Nationality Indian Role Film director Name Shoojit Sircar | Years active 2005 – present Occupation Director, Producer Spouse Jhuma Sircar | |
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Awards National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment Nominations Filmfare Award for Best Director Movies Piku, Madras Cafe, Vicky Donor, Yahaan, Shoebite Similar People John Abraham, Juhi Chaturvedi, Irrfan Khan, Ayushmann Khurrana, Jisshu Sengupta Profiles | ||
Director Shoojit Sircar Answers Questions From The FC Film Club | October
Shoojit Sircar (Bengali: সুজিত সরকার) is an Indian film director and producer. He directed Yahaan (2005), Vicky Donor (2012), Madras Cafe (2013), and Piku (2015). He also produced the 2012 film Aparajita Tumi. He won the National Film Award for Vicky Donor in Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment category, shared with John Abraham. He also won the Indian Competition Special Jury Award at Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema in 2005 for Yahaan. He is now making a documentary on Amitabh Bachchan. He is associated with Rising Sun Films and has made television commercials for Saffola, 2G, Apsara Pencils, Fair & Lovely, Maruti WagonR, Cadbury, Dove, Zomato, and many other brands.
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- Director Shoojit Sircar Answers Questions From The FC Film Club October
- Shoojit sircar guest lecture kshitij 2016 iit kharagpur
- Personal life
- Awards
- References
He is known for making independent films. Aparajita Tumi is an adapted screenplay from Sunil Gangopadhyay's Dui Naari Haathey Torobaari. His 2012 film Vicky Donor was grand box office success, earning ₹ 13.40 crores in the opening weekend. Sircar's Shoebite went into production in 2012 but was cancelled. His film, Madras Cafe, was released in 2013, followed by Piku in 2015.
Shoojit sircar guest lecture kshitij 2016 iit kharagpur
Personal life
Sircar was born into a Bengali Hindu family in Barrackpore, Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. He completed his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya Barrackpore Airforce in the year 1985 and then he went on to Shaheed Bhagat Singh College , University of Delhi for higher studies..
Awards
Sircar was given the Best Film Director award at the 20th Life OK Screen Awards in January 2014, where he thanked his wife Jhuma Sircar. He was one of the jury members for India Film Project in 2012.
