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| birth_place = Calcutta, India
| yearsactive = 2011 - present
| occupation = Screenwriter / Director
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'''Ranjan K Ghosh''' ({{lang-bn|রঞ্জন ঘোষ}} ''[[Romanization of Bengali|''Rônjôn Ghosh'']]'') is a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] filmmaker based out of Kolkata, India. He made his directorial debut in 2014 with the critically acclaimed ''[[Hrid Majharey]]'', a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] feature film starring [[Abir Chatterjee]] and [[Raima Sen]].<ref name="Love, and jealousy, 450 years after the Bard - The Times of India">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Love-and-jealousy-450-years-after-the-Bard/articleshow/39571600.cms|title=Love, and jealousy, 450 years after the Bard - The Times of India}}</ref><ref name="Many Bengali films are said to be inspired by Bard's works">{{cite web |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/many-bengali-films-are-said-to-be-inspired-by-bard-s-works-114071300666_1.html|title=Many Bengali films are said to be inspired by Bard's works}}</ref>

Inspired by certain iconic plays of William Shakespeare, it was the first film in the Bengali language based on the works of the Bard and was presented as a tribute on his 450th Birth Anniversary.<ref name="Cover Story">{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-04/news-interviews/36742308_1_raima-sen-andamans-abir-chatterjee|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207034543/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-04/news-interviews/36742308_1_raima-sen-andamans-abir-chatterjee|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 December 2013|title=Abir-Raima to pair up for the first time|date=4 February 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=16 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="Celebrating Shakespeare in Style">{{cite web |url=http://sholoanabangaliana.in/blog/2014/07/12/bengali-movie-hrid-majharey-review-poster-trailer-celebrating-shakespeare-in-style/#ixzz3FuuRWEIK|title=Celebrating Shakespeare in Style}}</ref>

The movie was screened at the [[New York University]] [[Tisch School of the Arts]] in 2015, and was included in their Ph.D. in Cinema Studies (Shakespeare and Indian Cinema).<ref name="Abir, Raima's film screened at NYU">{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Hrid-Majharey-screened-at-NYU/articleshow/50159167.cms#|title=Hrid Majharey screened at NYU}}</ref><ref name="NYU মাঝারে">{{cite web |url=http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=19848&boxid=15715894#|title=NYU মাঝারে}}</ref> Earlier in 2014, it had earned a rare recommendation from Film London in its list of world cinema based on Shakespearean plays.<ref name="Film London launches Shakespeare India">{{cite web |url=http://article.wn.com/view/2014/11/22/Film_London_launches_Shakespeare_India/#|title=Film London launches Shakespeare India}}</ref> In another major achievement, the film and its screenplay were included in the UGC Literature Archive through the Shakespeare in Bengal project conducted by [[Jadavpur University]].<ref name="Hrid Majharey part of JU project ">{{cite web |url=http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31812&articlexml=Hrid-Majharey-part-of-JU-project-02112014101045#|title=Hrid Majharey part of JU project}}</ref><ref name="আর্কাইভে 'হৃদ্‌মাঝারে'">{{cite web |url=http://www.ebela.in/paper/19-9-02@11@2014.html#|title=আর্কাইভে 'হৃদ্‌মাঝারে'}}</ref><ref name="Shakespeare in Bengal">{{cite web|url=https://shakespeareinbengal.wordpress.com/category/films/|title=Shakespeare in Bengal}}</ref>

Ghosh had risen to prominence in 2011, by becoming the first and the only [[screenwriter]], acclaimed director [[Aparna Sen]] had collaborated with in her illustrious career till date.<ref name=AsianAge>{{cite web|title=Script is King in any film |url=http://www.asianage.com/ideas/%E2%80%98script-king-any-film%E2%80%99-281/ |accessdate=2010-11-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203050627/http://www.asianage.com/ideas/%E2%80%98script-king-any-film%E2%80%99-281/ |archivedate=3 December 2010 }}</ref> Ghosh had made his screenwriting debut co-authoring ''[[Iti Mrinalini]]'', the 2011 film that had also marked the acclaimed director's return to Bengali cinema after more than a decade.

==Early life==
Brought up in a Bengali family in a satellite township in [[West Bengal]], Ranjan K Ghosh studied at [[St. Xavier's School, Durgapur]] and at BC Institution. Thereafter, he moved to [[Calcutta]] to take up [[Physics]] at [[Jadavpur University]]. Very soon he left his higher studies to become a mariner, and embarked on a career that would take him almost all around the world for the next four years. He holds a Degree in Nautical Sciences from The [[University of Mumbai]].<ref name="University of Mumbai: Alumni / Distinguished Students">{{cite web|url=http://mu.ac.in/portal/alumni/|title=University of Mumbai: Alumni}}</ref> In 2007, Ranjan bid adieu to his sea-life and joined [[Mumbai]] based film school [[Whistling Woods International Institute|Whistling Woods International]] to study filmmaking. He graduated in 2009 with a major in [[screenwriting]].

==Career==
While still in his film school, Ranjan worked as a script assistant on the [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]] winning 2009 [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]] film ''[[Antaheen]]''. He later assisted the director [[Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury]] on the shoot of the same film.

After graduating in 2009, Ghosh made his screenwriting debut co-authoring the story and screenplay of ''[[Iti Mrinalini]]'', a 2011 [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]] film directed by [[Aparna Sen]].<ref>{{cite web | title=There's no luck without hard work|publisher=dnaindia|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/interview_there-s-no-luck-without-hard-work_1389978/| accessdate=2010-05-31}}</ref> The screenplay was a professional assignment in the film school course syllabus. Ifft was the first instance in Indian Screenwriting that any screenplay emerging from any Indian film institute was actually filmed. With this, Ranjan Ghosh went on to become [[Aparna Sen]]'s first and only co-author till date.<ref>{{cite web | title=In the Big League|website=wordpress.com|url=http://acharyaanindita.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/in-the-big-league-2/| accessdate=2011-05-20}}</ref>

Considered a high-profile project, ''[[Iti Mrinalini]]'' - [[Aparna Sen]]'s return to Bengali Cinema after a decade - also stars the director-actor along with her daughter [[Konkona Sen Sharma]] in the title role. Apart from co-writing the film, Ghosh assisted [[Aparna Sen]] in [[film director|direction]] and on the [[production design]]. Reportedly, the entire memorabilia of the actress ''Mrinalini'' in the film has been designed and created by him, with some help from the art department.<ref>{{cite web | title=Iti Mrinalini|website=IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1521223/fullcredits#cast| accessdate=2011-01-23}}</ref>

Post ''[[Iti Mrinalini]]'', Ghosh collaborated with [[Prakash Jha]], who is supposed to make his debut as a [[film producer|producer]] for Bengali films. The film is a loose adaptation of Jha's [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]] winning 2003 [[Hindi]] film ''[[Gangaajal]]''. The adapted story and screenplay has been penned by Ranjan. The yet untitled film is a comment on contemporary Bengal politics with the [[1980 Bhagalpur blindings]] as the backdrop. Scheduled to go on floors in end 2010, the film has been facing delay owing to the stormy political scene in West Bengal.<ref name=AsianAge/>

Ranjan Ghosh made his directorial debut with the critically acclaimed [[Abir Chatterjee]]-[[Raima Sen]] starrer ''[[Hrid Majharey]]'' in July, 2014.<ref name="Hrid Majharey (Bengali) / Dark but honest|">{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/hrid-majharey-bengali-dark-but-honest/|title=Hrid Majharey (Bengali) / Dark but honest}}</ref><ref name="Hrid Majhare (2014) - Cinema Forensic">{{cite web |url=http://www.cinemaforensic.com/hrid-majhare/|title=Hrid Majhare (2014) - Cinema Forensic}}</ref> The movie had earned a rare recommendation from Film London in its list of world cinema based on Shakespearean plays.<ref name="Film London launches Shakespeare India"/> In another major achievement, the film and its screenplay went on to be included in the UGC Literature Archive through the Shakespeare in Bengal project conducted by [[Jadavpur University]].<ref name="Hrid Majharey part of JU project "/><ref name="আর্কাইভে 'হৃদ্‌মাঝারে'"/>

Earlier in 2013, ''[[Hrid Majharey]]'' had already created history by becoming the first Bengali film to be shot in the [[Andaman & Nicobar Islands]] after a gap of almost 33 years. It was shot in 2013 in the Archipelagos. The last time was in 1979 when veteran filmmaker [[Tapan Sinha]] partly shot his Children's adventure film ''[[Sabuj Dwiper Raja]]'' in Port Blair.<ref name="Ranjan Ghosh to shoot in Andamans with Abir and Raima">{{cite web |url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/india/20130213/2155632.html|title=Ranjan Ghosh to shoot in Andamans with Abir and Raima}}</ref><ref name="Andaman album Hrid Majharey maker Ranjan Ghosh shares his andaman album with t2">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140704/jsp/t/story_18579340.jsp#.VDpWTVejxJE|title=Andaman album Hrid Majharey maker Ranjan Ghosh shares his andaman album with t2}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Actress Raima Sen in city :::: Shooting of Bengali Film ‘Hrid Majharay’ in AFC">{{cite web |url=http://www.andamansheekha.com/2013/02/28/actress-raima-sen-in-city-shooting-of-bengali-film-hrid-majharay-in-afc/|title=Actress Raima Sen in city :::: Shooting of Bengali Film 'Hrid Majharay' in AFC}}</ref><ref name="I was awe-struck on visiting Cellular Jail: Abir">{{cite web |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/i-was-awe-struck-on-visiting-cellular-jail-abir-114062500074_1.html|title=I was awe-struck on visiting Cellular Jail: Abir}}</ref>

==Filmography==
* ''[[Antaheen]]'' (2009) (scripting assistant and directorial assistant)
* ''[[Iti Mrinalini]]'' (2011) (screenwriter and assistant director)
* ''[[Hrid Majharey]]'' (2014) (screenwriter and director)
* ''[[Rongberonger Korhi]]'' (2018) (screenwriter, production designer, director)
* ''[[Ahaa Re]]'' (2019) (screenwriter, production designer, director)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=3666580}}

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