Goutam Ghose (also spelled Gautam Ghosh; born 24 July 1950) is an Indian film director, actor, music director and cinematographer who works primarily in Bengali cinema. He is the only Indian to have received the "Vittorio Di Sica" Award, Italy, in 1997. In 2012, the Government of West Bengal honored him with the

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for lifetime achievement. Acknowledging his contributions to film, he was awarded the Knighthood of the Star of the Italian Solidarity in July 2006.

Early life

Goutam Ghose was born on 24 July 1950 in Calcutta, India to Santana and Prof. Himangshu Kumar Ghose. His kindergarten days began at the St John's Diocesan School (now an all-girls school). He studied there till class 4 and then moved to the neighboring Cathedral Missionary Boys' School. He graduated from the

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta, informally known as Calcutta University (), is a Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Kolkata, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate c ...

Career

He started making

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in 1973. Took active part in group theatre movement in

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. Also dedicated some time as a

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. Made his first documentary– New Earth in 1973 followed by Hungry Autumn. Since then, he has made a number of feature films and documentaries. Ghose was greatly influenced by the movies of

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who had heralded a new era in Bengali movie through his works. His most successful films were '' Antarjali Jatra'', ''

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'' and . He becomes limelight for those Movie.

Filmography

Awards and recognitions

''Hungry Autumn'' (A documentary) : *Main Award, Oberhausen Film Festival (1978) ''Land of Sand Dunes'' (A documentary): *

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(1986) ''Meeting a Milestone'' (A documentary): *Special screening at the

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, (out of competition)

Maa Bhoomi ''Maa Bhoomi'' () is a 1979 Indian Telugu-language social problem film directed by Goutam Ghose in his debut. The film is produced by B. Narsing Rao, who also wrote the film with Goutam Ghose. The film is based on the novel ''Jab Khet Jage'' by ...

: *

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Dakhal: *

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(1982) *

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at Figuera De Foz, Portugal (1982) *Ecumenical Jury Prize for Human Rights Festival at Strasbourg, France (1982)

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(1985) *National Film Award for Best Actor and Actress (1985) *

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(1985) *Best Actor at

(1985) *

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, Red Cross Award at Verna Film Festival (1987). *

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for

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and

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Antarjali Jatra: *

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(1987) *Un-Certain Regards,

(1988) *

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- Golden Semurg at Tashkent Film Festival (1988)

: *

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(1992) *

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(1992). *

(1993).

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(1993) *Best Actress Award at Taormina Film Fest, Italy-

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(1994) ''Beyond the Himalayas'' (A documentary): *

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Gudia: *

(1996) *Un-Certain Regards,

(1997) Dekha: *

(2001) *Silver Balloon Award, Nantes Film Festival ''Kalahandi'' (A documentary): *

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(2002) ''A Treasure in the Snow'' (A documentary): *

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(2003)

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: *

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''Impermanence'' (A documentary): *Premiered at the

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(2004)

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(A National award) *Golden Peacock for Best Film at the 41st

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held at Goa.

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for Best Actress, Best child Artist and Best art Direction. *

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for lifetime achievement in film direction in 2012 *UNESCO Award (1985) * Kalakar Awards * PIFF Distinguished Award (2024)

Honours

* In 2017, he was inducted as a member of the

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Academy * Honorary Doctorate by

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* Honorary Doctorate by Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University

As an avant-garde poet

Ghose has portrayed the role of a

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poet in

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's film (2011) and also penned the poems of the character he played.

References

External links

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