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			{{Short description\|Indian photographer (1934–2020)}}
	{{distinguish\|text=the director and cinematographer [[Nemai Ghosh (director)\|Nemai Ghosh]]}}		{{distinguish\|text=the director and cinematographer [[Nemai Ghosh (director)\|Nemai Ghosh]]}}
	~~{{short description\|Indian photographer}}~~
	{{Use dmy dates\|date=October 2019}}		{{Use dmy dates\|date=October 2019}}
	{{Use Indian English\|date=September 2018}}		{{Use Indian English\|date=September 2018}}
	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| name = Nemai Ghosh		\| name = Nemai Ghosh
	\| image = Nemai Ghosh Addresses - Opening Ceremony - 1st Four Ps Group Exhibition - Kolkata 2019-04-17 0616.JPG		\| image = Nemai Ghosh Addresses - Opening Ceremony - 1st Four Ps Group Exhibition - Kolkata 2019-04-17 0616.JPG
	\| caption = Nemai Ghosh in April 2019		\| caption = Nemai Ghosh in April 2019
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1934\|05\|08\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1934\|05\|08\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], British India		\| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], British India
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2020\|3\|25\|1934\|05\|08\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2020\|3\|25\|1934\|05\|08\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = Kolkata, India		\| death_place = Kolkata, India
	\| occupation = ~~photographer~~		\| occupation = Photographer
	\|years_active = 1960s–2020		\| years_active = 1960s–2020
			\| spouse = Shibani Ghosh
			\| children = Santanu Ghosh, Satyaki Ghosh, Sharmistha Ghosh
			\| relatives = Grandchildren - Shreya Ghosh, Soham Ghosh, Pujarini Ghosh, Opashona Ghosh and Nilanjan Ghosh
	}}		}}
	'''Nemai Ghosh''' (8 May 1934 – 25 March 2020)<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://upperstall.com/profile/luminary/nemai-ghosh/\|title=Nemai Ghosh\|website=Upperstall\|date=25 March 2020\|access-date=25 March 2020\|author=Chatterji, Shoma A.}}</ref> was a noted Indian photographer most known for working with [[Satyajit Ray]],<ref>{{cite web\| title =The time of his life \|publisher=Harmony, Celebrate Age Magazine\| url = http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPageView.jsp?page_id=1459&index1=0\|author=Anjana Basu\|date=July 2005\| access-date = 29 September 2013}}</ref> as a [[Unit still photographer\|still photographer]] for over two decades, starting with ''[[Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne]]'' (1969) till Ray's last film ''[[Agantuk]]'' (1991).<ref name=Arijit>{{cite news\|last=Bhattacharya\|first=Arijit\|title=Through the lens\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110518/jsp/entertainment/story_13994343.jsp\|access-date=28 September 2013\|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)\|The Telegraph]]\|date=18 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal\|last=Chatterjee\|first=Partha\|title=Glimpses of Ray\|journal=[[Frontline (magazine)\|Frontline]]\|year=2011\|volume=28\|issue=13\|url=http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl2813/stories/20110701281307200.htm\|access-date=28 September 2013}}</ref>		'''Nemai Ghosh''' (8 May 1934 – 25 March 2020)<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://upperstall.com/profile/luminary/nemai-ghosh/\|title=Nemai Ghosh\|website=Upperstall\|date=25 March 2020\|access-date=25 March 2020\|author=Chatterji, Shoma A.}}</ref> was a noted Indian photographer most known for working with [[Satyajit Ray]],<ref>{{cite web\| title =The time of his life \|publisher=Harmony, Celebrate Age Magazine\| url = http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPageView.jsp?page_id=1459&index1=0\|author=Anjana Basu\|date=July 2005\| access-date = 29 September 2013}}</ref> as a [[Unit still photographer\|still photographer]] for over two decades, starting with ''[[Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne]]'' (1969) till Ray's last film ''[[Agantuk]]'' (1991).<ref name=Arijit>{{cite news\|last=Bhattacharya\|first=Arijit\|title=Through the lens\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110518/jsp/entertainment/story_13994343.jsp\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521081252/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110518/jsp/entertainment/story_13994343.jsp\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=21 May 2011\|access-date=28 September 2013\|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)\|The Telegraph]]\|date=18 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal\|last=Chatterjee\|first=Partha\|title=Glimpses of Ray\|journal=[[Frontline (magazine)\|Frontline]]\|year=2011\|volume=28\|issue=13\|url=http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl2813/stories/20110701281307200.htm\|access-date=28 September 2013}}</ref> His work spans theatre, cinema, art, cultural documentation, and his home city of Kolkata, especially via black-and-white photography that captures both grand moments and intimate, fleeting ones.

	He was a jury member at the [[55th National Film Awards\|2007 National Film Awards]],<ref name="55thaward">{{cite web\|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm55NFAAward.aspx\|title=55th National Film Awards\|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]\|access-date=3 October 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002034853/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm55NFAAward.aspx\|archive-date=2 October 2013\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="55thawardPDF">{{cite web\|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/55th_nff_2007.pdf\|title=55th National Film Awards (PDF)\|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]}}</ref> and was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by [[Government of India]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Padma Awards Directory (2010)\|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]]\|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/PadmaAwd2010.pdf\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126141319/http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/PadmaAwd2010.pdf\|archive-date=26 November 2011}}</ref>		He was a jury member at the [[55th National Film Awards\|2007 National Film Awards]],<ref name="55thaward">{{cite web\|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm55NFAAward.aspx\|title=55th National Film Awards\|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]\|access-date=3 October 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002034853/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm55NFAAward.aspx\|archive-date=2 October 2013\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="55thawardPDF">{{cite web\|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/55th_nff_2007.pdf\|title=55th National Film Awards (PDF)\|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]}}</ref> and was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by [[Government of India]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Padma Awards Directory (2010)\|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]]\|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/PadmaAwd2010.pdf\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126141319/http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/PadmaAwd2010.pdf\|archive-date=26 November 2011}}</ref>

			== Early life and beginnings ==

			* Born in Kolkata (then Calcutta), British India.
			* He began his artistic involvement in '''theatre''', performing with Utpal Dutt’s ''Little Theatre Group''.
			* His interest in photography was not planned; around 1966, by chance he acquired a camera and began experimenting.

			== Personal life and family ==
			Nemai Ghosh was married to Shibani Ghosh, who died on 28 March 2022.

			The couple had three children:

			* Their eldest son, Santanu Ghosh died of a brain tumour on 19 December 2001. He was survived by his wife Dalia Ghosh, daughter Shreya Ghosh, and son Soham Ghosh.
			* Their younger son, Satyaki Ghosh, became a photographer, following in his father’s footsteps. He is married to Madhura Ghosh with two daughters, Opashona Ghosh and Pujarini Ghosh.
			* Their youngest child, Sharmistha Ghosh, works as an educator.

			== Association with Satyajit Ray ==

			* His first work with Satyajit Ray was on the film ''Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne'' (1969). From that point until Ray’s last film ''Agantuk'' (1991), Ghosh served as Ray’s still photographer.
			* Satyajit Ray referred to him as a kind of “Boswell” of his life with a camera, in reference to James Boswell, the famous biographer.

	He died on 25 March 2020. He was 85.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://bengali.indianexpress.com/entertainment/nemai-ghosh-passes-aaway-205461/\|title=প্রখ্যাত চিত্রগ্রাহক নিমাই ঘোষের জীবনাবসান\|date=2020-03-25\|website=Indian Express Bangla\|language=bn-IN\|access-date=2020-03-25}}</ref>		He died on 25 March 2020. He was 85.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://bengali.indianexpress.com/entertainment/nemai-ghosh-passes-aaway-205461/\|title=প্রখ্যাত চিত্রগ্রাহক নিমাই ঘোষের জীবনাবসান\|date=2020-03-25\|website=Indian Express Bangla\|language=bn-IN\|access-date=2020-03-25}}</ref>
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	[[File:Ghare Baire Gallery 3.jpg\|thumb\|Photographs of [[Satyajit Ray]] by Nemai Ghosh at Ghare Baire art gallery, [[Currency Building]], [[Kolkata]]]]		[[File:Ghare Baire Gallery 3.jpg\|thumb\|Photographs of [[Satyajit Ray]] by Nemai Ghosh at Ghare Baire art gallery, [[Currency Building]], [[Kolkata]]]]
	* ''Satyajit Ray 70 ans''; Photographies de Nemai Ghosh; Contributions éditées par Alok B. Nandi,1991, Eiffel Editions, Bruxelles.		* ''Satyajit Ray 70 ans''; Photographies de Nemai Ghosh; Contributions éditées par Alok B. Nandi,1991, Eiffel Editions, Bruxelles.
	* ''Satyajit Ray at 70'' ; Photographs by Nemai Ghosh; Contributions edited by Alok B. Nandi, 1993, Point of View and Orient Longman		* ''Satyajit Ray at 70''; Photographs by Nemai Ghosh; Contributions edited by Alok B. Nandi, 1993, Point of View and Orient Longman
	* {{cite book\|author=Nemai Ghosh\|title=Dramatic Moments: Photographs and Memories of Calcutta Theatre from the Sixties to the Nineties\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KJFqKDgcVyIC\|year=2000\|publisher=Seagull Books\|isbn=978-81-7046-156-2}}		* {{cite book\|author=Nemai Ghosh\|title=Dramatic Moments: Photographs and Memories of Calcutta Theatre from the Sixties to the Nineties\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KJFqKDgcVyIC\|year=2000\|publisher=Seagull Books\|isbn=978-81-7046-156-2}}
	* {{cite book\|author=Nemai Ghosh\|title=Satyajit Ray: From Script to Screen\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CkBUlAEACAAJ\|year=2003\|publisher=National Gallery of Modern Art}}		* {{cite book\|author=Nemai Ghosh\|title=Satyajit Ray: From Script to Screen\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CkBUlAEACAAJ\|year=2003\|publisher=National Gallery of Modern Art}}
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	==External links==		==External links==
	* {{cite web\| title = Portraits of Satyajit Ray \|publisher= British Film Institute \| url = ~~http~~://www.bfi.org.uk~~/news-opinion/news-bfi~~/features/portraits-satyajit-ray}}		* {{cite web\| title = Portraits of Satyajit Ray \|date= 19 August 2013 \|publisher= British Film Institute \| url = https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/portraits-satyajit-ray}}
	*[http://dagworld.com/exhibitions/nemai-ghosh-satyajit-ray-beyond/ Nemai Ghosh: Satyajit Ray and Beyond]. DAG Exhibition		*[http://dagworld.com/exhibitions/nemai-ghosh-satyajit-ray-beyond/ Nemai Ghosh: Satyajit Ray and Beyond]. DAG Exhibition
	*[https://filmfreeway.com/NemaiGhosh-ARAYofLight/ Nemai Ghosh - a RAY of light]. Documentary Film		*[https://filmfreeway.com/NemaiGhosh-ARAYofLight/ Nemai Ghosh - a RAY of light]. Documentary Film
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	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==
			[[File:Ghare Baire Gallery 3.jpg\|thumb\|Photographs of [[Satyajit Ray]] by Nemai Ghosh at Ghare Baire art gallery, [[Currency Building]], [[Kolkata]]]]
	* ''Satyajit Ray 70 ans''; Photographies de Nemai Ghosh; Contributions éditées par Alok B. Nandi,1991, Eiffel Editions, Bruxelles.		* ''Satyajit Ray 70 ans''; Photographies de Nemai Ghosh; Contributions éditées par Alok B. Nandi,1991, Eiffel Editions, Bruxelles.
	* ''Satyajit Ray at 70'' ; Photographs by Nemai Ghosh; Contributions edited by Alok B. Nandi, 1993, Point of View and Orient Longman		* ''Satyajit Ray at 70'' ; Photographs by Nemai Ghosh; Contributions edited by Alok B. Nandi, 1993, Point of View and Orient Longman

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{{distinguish|text=the director and cinematographer [[Nemai Ghosh (director)|Nemai Ghosh]]}}
{{short description|Indian photographer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Nemai Ghosh
| image = Nemai Ghosh Addresses - Opening Ceremony - 1st Four Ps Group Exhibition - Kolkata 2019-04-17 0616.JPG
| caption = Nemai Ghosh in April 2019
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|05|08|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], British India
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|3|25|1934|05|08|df=y}}
| death_place = Kolkata, India
| occupation = photographer
|years_active = 1960s–2020
}}
'''Nemai Ghosh''' (8 May 1934 – 25 March 2020)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://upperstall.com/profile/luminary/nemai-ghosh/|title=Nemai Ghosh|website=Upperstall|date=25 March 2020|access-date=25 March 2020|author=Chatterji, Shoma A.}}</ref> was a noted Indian photographer most known for working with [[Satyajit Ray]],<ref>{{cite web| title =The time of his life |publisher=Harmony, Celebrate Age Magazine| url = http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPageView.jsp?page_id=1459&index1=0|author=Anjana Basu|date=July 2005| access-date = 29 September 2013}}</ref> as a [[Unit still photographer|still photographer]] for over two decades, starting with ''[[Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne]]'' (1969) till Ray's last film ''[[Agantuk]]'' (1991).<ref name=Arijit>{{cite news|last=Bhattacharya|first=Arijit|title=Through the lens|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110518/jsp/entertainment/story_13994343.jsp|access-date=28 September 2013|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|date=18 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Chatterjee|first=Partha|title=Glimpses of Ray|journal=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|year=2011|volume=28|issue=13|url=http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl2813/stories/20110701281307200.htm|access-date=28 September 2013}}</ref>

He was a jury member at the [[55th National Film Awards|2007 National Film Awards]],<ref name="55thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm55NFAAward.aspx|title=55th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|access-date=3 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002034853/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm55NFAAward.aspx|archive-date=2 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="55thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/55th_nff_2007.pdf|title=55th National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]}}</ref> and was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by [[Government of India]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (2010)|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/PadmaAwd2010.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126141319/http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/PadmaAwd2010.pdf|archive-date=26 November 2011}}</ref>

He died on 25 March 2020. He was 85.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bengali.indianexpress.com/entertainment/nemai-ghosh-passes-aaway-205461/|title=প্রখ্যাত চিত্রগ্রাহক নিমাই ঘোষের জীবনাবসান|date=2020-03-25|website=Indian Express Bangla|language=bn-IN|access-date=2020-03-25}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
* ''Satyajit Ray 70 ans''; Photographies de Nemai Ghosh; Contributions éditées par Alok B. Nandi,1991, Eiffel Editions, Bruxelles.
* ''Satyajit Ray at 70'' ; Photographs by Nemai Ghosh; Contributions edited by Alok B. Nandi, 1993, Point of View and Orient Longman
* {{cite book|author=Nemai Ghosh|title=Dramatic Moments: Photographs and Memories of Calcutta Theatre from the Sixties to the Nineties|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KJFqKDgcVyIC|year=2000|publisher=Seagull Books|isbn=978-81-7046-156-2}}
* {{cite book|author=Nemai Ghosh|title=Satyajit Ray: From Script to Screen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CkBUlAEACAAJ|year=2003|publisher=National Gallery of Modern Art}}
* {{cite book|author=Nemai Ghosh|title=Ray and the Blind Painter: An Odyssey Into the Inner Eye|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7_XVAAAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=New Age|isbn=978-81-7819-041-9}}
* {{cite book|author1=Andrew Robinson|author2=Nemai Ghosh (photographs)|title=Satyajit Ray: A Vision of Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ffAmGwAACAAJ|year=2005|publisher=I. B. Tauris|isbn=978-1-84511-074-1}}
* {{cite book|author1=Nemai Ghosh|author2=Yusuf Arakkal|author2-link=Yusuf Arakkal|author3=Stuart Forster|author4=Giridhar Khasnis|title=The Street: Arakkal Paints a Picture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hanbNwAACAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Art Alive Gallery}}
* {{cite book|author1=Nemai Ghosh|author2=Geeti Sen|title=Faces of Indian Art: Through the Lens of Nemai Ghosh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8mwiQwAACAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Art Alive Gallery|isbn=978-81-901844-5-8}}
* {{cite book|author1=Nemai Ghosh|title=Manik Da: Memoirs Of Satyajit Ray|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yil8tgAACAAJ|year=2011|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-93-5029-040-8}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [[Samik Bandyopadhyay]]. ''Nemai Ghosh: Portfolio''. ''Seagull Theatre Quarterly'', Issue 2, Apr 1994. pp 52–57.

==External links==
* {{cite web| title = Portraits of Satyajit Ray |publisher= British Film Institute | url = http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/portraits-satyajit-ray}}
*[http://dagworld.com/exhibitions/nemai-ghosh-satyajit-ray-beyond/ Nemai Ghosh: Satyajit Ray and Beyond]. DAG Exhibition
*[https://filmfreeway.com/NemaiGhosh-ARAYofLight/ Nemai Ghosh - a RAY of light]. Documentary Film
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