Isha Koppikar. It was produced by Sooraj R. Barjatya, under the Rajshri Productions banner. This film did not perform too well at the Box Office. His next project is with producer Kavita K. Barjatya, under the Rajshri Productions banner; the film name is Samrat & Co. and is slated to release on 1 May 2014.
Personal life
Kaushik Ghatak was in love with Anita Ghatak and they had to wait for seven years before they could get married. They have two sons, Shashwat Ghatak and Shansit Ghatak.