Goutam Ghose

Goutam Ghose was born on 24 July 1950 in Calcutta, the son of Professor Himangshu Kumar Ghose, and graduated from the University of Calcutta. He took part in the group theatre movement, worked as a photojournalist, then from 1973 made documentaries, the second of which won a prize at the Oberhausen festival. A director of feature films in Bengali, Hindi and Telugu, he often handles their cinematography and music himself. He received the Vittorio De Sica Prize in 1997, an Italian distinction in 2006 and the Banga Bibhushan in 2012.

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• CinemaThe Boatman of the River PadmaPadma Nadir MajhiGoutam Ghose · 1993Cinema