May 30' 2013
Multiple National Award winner and Bengali filmmaker passed away after a cardiac arrest today, Mary 30' 2013, at around 7:30 A.M. (local time) in Kolkata. He was 49.
Rituparno Ghosh was suffering from pancreatitis, said his colleague Gautam Ghosh.
After the director's death politicians and celebrities were seen visiting his residence where he lived alone.
Ghosh has won twelve National Awards for his films like Utsab, Dosor, Dahan, Shob Charito Kalponik, Abohoman and The Last Lear.
He has made 19 films. Hirer Angti was his first film as a director made in 1994. Same year he made Unishe April, which won National Film Award for Best Feature Film.
Rituparno Ghosh was born in Kolkata on August 31, 1963 to a documentary film maker. He did his schooling from South Point High School and graduated in economics from Jadavpur University in the city.
Films directed by Rituparno Ghosh
Hirer Angti (1992) Unishe April (1994) Dahan (1997) Bariwali (1999) Asukh (1999) Utsab (2000) Titli (2002) Shubho Mahurat (2003) Chokher Bali (2003) Raincoat (2004) Antar Mahal (2005) Dosar (2006) The Last Lear (2008) Khela (2008) Shob Charitro Kalponik (2009) Abohoman (2010) Sunglass (2010) Noukadubi (2011) Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish (2012)
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