Bengali director Rituparno Ghosh dies

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Kolkata, May 30: Noted filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh today died of cardiac arrest at his south Kolkata residence. He was 49.

Winner of 12 National and some international awards, Mr Ghosh was suffering from pancreatitis and died of heart attack at 7.30 am, his family said.

Mr Ghosh shot to fame by his direction of a children’s film Hirer Angti in 1994. His film Unishe April won national award winner in 1995.

His other widely acclaimed films include Dahan, Asukh, Chokher Bali, Raincoat, Bariwali, Antarmahal and Noukadubi.

 

Mr Ghosh had last tweeted on May 28, 2013 about his last film Satyanewshi.

"Wrapped up the shoot of Satyanewshi, a crime thriller in the molten glow of the pensive falling afternoon," he tweeted. "Surprising that the brooding prince of indian cinema Guru Dutt,stayed in the same palatial mansion to film his Sahab Biwi aur Ghulam," he had posted.

As news of his death spread, a pall of gloom descended on Tollywood. Thespian Soumitra Chatterjee deeply mourned Ghosh’s death, saying, "I cannot believe that Rituparno is no more. It is very difficult to accept this news. We lost a very promising film director at a very early age."

Many film actors and actresses thronged his residence to pay their last respects.

State Commerce and Industry minister Partha Chatterjee visited his home this morning.