Sujoy Ghosh is an Indian film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter who works in

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films. He has directed ''

Jhankaar Beats ''Jhankaar Beats'' is a 2003 Indian musical comedy film written and directed by Sujoy Ghosh in his feature directorial debut and produced by Pritish Nandy Communications. It stars Juhi Chawla, Sanjay Suri, Rahul Bose, debutant Shayan Munshi, R ...

'' (2003), '' Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak'' (2005), '' Aladin'' (2009), ''

Kahaani ''Kahaani'' (; ) is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language thriller film co-written, co-produced and directed by Sujoy Ghosh. It stars Vidya Balan as Vidya Bagchi, a pregnant woman looking for her missing husband in Kolkata during the festival of Durga ...

'' (2012), ''

Kahaani 2 ''Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh'' (or simply ''Kahaani 2'', ) is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language thriller film directed by Sujoy Ghosh, A spiritual sequel to the 2012 film ''Kahaani'', the film features Arjun Rampal and Vidya Balan in lead roles, a ...

'' (2016) and '' Badla'' (2019). He has also written and directed short films like '' Anukul'' (2017) and ''Ahalya'' (2015). He has directed a series for

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, titled ''Typewriter'' (2019).

Early life

Sujoy Ghosh was born in

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. He studied in St. James' School. He used to stay in Bhowanipore and then moved to London when he was 13. Sujoy attended Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College where he completed his

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. He has a degree in engineering and an MBA from

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. He worked as a South Asia head of the media division of

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before quitting in 1999. Sujoy is married to Vaishali – a psychologist and has two children Diya – a fellow film director and Agni – an ex professional rugby player, who now works for

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Career

Ghosh made his directorial debut in 2003 with the small-budget ''

'' which was a tribute to R. D. Burman, and which went on to become a surprise hit. His next ventures ''Home Delivery'' and ''Aladin'' did not achieve box office success. His 2012 release ''

'', featuring

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in lead role, has gained both widespread commercial success and critical acclaim. In 2016, his film ''

'' was released which is a sequel to Kahaani. He started his acting career portraying the role of Bengali sleuth Byomkesh Bakshi in a film directed by

Rituparno Ghosh 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 ...

in December 2012. Not many know that he has written the tagline "Korbo Lorbo Jeetbo Re" for the IPL Team

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. He has also directed, produced and written short films like Anukul (2017) and

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(2015).

Filmography

Awards

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* Living people 21st-century Indian film directors Indian male screenwriters Film directors from Kolkata Bengali film directors Hindi-language film directors Alumni of the University of Manchester Best Original Screenplay National Film Award winners 1966 births {{India-film-director-stub