Sujoy Ghosh

Sujoy Ghosh Biography

Sujoy Ghosh is a Bollywood film director and screenwriter known for the movies, Kahaani and Jhankaar beats. He received Filmfare Award for Best Director in the year 2012 for the movie – Kahaani. The movie also won Best original story and Best screenplay awards at national film awards for the same year. Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak and Aladin are his other Bollywood releases. His blockbuster movie ‘Kahani’ was later remade to bilingual Tamil-Telugu versions in the year 2013. The movie was titled, Anamika. He has announced his next project with Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif and the movie titled ‘Bang bang’ is to release in 2014. He has also announced one more project with Kangana Ranaut and Irrfan Khan, titled Durga Rani Singh.

He belongs to Kolkata, West Bengal born in 1966. He moved to London at the age of 13. A brilliant student in academics, he owns an Engineering degree and an MBA from Manchester University. He worked as a South Asia head of the media division of Reuters till 1999. After that he moved to India to pursue his dreams in Bollywood. He had already scripted a movie and wanted to direct it. That’s why he moved to India and got settled in Bandra, Mumbai. Though he approached many film producers, it took two long years to get an opportunity.

Jhankar beats released in 2002 with moderate budget was a commercial hit.  It was a musical tribute to R. D. Burman and included an ensemble star cast of Juhi Chawla, Sanjay Suri, Rahul Bose, Shayan Munshi, Rinke Khanna and Riya Sen. However his next two releases failed miserably at box office. He returned with a bang with blockbuster Kahani. This thriller was praised for best direction as well as Vidya Balan’s powerful performance and the movie bagged several awards at Filmfare and National awards. In 2013, he debut as an actor through ‘Satyanweshi’, where he portrayed the lead role of Byomkesh Bakshi. This Bengali mystery thriller was the last venture of acclaimed director Rituparno Ghosh.

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Updated: June 05, 2014