Sujoy Ghosh is an Indian film producer and actor known for making several Bollywood films. He is considered one of the most unconventional filmmakers of Bollywood.
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Wiki/Biography
Sujoy Ghosh was born on Saturday, 21 May 1966 (age 57 years; as in 2023) in Bhawanipur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. His zodiac sign is Gemini. He did his early schooling from St. James’s School, Kolkata. At the age of 13, he moved to London, England where he attended Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College for further schooling. He earned a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Computing from the University of Manchester from 1986 to 1989. He obtained his MBA from Alliance Manchester Business School from 1990 to 1992. He served as head of Reuters’ South Asia division from 1993 to 2000. Left his job to pursue a career in film production.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 10″
Weight (Approx): 70 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
He belongs to a Bengali family.
parents and siblings
His father was a taxi driver and his mother was a psychiatrist. His parents eloped and got married.
wife and children
He is married to Vaishali who is a psychologist. The couple has a daughter named Diya Annapurna Ghosh who is a film director and a son named Agni who is a former rugby player and later worked at Phaidon International.
Sujoy Ghosh with his wife Vaishali Ghosh
Sujoy Ghosh (far right) with his daughter Diya Annapurna Ghosh
Religion
He follows Hindu religion.
livelihood
Director, producer and screenwriter
film
He made his debut as a director and screenwriter in 2003 with the film Jhankaar Beats starring Juhi Chawla and Sanjay Suri, which was a critical hit. In January 2005, he started his own production house named BoundScript Motion Pictures Pvt. Ltd. His first film as a producer was Aladdin in 2009 starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Riteish Deshmukh in the lead roles. He later directed, produced and wrote the screenplay for various films including Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh in 2016, Badla in 2019, Bob Biswas in 2021 and Jaane Jaan in 2023.
Sujoy Ghosh with Vidya Balan (right) during the promotion of Kahaani 2.
short film
Her first short film was Ahalya in 2015 starring Radhika Roy and Soumitra Chatterjee in lead roles. He later adapted it in 2017.
Sujoy Ghosh (right) during the shooting of the short film Anukul.
Television
Sujoy Ghosh made his television debut in 2018 with Teen Paheliyan, which aired on Star Plus.
web series
His first web series was Typewriter in 2019 which was streamed on Netflix and starred Purab Kohli and Palomi Ghosh in the lead roles.
actor
film
Hindi
He made his acting debut in 2012 with a small role in Nobel Chor.
Bengali
His first acting role was Byomkesh Bakshy in Satyenveshi in 2013.
award
- Most Entertaining Thriller Film Award at Big Star Entertainment Awards for Kahaani in 2012
- Best Screenplay (Original) Award at the 60th National Film Awards for Kahaani in 2013
- Best Director Award at the 58th Filmfare Awards for Kahaani in 2013
- Best Story Award at Colors Screen Awards for Kahaani in 2013
- Best Director and Best Screenplay Award at the Star Guild Awards for Kahaani in 2013
- Best Story and Best Screenplay Award at the Times of India Film Awards for Kahaani in 2013
- Hottest Film Producer of the Year Award at the Stardust Awards for Kahaani in 2013
- Best Film-Critic, Best Director-Critic and Best Story Award at Zee Cine Awards for Kahaani in 2013
- Most Surprise Hit of the Year Award at the ETC Bollywood Business Awards for Kahaani in 2013
Favorite
- Bengali Film: Ganga (1960), Agantuk (1991), Kharij (1982)
- Hindi Film: Parineeta (2005)
- Tamil film: Mahanadi (1994)
Facts/General Knowledge
- He is known for doing innovative promotional activities for his films. In 2019, he did commentary in Bengali on Star Jalsa channel with Taapsee Pannu to promote his film Badla.
Sujoy Ghosh (centre) doing commentary during the promotion of his film Badla
- Sujoy was fond of reading stories in his childhood, especially stories by Swapan Kumar, Nihar Ranjan Gupta, Hemendra Kumar Roy, Shirstendu Mukhopadhyay, Buddhadeb Guha, Sunil Ganguly and Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay.
- In an interview, Sujoy revealed that his maternal grandfather was from Nepal and had come to Kolkata after being accused in a murder case. Later he became a rich man’s driver and eloped with another rich man’s daughter.
- Working at Reuters before becoming a film producer in 1999, he earned around Rs 50 lakh per year, a huge sum at that time.
- Kareena Kapoor Khan, Vijay Verma and Jaideep Ahlawat in an interview revealed Sujoy Ghosh’s unconventional directorial style and said that Sujoy never looked at the monitors, but kept watching them in between scenes. He used to sing funny songs before shooting serious scenes.
- He is a big fan of Amitabh Bachchan. In an interview, he revealed his earliest memory with Amitabh Bachchan was when they watched the film Namak Haram. He said that he was watching the film with his father and was impressed by Bachchan’s dialogue ‘Hai koi mai ka laal jo maa ka doodh piya ho’.
Sujoy Ghosh with Amitabh Bachchan
- In an interview, he revealed that he would like to make a film based on the popular story Kabuliwala. He also said that if he had not been a filmmaker, he would have become anything, even a taxi driver, because he considers every job equal.
- While he was struggling in his early filmmaking days, he worked various odd jobs including math tutor, waiter and store attendant.
- He has also written the tagline ‘Korbo Lorbo Jeetbo Re’ for the IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders.
- In 2017, he resigned from the post of jury chief of the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) after the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting reportedly removed two films, S Durga and Nude, from the select list of films.
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