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 Banga Bibhushan 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; CU) is a public collegiate state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered one of best state research university all over India every year, C ...

Career

He started making

documentaries A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in ter ...

in 1973. Took active part in group theatre movement in

Calcutta Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comm ...

. Also dedicated some time as a Photojournalist. 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 movie of

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, Asit Sen who had heralded a new era in Bengali movie through his works. His most successful films were

Padma Nadir Majhi ''Padma Nadir Majhi'' is an Indo-Bangladesh joint production feature film directed by Goutom Ghosh from the novel of the same name, Manik Bandopadhyay's '' Padma Nadir Majhi'', shows life of fishermen of the Padma River. Plot Hossain Miya (U ...

, Kaalbela and

Moner Manush ''Moner Manush'' ( bn, মনের মানুষ, lit=Ideal Person) is a 2010 Indo-Bangladesh joint production, India-Bangladesh joint venture Bengali-language biographical film, biographical musical drama film based on the life and philosoph ...

. 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: *NANDI State Award for Best Film *

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several ...

(1979) Dakhal: *

National Film Award for Best Feature Film The National Award for Best Feature Film is one of the categories in the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in India. It is one of se ...

(1982) *

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at Figuera De Foz, Portugal (1982) *

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for Human Rights Festival at Strasbourg, France (1982)

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National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several ...

(1985) *

UNESCO Award Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) awards ''The Cultural Diversity Award under the patronage of UNESCO'' annually to a film practitioner and film from the region for their exceptional contribution for upholding and promoting the cultural diversity t ...

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(1985) *

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

Filmfare Award The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language film industry of India.Al The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were first introduced by th ...

for Best Direction and

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Antarjali Jatra: *

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of severa ...

(1987) * Un-Certain Regards,

(1988) *

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(1988)

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National Film Award for Best Direction The National Film Award for Best Direction is an honour presented annually at India's National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF), an organisation set up by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Since ...

(1992) *

National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film The National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film was one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It was one of several ...

(1992). *

(1993).

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(1993) ''Beyond the Himalayas'' (A documentary): * Filmfare Award for Best Documentary Gudia: *

(1996) * Un-Certain Regards,

(1997) Dekha: *

(2001) *

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, Nantes Film Festival ''Kalahandi'' (A documentary): * National Film Award for Best Investigative Film (2002) ''A Treasure in the Snow'' (A documentary): *

National Film Award for Best Promotional Film The National Film Award for Best Promotional Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several award ...

(2003)

Abar Aranye ''Abar Aranye'' (English title: ''In the Forest ...Again'') (2003) is an Indian Bengali-language drama film directed by Goutom Ghosh. Plot The film features the characters from Satyajit Ray's ''Aranyer Din Ratri'', returning to the forest over ...

: *

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

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(2004)

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National Film Award for Best Cinematography The National Film Award for Best Cinematography is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards p ...

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Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration The Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one o ...

(A National award) *

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for Best Film at the 41st International Film Festival of India held at Goa.

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* 41st Bangladesh National Film Awards for Best Actress, Best child Artist and Best art Direction. *

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For Nominate

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: *Is the only Indian to have received the "Vittorio Di Sica" Award, Italy, 1997 *Was awarded the Knighthood of the Star of the Italian Solidarity in July 2006 *Awarded the Banga Bibhushan for lifetime achievement in film direction in 2012 *UNESCO Award (1985) * won Kalakar Awards

Honours

In 2017, he was inducted as a member of the

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Academy

As an avant-garde poet

Ghose has portrayed the role of a

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poet in

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's film '' Baishe Srabon'' and also penned the poems of the character he played.

References

External links

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