Shiboprosad Mukherjee
Indian film director, writer, actor (b. 1974)
Zinia Sen
(m. 2016)Shiboprosad Mukherjee (pronounced [ʃiboprosad̪ mukʰärdʒi], Bengali: pronunciationⓘ; born 20 May 1974) is an Indian film director, writer and actor. Collaborating with Nandita Roy, he made his directing debut with the film Icche, which garnered both critical acclaim as well as commercial success. The director duo is known for making socially relevant films which are also entertaining to the viewers. They have also directed some of the popular most new age Bengali films like Praktan, Bela Seshe, Icche, Muktodhara, Accident, Alik Sukh and Ramdhanu, Haami, Konntho, Gotro which were critically acclaimed as well as enjoyed commercial success. He also serves as a partner at Windows Productions. His film Praktan, bagged multiple National Awards and Alik Sukh was premiered at the Marche du Film section in Cannes Film Festival in 2013. His film Konttho was selected as the Indian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.
Early life and education
Shiboprosad Mukherjee was born on 20 May 1974 at Baranagar in the northern fringes Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He was a student of Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School[1] and later completed his high school from Hindu School. He pursued his graduation in Political Science Honors from Jadavpur University.
Personal life
He married journalist Zinia Sen in 2016.[2]
Film and television career
Acting
He joined the theatre school as a trainer after completing his schooling. He participated in the T.I. E Project (Theatre in Education), under the guidance of Rudraprasad Sengupta. He was also guided by Rituporno Ghosh when he was working as a freelance journalist in Anandalok (a film Magazine of ABP Group), during his acting days. He debuted in 1995 in Zee Bangla, with 'Ekushe Pa', directed by Raja Dasgupta. Later he went on to work in other daily television Serials like Janmabhoomi, Ghoom Nei, etc.
Television
Although as a director and producer he has worked with all the leading channels in West Bengal and Bangladesh and has designed television programmes of duration not less than 10,000 hours; he has been associated with ETV Bangla from its inception. From 1999 to 2002, he was a senior programming associate at ETV Bangla and he is behind conceptualizing, designing and producing 6 hours of original programming daily.
With the credit of more than 50 non-fiction shows for Bengali television completely, designed by him, he has also conceptualized the first Bengali women's magazine programmes on television – Sreemoti. He is often considered the first to launch reality shows in Bengali television – Ritur Mela Jhoom Tara Ra Ra. In reality Black Magic Motion Pictures led by Arjun Gourisaria created the first reality show in Bengali television, Rojgere Ginni.
He started his own production company named "Windows Productions", along with his partner Nandita Roy, and together they have produced non-fiction and fiction programmes.
Production
Filmography
| Year | Title | Functioned as | Producer | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Screenwriter | Actor | Role | |||
| 1997 | Char Adhyay | No | No | Yes | ||
| Dahan | No | No | Yes | |||
| 1998 | Jamai No 1 | No | No | Yes | ||
| 2000 | Bariwali | No | No | Yes | Debasish | Anupam Kher |
| 2003 | Ekti Nadir Naam ( Docu Feature) | No | No | Yes | Steve Brookes | |
| 2011 | Icche | Yes | Yes | No | — | Vignesh Films |
| Hello Memsaheb | Yes | Yes | No | — | Arijit Biswas | |
| 2012 | Muktodhara | Yes | No | Yes | Happy Singh | Bachchu Biswas |
| Accident | Yes | No | Yes | Arko | Kaustav Ray | |
| 2013 | Alik Sukh | Yes | Yes | No | — | Windows |
| 2014 | Ramdhanu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Laltu Dutta | |
| 2015 | Bela Seshe | Yes | Yes | No | — | Windows |
| 2016 | Praktan | Yes | Yes | No | — | Windows |
| 2017 | Posto | Yes | Yes | No | — | |
| 2018 | Haami | Yes | Yes | Yes | Laltu Biswas | |
| 2019 | Konttho | Yes | Yes | Yes | Arjun Mallik | |
| Gotro | Yes | Yes | No | — | ||
| 2022 | Bela Shuru | Yes | Yes | No | — | |
| Haami 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Laltu Mondal | ||
| 2023 | Raktabeej | Yes | Yes | No | — | Windows |
| 2024 | Amar Boss | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Bohurupi | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | ||
Awards
- Anandalok Award 2012 – Best Film for film Muktodhara[3]
- Filmfare Award (East) 2014 – Best Direction for the film Alik Sukh[4]
- Zee Cine Award 2016 – Best film Bela Seshe[5]
- Sera Bangali – ABP Ananda 2016 – Direction
- Mahanayak Samman Awards-2016 – for contribution to films from the West Bengal Government[6]
- International Bengali film awards 2016 NABC – Best film Bela Seshe
- EbelaAjeyoSamman −2016
- West Bengal Film Journalist Awards 2017 – Most Popular film Praktan
- International Business Film Award 2016 – Highest Grossing Bengali Film Praktan[7]
Achievements
- Icche did a theatrical run for 125 days. The National Film Archive of India accepted Icche as part of their collection for cultural and educational purposes. Icche was screened followed by an interactive session with the participants of the 8th batch of the 21-Day Certificate Course on Legal and Psychological Counseling for Women in Distress, University of Calcutta (29 January 2013). Icche has been included in the BEd curriculum of Visva-Bharati University. PVR Cinemas selected the film to be screened at Kolkata, Delhi & Mumbai as part of the Indian Panorama Film Festival.
- Hello Memsaheb, a comedy film, achieved commercial success.
- Accident was a thought-provoking and hard-hitting feature film. It was critically acclaimed. Accident was selected for the Indian Cinema Now Section of the 18th International Kerala Film Festival 2013. It ran in theatres successfully for 50 days.
- Muktodhara was the first Bengali film in a decade to be screened at the Rashtrapati Bhavan for the President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee. He was all praise for the film. Muktodhara was also watched by the governor of West Bengal, Sri. M.K Narayan. Muktodhara was accepted by Legal Aid Services of West Bengal as part of their curriculum for Post Graduate Studies in Counseling, 2013 (affiliated to University of Calcutta) and also has been included in the Certificate Course on Legal and Psychological Counseling for Women in Distress. It has been included in the BEd curriculum of Visva-Bharati University. It ran in theatres successfully for 75 days.
- Alik Sukh was premiered at the Marche du Film section in Cannes Film Festival in 2013. It had a pan India release in 2013. It was not only critically acclaimed, but also did well commercially. It ran in theatres successfully for 50 days. The director duo received the Filmfare Award (East) 2014 for Best Direction for the film Alik Sukh.
- Ramdhanu achieved both commercial success and critical acclaim. It has been included in the BEd curriculum of Visva-Bharati University.
- Bela Seshe received a tremendous response and Eros International released the film in Mumbai, Delhi, Noida, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Gurgaon, Pune and Bangalore. It became the longest running Bengali film of the last decade. 217 days of Multiplex run and 250 days theatrical run. The film was liked by veteran actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Waheeda Rehman, Asha Parekh.
- Praktan went on to become the Highest Grossing Bengali Film of 2016 and received an award at the Indian Business Film Awards 2016 along with films like Kabali, Sultan, Visaranayi etc.[8] Praktan received as many as 8 awards at the West Bengal Film Journalist Awards 2016 including the Most Popular Film, Best Actor (Female), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female), Best Production Design, Best Music Album among others.[9] The film had as many as 11 nominations at the 2nd Jio Filmfare Awards 2017 (East) and won 5 awards including Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) and Best Music Album among others.[10]
- Konttho was selected as the Indian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.[11][12]
References
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- ^ "Bengali Superhit Film Belaseshe Director Shiboprasad Mukherjee Ties the Knot in a Private Ceremony". Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ Kumar, S. "Anandalok Award Winners 2012 – Who wins Anandalok Puraskar of Bengali TV & Films". Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ Filmfare Awards East
- ^ Team, DNA Web (5 March 2016). "Zee Cine Awards 2016 Complete Winners List: Who won what?". DNA India. Archived from the original on 16 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ MPost (25 July 2016). "CM presents Mahanayak Samman awards". www.millenniumpost.in. Archived from the original on 23 March 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ "Praktan gets Highest Grossing Movie award – Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ "Praktan gets Highest Grossing Movie award". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 January 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ Kumar, S. "WBFJA 2016 Award Winner Names | List of All WBFJA 2016 Award Winners of Bengali Film Industry". www.kolkatabengalinfo.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Filmfare Award East 2017 Winners – List of Bengali Filmfare Award Winners | Filmfare.com". filmfare.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ Ayush Dixit (21 September 2019). "AndhaDhun, Article 15, Badhaai Ho, Badla, Super Deluxe among 28 films competing for India's Oscar entry". timesnownews.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ Priyanka Dasgupta. "28 films compete for India's Oscar entry". The Times of India. TOI. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
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