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Top 10 Bengali Origins As Bollywood Directors

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Bollywood has been creating several genres of films. The directors play an integral part in creating a film. The Indian film industry has several directors from several parts of the country who have contributed to Hindi cinema. Here is the list of Bollywood directors who are Bengali.

1. Satyajit Ray Biographies reveal bare details about the maverick >> Read More...

Satyajit Ray was an author, magazine editor, calligrapher, lyricist, composer, screenwriter, essayist, author, and director of films. He was born on 2 May 1921 in Calcutta. The Bollywood films he directed are Shatranj Ke Khiladi, Sadgati, and many more. As a writer, his Bollywood films are Kissa Kathmandu Ka Kissa Kathmandu Ka is a Hindi mini television seri >> Read More... , Bombay Talkies Click to look into! >> Read More... , Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya, and many more. He was a junior visualizer for filmmaking. He was inspired by the French Director Jean Renoir when he visited India in 1949 and Vittorio De Sica when Ray visited London in 1948. He died on 23 April 1992 in Calcutta, West Bengal. He won numerous awards. A few of them are Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan.

2. Anurag Basu Anurag Basu is a jack of all trade Indian film/tel >> Read More...

Anurag Basu is a director, actor, producer, and screenwriter of films. He was born on 8 May 1970 in Bhilai Chattisgarh. The Bollywood films he directed are, Saaya, Kucch To Hai, Murder, Tumsa Nahin Dekha: A Love Story ‘Love Story’ was a series that was telecast on SAB >> Read More... , Gangster, Life In A Metro, Kites, Barfi, Jagga Jasoos, Ludo, Metro In Dino, Tara, Saturday Suspense Saturday suspense is an Indian Television Thriller >> Read More... , Ajeeb Dastaan, Koshish Ek Aashaa, Kyun Ki Saans Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki, Manzizlien Apni Apni, Miit, Rooh, Love Story, Stories By Rabindranath Tagore, and many more. He won the IIFA Award for Best Director for Barfi, the Zee Cine Award for Best Director, the Times of India Film Awards for Best Director for Barfi, and many more.

3. Ayan Mukherjee

Ayan Mukherjee is a director, producer, and screenwriter of films. He was born on 15 August 1983 in Kolkata, West Bengal. The Bollywood films directed by him are Swades, Home Delivery, Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna, Wake Up Sid Click to look into! >> Read More... , Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani, Brahmastra, and many more. He won Best Debut Director for Wake Up Sid at the 55th Filmfare Awards, Hottest New Director at Stardust Award for Wake Up Sid, Best Debut Director for Producers Guild Film Awards, Best Director Awards for Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and Brahmastra at Zee Cine Awards and many more.

4. Tarun Majumdar A legendary director who has created the most exce >> Read More...

Tarun Majumdar was the director, illustrator, author, and screenwriter of films. He was born on 8 January 1931 in Bogra, now Bangladesh. His father was a freedom fighter. He completed his education at the University of Calcutta. The Bollywood films he directed are Balika Badhu “Balika Badhu”, is a romantic drama serial based o >> Read More... 1967, and Balika Badhu 1976. He suggested the script of Maine Pyar Kiya Click to look into! >> Read More... . Earlier, he was a poster illustrator of films. He received several awards, including Padma Shri, National Award, BFJA Award, Filmfare Award, and Anandaloke Award. He died on 4 July 2022 in Kolkata, West Bengal.

5. Rituparno Ghosh Rituparno Ghosh(1963-2013) was a profound actor, d >> Read More...

Rituparno Ghosh was an actor, writer, lyricist, and director of films. He was born on 31 August 1963 in Kolkata, West Bengal. The Bollywood films directed by him are Raincoat in 2003, Mumbai Cutting in 2010, Sunglass in 2013, and many more. He received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi in 2005 for his film, Raincoat. He died on 30 May 2013 in Kolkata, West Bengal.

6. Pradeep Sarkar Born on April 30th, 1955 Pradeep Sarkar is best kn >> Read More...

Pradeep Sarkar is a writer and director of films. He was born on 30 April 1955 in Calcutta, West Bengal. The Bollywood films directed by him are Munna Bhai MBBS, Parineeta, Eklavya: The Royal Guard, Laaga Chunari Mein Daag, Lafangey Parindey Click to look into! >> Read More... , Mardaani, Helicopter Eela Click to look into! >> Read More... , Coldd Lassi Aur Chicken Masala, Arranged Marriage Arranged Marriage is a Pakistani-Television serial >> Read More... , Forbidden Love Forbidden Love is a Hindi language series aired on >> Read More... , Durango and many more. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction, the Zee Cine Award for Most Promising Director, the Filmfare Award for Best Director in 2005, and the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director for Parineeta. He died on 24 March 2023.

7. Shoojit Sircar Shoojit Sircar is an Indian film producer and dire >> Read More...

Shoojit Sircar is a producer and director of films. He was born in 1967 in Kolkata, West Bengal. The Bollywood films directed by him are Yahaan, Shoebite, Vicky Donor Click to look into! >> Read More... , Madras Café, Piku, October, Gulabo Sitabo, Sardar Udham, and many more. He won the National Film Awards The National Film Awards gets presented every year >> Read More... for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment, Filmfare Awards, and Stardust Awards for Best Director in 2013 for Vicky Donor. He was nominated for the Star Screen Awards, Producers Guild Film Awards, Times of India Film Awards, and International Indian Film Academy Awards in 2013 for Best Director for his film Vicky Donor.

8. Bimal Roy Bimal Roy was born on 12 July 1909 in Suapur, East >> Read More...

Bimal Roy was a director of films. He was born on 12 July 1909 in Suapur, now Bangladesh. The Bollywood films directed by him are Bengal Famine, Hamrahi, Anjangaeh, Pehla Aadmi, Parineeta, Do Bigha Zamin, Biraj Bahu, Naukari, Baap Beti, Devdas, Madhumati, Yahudi, Parakh, Sujata, Immortal Stupa, Prem Patra, Bandini, Life and Message for Swami Vivekananda, and many more. He received several awards, such as the Filmfare Award for Best Film, the Filmfare Award for Best Director for Do Bigha Zamin in 1953, the Filmfare Award for Best Director in 1955 for Biraj Bahu, and many more. He died on 7 January 1966 in Bombay, Maharashtra.

9. Dibakar Banerjee Dibakar Bannerjee is a director and screenwriter a >> Read More...

Dibakar Banerjee is a screenwriter, producer, and director of films. He was born on 21 June 1969. The Bollywood films directed by him are Khosla Ka Ghosla, Oye Lucky Lucky Oye, Love Sex Aur Dhokha, Shanghai, Bombay Talkies, Detective Byomkesh Bakshy Click to look into! >> Read More... , Titli, Lust Stories, Ghost Stories, Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar, and many more. He was a copywriter at TBWA Anthem and joined contract Advertising in Delhi. He has his own production company, Dibakar Banerjee Productions. In 1997, he launched his company, Watermark, to develop Channel V and MTV promos, including Ad films for major brands.

10. Sujoy Ghosh Sujoy Ghosh born in Kolkata had his schooling at S >> Read More...

Sujoy Ghosh is an actor, producer, director, and screenwriter of films. He was born on 21 May 1966 in Kolkata, West Bengal. The Bollywood films directed by him are Jhankaar Beats, Home Delivery: Aapko Ghar Tak, Aladin, Kahaani, Ahalya, Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh, Anukul, Badla, Typewriter, Lust Stories 2, The Devotion of Suspect X, and many more. He received several awards, such as the Big Star Entertainment Awards for Most Entertaining Thriller Film in 2012, the 60th National Film Awards, the 58th Filmfare Awards, the Colours Screen Awards, the Star Guild Awards for Best Director in 2013 for his film Kahaani, and many more.

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