Sujoy Ghosh is an Indian film producer and actor known for producing several Bollywood films. He is considered one of the most unconventional filmmakers in Bollywood.
Wiki/Biography
Sujoy Ghosh was born on Saturday, May 21, 1966, in Bhowanipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India (57 years old as of 2023). His zodiac sign is Gemini. He was initially educated at St. James School in Calcutta. At the age of 13, he moved to London, England, where he continued his education at Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College. From 1986 to 1989, he studied for a BSc in Computer Science at the University of Manchester. From 1990 to 1992, he studied for an MBA at Alliance Business School in Manchester. From 1993 to 2000, he served as head of Reuters’ South Asia bureau. Quit your job and pursue a career in filmmaking.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′10″
Weight (approximately): 70kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
He belongs to a Bengali family.
Parents and siblings
His father is a taxi driver and his mother is a psychiatrist. His parents had an elopement marriage.
wife and children
He is married to psychologist Vaishali. The couple has a daughter named Diya Annapurna Ghosh, who is a film director; and a son named Agni, a former rugby player who later worked at Phaidon International.
Sujoy Ghosh and wife Vaishali Ghosh
Sujoy Ghosh (far right) and his daughter Diya Annapurna Ghosh
religion
He believes in Hinduism.
Profession
Director, Producer and Screenwriter
Movie
In 2003, he made his debut as a director and screenwriter with the critically acclaimed film Jhankaar Beats, starring Juhi Chawla and Sanjay Suri. In January 2005, he started his own production company called Boundscript Motion Pictures Private Limited. His debut film as a producer was Aladdin in 2009, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Riteish Deshmukh Starring. He subsequently directed, produced and wrote the scripts for several films, including 2016’s Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh, 2019’s Badla, 2021’s Bob Biswas” and 2023’s “Jaan Jain”.
Sujoy Ghosh and Vidya Balan (right) during the promotions of Kahaani 2
short film
His first short film was 2015’s Ahalya, starring Radhika Roy and Soumitra Chatterjee. Later he produced “Anukul” in 2017.
Sujoy Ghosh (right) during the shooting of the short film “Anukul”
television
Sujoy Ghosh made her television debut in 2018 with Teen Paheliyan, which aired on Star Plus channel.
web series
His first web series, Typewriter, aired on Netflix in 2019, starring Purab Kohli and Palomi Ghosh.
actor
Movie
Hindi
In 2012, he made his acting debut as a guest star in “The Nobel Chorus”.
Bengal
In 2013, his debut role was as Byomkesh Bakshi in Satyenweshi.
Awards
- Kahaani won the Most Entertaining Thriller Award at the 2012 Big Star Entertainment Awards
- In 2013, “Kahani” won the Best Screenplay Award at the 60th National Film Awards
- In 2013, “Kahani” won the Best Director Award at the 58th Filmfare Awards
- Kahaani won the Color Screen Award for Best Story 2013
- In 2013, “Kahani” won the Star Guild Award for Best Director and Best Screenplay.
- Kahani won the Times of India Film Awards for Best Story and Best Screenplay in 2013
- In 2013, Kahani won the Stardust Award for Most Popular Filmmaker of the Year.
- Kahaani won the Zee Cine Awards for Best Critic, Best Director and Best Story in 2013
- Kahaani won the Most Surprising Popularity Award at the ETC Bollywood Business Awards 2013
Favorites
- Bengali Cinema: Ganga (1960), Agantuk (1991), Kharij (1982)
- Hindi film: Parineeta (2005)
- Tamil film: Mahananadi (1994)
Facts/Trivia
- He is known for innovative promotional campaigns for his films. In 2019, he gave commentary in Bengali on Star Jalsa channel along with Tapsee Pannu to promote his film Badla.
Sujoy Ghosh (centre) commentating while promoting his film Badla
- Sujoy was an avid reader of stories from his childhood, especially those of Swapan Kumar, Nihar Ranjan Gupta, Hemendra Kumar Roy Hemendra Kumar Roy, Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Buddhadeb Guha, Sunil Ganguly and Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay.
- In an interview, Sujoy revealed that his maternal grandfather was from Nepal and came to Kolkata after being named as an accused in the murder case. Later he became a rich man’s driver and eloped with another rich man’s daughter.
- Before becoming a film producer in 1999, he worked for Reuters and earned around Rs 50 lakh a year, which was a huge sum at the time.
- Kareena Kapoor Khan, Vijay Varma and Jaideep Ahlawat reveal Sujoy Ghosh in interview Unconventional directing style and stated that Sujoy would never look at the monitors, instead he would keep looking at them between scenes. He would sing funny songs before shooting serious scenes.
- He is a huge fan of Amitabh Bachchan. In an interview, he revealed that his earliest memory of Amitabh Bachchan was while watching the movie Namak Haram. He said he watched the film with his father and was impressed by Bachchan’s dialogue “Hai koi maai ka laal jo maa ka doodh piya ho”.
Sujoy Ghosh and Amitabh Bachchan
- He revealed in an interview that he wants to make a film based on the popular story Kabuliwala. He also said that if he had not become a film producer, he would have become anyone, even a taxi driver, because he believed every job was equal.
- While he was struggling with his initial career in filmmaking, he worked many odd jobs, including as a math tutor, waiter, and store clerk.
- He also penned the tagline “Korbo Lorbo Jeetbo Re” for IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders.
- In 2017, he resigned from the post of chairman of the jury of the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) after the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting reportedly removed two films titled “S Durga” and “Nude” from the list of selected films. .
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