Dibakar Banerjee
- January 4, 2024
- Director
Quick Facts
Dibakar Banerjee Biography
| Name | Dibakar Banerjee |
| Birthday | Jun 21 |
| Birth Year | 1969 |
| Place Of Birth | New Delhi |
| Home Town | Delhi |
| Birth Country | India |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
| Spouse | Richa Puranesh |
Dibakar Banerjee is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on June 21, 1969 in New Delhi, Delhi, India. Screenwriter and director popular for his award-winning national film Khosla Ka Ghosla and Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
His role was as director for actor He directed actor Sunny Deol in the 2012 film Shanghai. in the 2012 film Shanghai.
Banerjee joined advertising as a copywriter first with Shems Combit, TBWA Anthem, and then he joined Contract Advertising, Delhi, where he worked with Pradeep Sarkar, who was then a creative director at the agency. Screenwriter Jaideep Sahni was also one of his colleagues, who later penned Khosla Ka Ghosla’s story, screenplay, dialogues and lyrics. In 1997, he left Contract to launch his own company named ‘Watermark’, with two ex- NID friends, to develop promos for Channel V and MTV and Ad films for major brands.
With friend and ex-colleague Jaideep Sinha he conceptualised his debut film “about Delhi, based in Delhi”, Khosla Ka Ghosla (2006) starring Anupam Kher and Boman Irani, shot in locations in and around New Delhi. The film was a critical and commercial success and won the National Film Award. The film brought Banerjee in the list of new filmmakers who were bringing about a marked shift in Bollywood themes, which typically focuses on stories & characters from in and around Mumbai.
He had one daughter with Richa Puranesh.
Dibakar Banerjee Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Director |
| House | Living in own house. |
Dibakar Banerjee is one of the richest Director from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dibakar Banerjee 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was an editor at an agency for advertising before becoming screenwriter.
The film was directed by him Love Sex aur Dhokha in 2010 and was the very first Indian film shot using digital cameras.
Dibakar Banerjee (born 21 June 1969) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and advertisement-filmmaker known for his work in Hindi films. Banerjee started his career in advertising, being a feature filmmaker, he still continues to be an ad-filmmaker. He also runs his own film production company, Dibakar Banerjee Productions.
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Who is Dibakar Banerjee Dating?
According to our records, Dibakar Banerjee married to Richa Puranesh. As of December 1, 2023, Dibakar Banerjee’s is not dating anyone.
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In 2013, Banerjee adapted Satyajit Ray’s short story- Patol Babu, Film Star, starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui for Bombay Talkies. It was the part of the anthology film made by four directors Including -Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar and Karan Johar. The film was made as a celebration of 100 years of Indian cinema. Bombay Talkies under-performed at the box office, but was well received by critics; specially Banerjee’s story. Anupama Chopra in her review mentioned: “Dibakar narrates his story with such tenderness and Siddiqui is so good that by the end, I was wiping away tears”.
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Dibakar Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Dibakar Banerjee celebrates birthday on June 21 of every year.
Next Banerjee went on to adapt Byomkesh Bakshi, created by the Bengali writer Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, as Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015). The film starring Sushant Singh Rajput as the titular character was produced jointly by Yash Raj Films and his own film production company Dibakar Banerjee Productions. Set in the Kolkata of 1940s, the film was released on 3 April 2015 and met with mixed to positive reviews from critics.