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Years active
  
1997–present

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Full Name
  
Shiboprosad Mukherjee

Born
  
20 May
Baranagar, India

Occupation
  
Film director, writer, actor

Movies
  
Bela Seshe, Alik Sukh, Muktodhara, Icche, Ramdhanu

Similar
  
Nandita Roy, Anindya Chatterjee, Aparajita Auddy, Soumitra Chatterjee, Surojit Chatterjee

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Shiboprosad Mukherjee is an Indian Bengali filmmaker, writer and actor. He, collaborating with Nandita Roy, debuted with their film Icche, which garnered both critical acclaim as well as commercial success. The director duo is known for making socially relevant films which are also entertaining to the viewers. They have directed some of the popular most new age Bengali films likePraktan , Bela Seshe, Icche, Muktodhara, Accident, Alik Sukh and Ramdhanu which were critically acclaimed as well as enjoyed commercial success. He also serves as a partner at Windows Productions.

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Early life and education

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Shiboprosad Mukherjee was born on 20 May at Baranagar in the northern fringes Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He was a student of Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School and later completed his high school from Hindu School. He perused his graduation in Political Science Honours from Jadavpur University.

Acting

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He joined the theatre school as a trainer after completing his schooling. He participated in the T.I. E Project (Theatre in Education), while being under the guidance of eminent theatre personality Rudraprasad Sengupta and also attended the workshop conducted by Ibrahim Alkazi. He was also guided by Rituporno Ghosh when he was working as a freelance journalist in Anandalok (a film Magazine of Ananda Publishers), during his acting days . He debuted in acting in the year 1995 in Zee Bangla, with 'Ekushe Pa', directed by Raja Dasgupta. Later he went on to work in other daily television Serials like Janmabhoomi, Ghoom nei, etc.

Television

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Although as a director and producer he has worked with all the leading channels in West Bengal and Bangladesh and has designed television programmes of duration not less than 10,000 hours, he has been a long term associate with ETV Bangla from its inception. From 1999 to 2002, he was a senior programming associate at ETV Bangla and currently, he is behind conceptualising, designing & producing 6 hours of original programming daily. With the credit of more than 50 non-fiction shows for Bengali television completely, designed by him, he has also conceptualised the first Bengali women's magazine programmes on television – 'Sreemoti'. He is also the first to launch Reality Show in Bengali television – Ritur Mela Jhoom Tara Ra Ra. He started his own production company named 'Windows Productions' along with his partner Nandita Roy and together they have produced many non-fiction and fiction programmes.

Awards

  • Anandalok Award 2012 – Best Film for film 'Muktodhara'
  • Filmfare Award (East) 2014 – Best Direction for the film 'Alik Sukh'
  • Zee Cine Award 2016 – Best film 'Bela Seshe'
  • Sera Bangali - ABP Ananda 2016 – Direction
  • Mahanayak Samman Awards-2016 – for contribution to films from the West Bengal Government
  • International bengali film awards 2016 NABC – Best film 'Bela Seshe'
  • EbelaAjeyoSamman -2016
  • West Bengal Film Journalist Awards 2017 –Most Popular film 'praktan'
  • International Business Film Award 2016 –Highest Grossing Bengali Film 'praktan'
  • Achievements

  • Icche did a theatrical run for 125 days. The National Film Archive of India accepted Icche as part of their collection for cultural and educational purposes. Icche was screened followed by an interactive session with the participants of the 8th batch of the 21-Day Certificate Course on Legal and Psychological Counseling for Women in Distress, University of Calcutta (29 January 2013). Icche has been included in the BEd curriculum of Visva-Bharati University. PVR Cinemas selected the film to be screened at Kolkata, Delhi & Mumbai as part of the Indian Panorama Film Festival.
  • Hello Memsaheb, a comedy film, achieved commercial success.
  • Accident was a thought-provoking and hard-hitting feature film. It was critically acclaimed. Accident was selected for the Indian Cinema Now Section of the 18th International Kerala Film Festival 2013. It ran in theatres successfully for 50 days.
  • Muktodhara was the first Bengali film in a decade to be screened at the Rashtrapati Bhavan for the President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee. He was all praise for the film. Muktodhara was also watched by the governor of West Bengal Sri. M.K Narayan. Muktodhara was accepted by Legal Aid Services of West Bengal as part of their curriculum for Post Graduate Studies in Counseling, 2013 (affiliated to University of Calcutta) and also has been included in the Certificate Course on Legal and Psychological Counseling for Women in Distress. It has been included in the BEd curriculum of Visva-Bharati University. It ran in theatres successfully for 75 days.
  • Alik Sukh was premiered at the Marche du Film section in Cannes Film Festival in 2013. It had a pan India release in 2013. It was not only critically acclaimed but also did well commercially. It ran in theatres successfully for 50 days. The director duo received the Filmfare Award (East) 2014 for Best Direction for the film 'Alik Sukh'.
  • Ramdhanu has achieved both commercial success and critical acclaim. It has been included in the BEd curriculum of Visva-Bharati University.
  • Bela Seshe has received a tremendous response and Eros International release the film in Mumbai, Delhi, Noida, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Gurgaon, Pune and Bangalore
  • Praktan went on become the Highest Grossing Bengali Film of 2016 and received an award at the Indian Business Film Awards 2016 along with films like Kabali, Sultan, Visaranayi etc. Praktan received as many 8 awards at the West Bengal Film Journalist Awards 2016 including the Most Popular Film, Best Actor (Female), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female), Best Production Design, Best Music Album among others. The film had as many as 11 nominations at the 2nd Jio Filmfare Awards 2017 (East) and won 5 awards including Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) and Best Music Album among others.
  • References

    Shiboprosad Mukherjee Wikipedia