FILM DIRECTOR

Rituparno Ghosh

1963 - 2013

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Rituparno Ghosh (31 August 1963 – 30 May 2013) was an Indian film director, actor, writer and lyricist. After pursuing a degree in economics, he started his career as a creative artist at an advertising agency. He received recognition for his second feature film Unishe April which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rituparno Ghosh has received more than 1,430,344 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Rituparno Ghosh is the 1,901st most popular film director (down from 1,735th in 2019), the 1,210th most popular biography from India (down from 1,010th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Indian Film Director.

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  • 22

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  • 3.95

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Rituparno Ghosh ranks 1,901 out of 2,041. Before him are Tobias Lindholm, David F. Sandberg, Jeff Nichols, Adina Pintilie, Ladj Ly, and Nicole Holofcener. After him are Govind Nihalani, Andrew Haigh, John Ridley, Michael Dougherty, Ol Parker, and Sai Paranjpye.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Rituparno Ghosh ranks 848. Before him are John Benjamin Hickey, Hannu Virta, Preki, Leandro Machado, Melinda McGraw, and Nellee Hooper. After him are Petra Schneider, Stavros Theodorakis, Daphne Ashbrook, Hector Pieterson, Adil Hussain, and Debra Granik. Among people deceased in 2013, Rituparno Ghosh ranks 535. Before him are Lee Thompson Young, Chi Cheng, Kenny Ball, Chrissy Amphlett, Harry F. Byrd Jr., and C. Everett Koop. After him are Jean Pickering, Thompson Oliha, Hervé Boussard, Burry Stander, Soraya Jiménez, and Hakimullah Mehsud.

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In India

Among people born in India, Rituparno Ghosh ranks 1,210 out of 1,861. Before him are Rati Agnihotri (1960), Devendra Fadnavis (1970), Rita Bhaduri (1955), Rakhi Sawant (1978), Rajesh Roshan (1955), and Gauri Lankesh (1962). After him are Varun Dhawan (1987), Gurdas Maan (1957), Ratna Pathak (1957), Shashi Deshpande (1938), Madhavi (1962), and Adil Hussain (1963).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Rituparno Ghosh ranks 46. Before him are S. S. Rajamouli (1973), Goutam Ghose (1950), Mani Kaul (1944), Ram Gopal Varma (1962), Sooraj Barjatya (1965), and Kiran Rao (1973). After him are Sai Paranjpye (1938), Prabhu Deva (1973), S. Shankar (1963), Farhan Akhtar (1974), Rajkumar Santoshi (1956), and Anurag Kashyap (1972).

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