Indian film director
Shoojit Sircar
Born c. 1966–1967 Alma mater Shaheed Bhagat Singh College Occupations Director, producer Spouse Jhuma Sircar Children 2
Shoojit Sircar (bornc. 1966–1967 [ 1] Hindi films . He has received several awards, including threeNational Film Awards and twoFilmfare Awards from five nominations.
Sircar made his directorial debut with the romantic war dramaYahaan Vicky Donor National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment . He followed it a year later with the political action thrillerMadras Cafe
His next filmPiku Filmfare Award for Best Film (Critics) . His home production, the legal thrillerPink National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues . Sircar subsequently directed and produced thecoming-of-age dramaOctober Amazon Prime Video 's comedyGulabo Sitabo Sardar Udham [ 1] I Want to Talk Filmfare Award for Best Film (Critics) .[ 2]
Early and personal life [ edit ] Sircar was born into aBengali family inKolkata , in the Indian state ofWest Bengal . He completed his schooling fromKendriya Vidyalaya Barrackpore Airforce in 1985 and graduated with aBachelor of Commerce fromShaheed Bhagat Singh College at the University of Delhi.[ 3] [ 1]
In his early years, he worked as an accountant at Le Meridien hotel in Delhi as well advertisement industry.[ 1] International Film Festival of India in Delhi. He credits the American documentary filmDear America: Letters Home from Vietnam Satyajit Ray 'sPather Panchali [ 1] Act One , which had as troupe membersManoj Bajpayee ,Piyush Mishra andAshish Vidyarthi .[ 1]
Sircar is married to Jhuma Sircar, and a parent to two daughters, Koyna and Anannya Sircar.[ 4] Kolkata .[ 1] [ 4]
[ edit ] Sircar made his directorial debut in 2005 with the romantic war dramaYahaan Jimmy Sheirgill andMinissha Lamba in a love story set in war-savagedKashmir . The film received mixed critical reviews and poor box-office revenues upon release.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] Shoebite ,Amitabh Bachchan remains unreleased as of 2023[ 1] [needs update due to a copyright legal battle betweenPercept Picture Company andUTV Motion Pictures .[ 8]
The debacle related toShoebite led Sircar to establish his own film production company in 2007 with Ronnie Lahiri, naming it Rising Sun Films, under which all of his directorial films would be made.[ 9] [ 1] Bengali-language drama filmAparajita Tumi Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury .
[ edit ] Shoojit Sircar at Chandigarh Literature Festival 2016, India Sircar rose to prominence in 2012 with the critically and commercially successful social romantic comedyVicky Donor Ayushmann Khurrana andYami Gautam .[ 10] sperm donation andinfertility within a Bengali-Punjabi household[ 11] ₹ 66.32 crore worldwide,[ 12] ₹ 15 crore.[ 13] National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment , in addition to his first nominations for theFilmfare Award for Best Film andBest Director .[ 14] [ 15] Naruda Donoruda Dharala Prabhu [ 16] [ 17]
He followed it up a year later with thepolitical action thriller Madras Cafe [ 18] John Abraham ,Nargis Fakhri alongside newcomerRaashi Khanna in lead roles.[ 19] Indian intervention in theSri Lankan civil war andassassination of Indian prime ministerRajiv Gandhi , the film received positive reviews from critics upon release.[ 20] Rajeev Masand ofCNN-IBN Madras Café ."[ 21]
In 2015, Sircar directed and produced the comedy-dramaPiku Deepika Padukone as the titular protagonist, alongsideAmitabh Bachchan ,Irrfan Khan andMoushumi Chatterjee , the film is loosely based on the 1980 Bengali-language short filmPikoo Satyajit Ray .[ 22] [ 23] [ 24] Filmfare Award for Best Film (Critics) , in addition to his second Best Film and Best Director nominations at the same ceremony. The same year, Sircar produced the Bengali language filmOpen Tee Bioscope
His next home production and screenwriting venture wasPink ensemble cast includingTaapsee Pannu ,Kirti Kulhari , Andrea Tariang and Amitabh Bachchan in lead roles.[ 25] [ 26] Pink won Sircar theNational Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues .[ 27]
Sircar's next venture was thecoming-of-age drama October Varun Dhawan ) who takes care of his comatose fellow intern (Banita Sandhu ) in an unconditional and unconventional manner. Upon its release, the filmmakers were accused of plagiarisingAarti – The Unknown Love Story , a Marathi film directed by Sarika Mene.Screenwriters Association reviewed the case and found some similarities between the two films.[ 28] [ 29] October received widespread critical acclaim upon release[ 30] [ 31]
Sircar then reunited with Bachchan and Khurrana in the 2020comedy-drama Gulabo Sitabo COVID-19 pandemic , the film was one of the first Bollywood films to be released directly onAmazon Prime Video worldwide.[ 32] [ 33]
Sardar Udham and beyond (2021–present)[ edit ] Sircar promotingSardar Udham Vicky Kaushal (right) and Ronnie Lahiri (left) Sircar's prominence increased in 2021 with thebiographical historical drama Sardar Udham Vicky Kaushal in the titular role. Based on the life ofUdham Singh , a freedom fighter fromPunjab who assassinatedMichael O'Dwyer inLondon to avenge the 1919Jallianwala Bagh massacre inAmritsar ,[ 34] direct-to-digital premiere through Amazon Prime Video during theDusshera weekend.[ 35] [ 36] Sardar Udham received widespread critical acclaim upon release.[ 37] Saibal Chatterjee ofNDTV Sardar Udham but none of it is employed for mere effect. There is great deal of soul, too, in this magnificently crafted film."[ 38] Filmfare Award for Best Film (Critics) , in addition to his fourth Best Director nomination at the same ceremony.Sardar Udham was listed by several publications as one of the best Bollywood films of the year.[ 39] [ 40] [ 41] [ 42] [ 43]
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