Sujoy Ghosh (born 21 May 1966) is an Indian film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter who works in

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films. He has directed '' Jhankaar Beats'' (2003), '' Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak'' (2005), '' Aladin'' (2009), ''

Kahaani ''Kahaani'' (; ) is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action 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 festiv ...

'' (2012), '' Kahaani 2'' (2016) and '' Badla'' (2019). He has also written and directed short films such as ''Ahalya'' (2015) and '' Anukul'' (2017). He had directed two projects for

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, the horror drama series ''

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'' (2019) and the mystery thriller film ''Jaane Jaan'' (2023).

Early life

Sujoy Ghosh was born in

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. He studied in St. James' School. He used to stay in

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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 business owner. They have two children.

Career

Ghosh made his directorial debut in 2003 with the low-budget '' Jhankaar Beats'' 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 directorial, ''

'', featuring

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in the lead role, gained both widespread critical acclaim and commercial success. In 2016, his film '' Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh'' was released which is a standalone sequel to ''Kahaani''. He started his acting career portraying the role of Bengali sleuth

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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 h ...

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 ''Ahalya'' (2015) and '' Anukul'' (2017).

Filmography

Feature films

Short films

Television

Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghosh, Sujoy Living people 21st-century Indian people 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