Rituparno Ghosh

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rituparno Ghosh
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Aug 31, 1963(1963-08-31)
Age	61
Date Of Death	2013-05-30
Birthplace	Kolkata
Country	India
Birth City	West Bengal
Horoscope	Leo

Rituparno Ghosh Biography

Rituparno Ghosh is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on August 31, 1963 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Over two decades as director of Bengali films. His films include Shubho Mahurat and Abohoman.

Both he and He and Adoor Gopalakrishnan both won National Film Awards for Best Direction. won the National Film Awards for Best Director.

Rituparno Ghosh (31 August 1963 – 30 May 2013) was an Indian film director, actor, writer and lyricist. After pursuing a degree in economics, he started his career as a creative artist at an advertising agency. He received recognition for his second feature film Unishe April which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film. Having won 19 National Awards, along with his contemporaries Aparna Sen and Goutam Ghose, Rituparno heralded contemporary Bengali cinema to greater heights. Ghosh died on 30 May 2013 in Kolkata after a heart attack. Ghosh was also one of the openly queer personalities in Indian culture.

Before his career in film, Rituparno Ghosh worked at the Response India advertising agency and became known as an especially effective copywriter in Kolkata. He was particularly noted for composing succinct, appealing one- liners and slogans for ad campaigns in Bengali during the 1980s. At the time, the trend in Kolkata was to translate all-India advertisement campaigns originally composed in English and Hindi into Bengali. Ghosh won recognition for his ability to initiate campaigns in Bengali. Among his noted ad campaigns were Sharad Samman and Bongo Jiboner Ango for the antiseptic ointment, Boroline, and others for Frooti, the largest-selling mango drink in India. Some commentators noted that his power to appeal to consumers through ad campaigns helped make his films appealing to wider audiences, particularly to middle class Bengalis. In 1990, Rituparno got his first break in documentary film when his own agency, Tele-Response, a member of the Response family of companies, was commissioned to make a documentary on Vande Mataram for Doordarshan.

Sunil Ghosh, his father, was a painter as well as a documentarian.

Rituparno Ghosh Net Worth

Rituparno Ghosh is one of the richest Director from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rituparno Ghosh 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was an advertising agency representative for Response India and earned a reputation as a skilled copywriter.

His later years of living a transgendered life made him an icon for the Indian LGBT community.

Rituparno Ghosh was born in a Bengali family on 31 August 1963 in Kolkata. His father, Sunil Ghosh, was a documentary film maker and painter. He completed his schooling at South Point High School, and earned a degree in Economics from the Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He also has a master’s degree in Economics from the same university.He was one of the few openly queer figures in Indian cinema and is considered an icon of the queer community of India.

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Bariwali, released in 2000, starring Kirron Kher, Rupa Ganguly and Chiranjeet Chakraborty, portrayed a lonely and withdrawn widow (Kirron Kher) who rents out her large house for a film production, and fantasises about the charming and very much married director, who flirts with her but, predictably, disappoints her. Kher won National Film Award for Best Actress. In the 1999 film Asukh, Ghosh dealt with the relationship between a young film star and her father who must depend unwillingly on his daughter’s earnings. The film won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali.

Facts & Trivia

Rituparno Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Rituparno Ghosh celebrates birthday on August 31 of every year.

The 2003 film Shubho Mahurat, a whodunit based on Agatha Christie’s book, The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side, starred the veteran actresses Rakhee and Sharmila Tagore, alongside Nandita Das, in major roles. The same year, Ghosh released his film Chokher Bali, based on a novel written by Rabindranath Tagore, in which Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai worked with the director for the first time.

Top Facts about Rituparno Ghosh

1. Rituparno Ghosh was a prominent Indian film director.
2. He directed 19 films in Bengali and Hindi languages.
3. Ghosh won 12 National Film Awards for his work.
4. He also acted in several films, including “Chokher Bali.”
5. Ghosh was known for exploring gender and sexuality in his films.
6. He passed away at the age of 49 due to a heart attack.
7. His film “Unishe April” won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 1995.
8. Ghosh wrote screenplays and lyrics for many of his films.
9. He received critical acclaim for his film “Raincoat.”
10. Ghosh’s last film, “Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish,” explored transgender identity.

What was Rituparno Ghosh gender?

Ghosh himself belonged to “the third gender.” Through his creative work, he fought for including the third gender in mainstream society.

When did Rituparno Ghosh died?

May 30, 2013

At what age did Rituparno Ghosh died?

49 years (1963–2013)

What happened Rituporno Ghosh?

Rituparno Ghosh, who died on Thursday at his south Kolkata residence, following a massive heart attack , glorified women through his films, many of which dealt with controversial subjects.

What caste is Ghosh?

Ghosh (or Ghose) is an Indian and Bangladeshi surname found among Bengali Hindus. Ghoshes mostly belong to Kayastha caste in Bengal.