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Atanu Ghosh is a Bengali film director and screenwriter.
Biography
After completing post-graduation in journalism from the University of Calcutta, Atanu Ghosh started his career in 1996 as scriptwriter and director of documentary films, the first series being Pioneers of Indian Science for Doordarshan National Network. Thereafter, he branched out to fictional serials and telefilms. Atanu received Doordarshan National Award for Best Children's telefilm Aar ek Bampi in 2002. Another telefilm, Akashchhoan was selected for the 10th International Kolkata Film Festival, 2004. Sumitra Online was selected for the Telesamman Award for the Best Telefilm of 2005 and Asamapto for Best Direction in 2006. Megh Brishti Rodh fetched him the coveted RAPA Award for Best screenplay. He was awarded the prestigious Shyamal Sen Smriti Samman for 2008. He has also written a play for National School of Drama, New Delhi entitled "Ruh-ba-Ruh" directed by Kaushik Sen. Till date, he has directed 23 telefilms. Atanu Ghosh has also worked as scriptwriter and editor for many eminent directors. Also, he has directed over 30 documentary and corporate films for many reputed organisations. Atanu's debut feature film, Angshumaner Chhobi (A film by Angshuman) (2009) was selected in the Indian Panorama of the International Film Festival of India, 2009 as well as in Competitive Section, was awarded the prestigious Aravindan Puraskaram for the Best debut film of 2009, the Lankesh Chitra Prashasti (Karnataka State Award for India's Best Debut Director ) Bengal Film Journalist Award as well as Audience Award (Rainbow Film Festival,London) besides 13 other national and international awards. Takhan Teish (When he was 23) is his second film, which was released in 2011. It has been screened in film festivals like Shanghai International Film Festival, Osaka and many others. His third film Rupkatha Noy (2013) was nominated for the FIPRESCI Award for Best Indian Film 2013, was officially selected in many film festivals including Shanghai International Film Festival, Dhaka International Film Festival and many others. It received four Filmfare Awards including Best Film (Critic’s Choice), Best Actor (Critic’s choice)- Soumitra Chatterjee, Best Debut Actress (Sohini Sarkar), Best Female Playback Singer (Anwesha Dutta Gupta). His fourth film Ek Phaali Rodh (A Ray of Light) (2014) had its World Premiere at Shanghai International Film Festival in June 2014.
Feature films
- Angshumaner Chhobi (2009)
- Takhan Teish (2010)
- Rupkatha Noy (2013)
- Ek Phaali Rodh (2014)
- Abby Sen (2015)
Telefilms
The following is the list of telefilms directed by Atanu Ghosh. For all but one of these telefilms, Atanu Ghosh is also credited for the story and screenplay:
| Year | Film | Language | Cast & Note | |
| 2003 | Disha | Bengali | Locket Chatterjee, Pijush Ganguly, Bhaskar Banerjee & Kamalika Banerjee. | |
| 2003 | Weekend | Bengali | Aparajita Auddy, Krishnakishore Mukherjee, Suchandra Chowdhury & Bhaswar Chatterjee. | |
| 2003 | SHRISTICHARA | Bengali | Bhiswa Guha Thakurata, Sunil Mukherjee & Bhaskar Banerjee | |
| 2003 | Amriter Putra | Bengalil | Locket Chatterjee, Kharaj Mukherjee, Suman Banerjee (Selected in 2nd Kolkata Telefilm Festival) | |
| 2003 | Akashchhoya | Bengali | Gargi Roychowdhury, Pijush Ganguly, Kamalika Banerjee (Selected in 2nd Kolkata Telefilm Festival. Selected in 10th Kolkata International Film Festival, 2004). | |
| 2004 | 700 Square Ft | Bengali | Badsha Moitra, Rudranil Ghosh, Rituparna Sen (Selected in 2nd Kolkata Telefilm Festival. Nominated as Best Telefilm of the year in the Anandolok Puraskar,2004). | |
| 2004 | Sumitra Online | Bengali | Mamatashankar, Biswajit Chakrabarty, Goutam De (Winner of Telesamman for Best Telefilm of 2004) | |
| 2004 | Gabhir Asukh | Bengali | Krishnakishore Mukherjee, Aparajita Auddy, Bhiswa Guha Thakurata, Debesh Roychowdhury. | |
| 2004 | Kanta | Bengali | Swastika Mukherjee, Kaushik Sen, Sudipta Chakrabarty (Nominated for Best Actress (Swastika Mukherjee) in the Indo-Bangladesh Kala Music Awards, 2005) | |
| 2005 | Deadline | Bengali | Parambrato Chatterjee, Aparajita Ghosh Das, Suchandra Chowdhury & Biswajit Chakrabarty | |
| 2005 | Megh Bristi Rodh | Bengali | Kaushik Sen, Swastika Mukherjee, Badsha Moitra, Rajat Ganguly (winner of RAPA Award for Best screenplay) | |
| 2005 | Manthan | Bengali | Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Mallika Majumdar, Diganta, Indrani Bose, Bhaskar Banerjee | |
| 2005 | Asomapto | Bengali | Soumitra Chatterjee, Indrani Halder, Kaushik Sen, Bishwanath Bose .(Winner of Tellysamman for Best Direction 2006) | |
| 2005 | Mishraraag | Bengali | Indrani Halder, Kaushik Sen, Badsha Moitra, Aparajita Auddy, Bhaskar Banerjee and Supriya Devi | |
| 2006 | Aaro Ek Prithibi | Bengali | Indrani Halder, Badsha Moitra, Rajatava Dutta, Kanchana Moitra | |
| 2006 | Aaloy Phera | Bengali | Indrani Halder, Shiladitya Patranobish (Winner of Tellysamman for Best Actress – Indrani Halder – 2007; Nominated for Tellysamman for Best Telefilm of 2007) | |
| 2006 | Ankush | Bengali | Soumitra Chatterjee, Indrani Halder, Badsha Moitra, Parambrato Chatterjee(Nominated for Best Telefilm in Anandalok Puraskar 2007) | |
| 2007 | Roopkatha Noy | Bengali | Kaushik Sen, Koninika Banerjee, Suchandra Chowdhury & Sourabh Das | |
| 2007 | Parampara | Bengali | Goutam De, Arunodoy, Priyanka | |
| 2007 | Premer Galpo | Bengali | Kaushik Sen, Indrani Halder, Biswanath Bose | |
| 2008 | Adhara Madhuri | Bengali | Bhaswar Chatterjee, Neel Mukherjee, Aparajita Ghosh Das and Indrani Halder | |
| 2009 | Parokiya 2000 | Bengali | Kaushik Sen, Anjana Basu, Kushal Chakrabarty |
Others
Notable films/serials/documentaries:
- Banglar Swadeshi Gaan – a 3 episode series on the patriotic songs of Bengal to commemorate 50 years of Indian independence
- Ebong Computer – a 10 episode fictional series on computers
- Aatanka – a 40 min fictional film on AIDS awareness
- Chalti Hawa – a 10 episode musical series on Bengali Band music
- Goenda Poribar – a 52 episode fiction series
- Icchedana – a 26 episode science fiction series for children
- Ardhek Prithibi – a 26 episode fiction series
- Abaak Prithibi – a 26 episode fiction series
- http://dearcinema.com/news/fandry-wins-fipresci-india-film-critics-award-best-indian-film-2013/4955
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
- Filmfare Awards East
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
