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| name              = Shoojit Sircar
| name              = Shoojit Sircar
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| image              = Shoojit Sircar.jpg
| caption            = Sircar at an event for ''[[Vicky Donor]]'' in 2012
| caption            = Sircar at an event for ''[[Vicky Donor]]'' in 2012
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| yearsactive        = 2005{{ndash}}present
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| spouse            =  
| spouse            = Jhuma Sircar
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'''Shoojit Sircar''' is an Indian film director and producer who works in [[Hindi]] and [[Bengali language|Bengali]] cinema. He directed ''[[Yahaan]]'' (2005), ''[[Vicky Donor]]'' (2012), ''[[Madras Cafe]]'' (2013), ''[[Piku]]'' (2015), and ''[[October (2018 film)|October]]'' (2018). He also produced the 2012 film ''[[Aparajita Tumi]]''. He won the National Film Award for ''[[Vicky Donor]]'' in Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment category, shared with [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]]. He also won the Indian Competition Special Jury Award at [[Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema]] in 2005 for ''[[Yahaan]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cinefan.osians.com/history.html |title=12th Osian's-Cinefan Festival of Indian, Asian and Arab Cinema: History |access-date=13 May 2012}}</ref> He is now making a documentary on [[Amitabh Bachchan]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-15/news-interviews/31196155_1_amitabh-bachchan-gujarat-release-documentary |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712110606/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-15/news-interviews/31196155_1_amitabh-bachchan-gujarat-release-documentary |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 July 2012 |title=Shoojit Sircar to release documentary on Big B |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]] |first=Subhash K |last=Jha |date=15 March 2012<!-- 07:18 (UTC) -->|access-date=13 May 2012}}</ref> He is associated with Rising Sun Films and has made television commercials for Saffola, 2G, Apsara Pencils, [[Fair & Lovely (film)|Fair & Lovely]], [[Maruti WagonR]], [[Cadbury]], [[Dove (toiletries)|Dove]], [[Zomato]], and many other brands.
'''Shoojit Sircar''' is an Indian film director and producer who works in [[Hindi]] cinema. He directed ''[[Yahaan]]'' (2005), ''[[Vicky Donor]]'' (2012), ''[[Madras Cafe]]'' (2013), ''[[Piku]]'' (2015), ''[[October (2018 film)|October]]'' (2018), and ''[[Sardar Udham]]'' (2021). He also produced the 2012 film ''[[Aparajita Tumi]]''. He won the National Film Award for ''[[Vicky Donor]]'' in Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment category, shared with [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]]. He also won the Indian Competition Special Jury Award at [[Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema]] in 2005 for ''[[Yahaan]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cinefan.osians.com/history.html |title=12th Osian's-Cinefan Festival of Indian, Asian and Arab Cinema: History |access-date=13 May 2012}}</ref> He is associated with Rising Sun Films and has made television commercials for Saffola, 2G, Apsara Pencils, [[Fair & Lovely (film)|Fair & Lovely]], [[Maruti WagonR]], [[Cadbury]], [[Dove (toiletries)|Dove]], [[Zomato]], and many other brands.
 
He is known for making independent films. His 2012 film ''Vicky Donor'' was grand box office success, earning {{INRConvert|134|m|year=2012}} in the opening weekend.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/movies/vicky-donor-earns-rs-13-40-crore-shoojit-sircar-ecstatic_110189.htm |title='Vicky Donor' earns Rs.13.40 crore, Shoojit Sircar ecstatic |date=26 April 2012}}</ref> Sircar's ''[[Shoebite]]'' went into production in 2012 but was cancelled.<ref name=tehelka2012>{{cite web| title =Vicky Donor is born |publisher=Tehelka| url =http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main52.asp?filename=hub120512VICKY.asp|date= 2012-05-12| access-date = 2013-08-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/utv-wins-case-against-percept-on-shoebite/ |title=UTV Wins Case Against Percept On Shoebite |access-date=2012-04-17 |work=Boxofficeindia.co.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Amitabh's Shoebite in trouble|url=http://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/news/2008/shoebite-delhi-high-court-order-240708.html|publisher=www.filmibeat.com|access-date=7 September 2015}}</ref> His film, ''[[Madras Cafe]]'', was released in 2013, followed by ''[[Piku]]'' in 2015 and [[October (2018 film)|''October'']] in 2018.


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
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| ''[[Shoebite]]''
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| ''[[Vicky Donor]]''
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| ''[[Open Tee Bioscope]]''
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| style="text-align:center;"|2020
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|[[Telugu cinema|Telugu]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|2021
| style="text-align:center;"|2021
| ''[[Sardar Udham Singh]]''
| ''[[Sardar Udham]]''
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== Accolades ==
== Accolades ==
Sircar was given the Best Film Director award at the 20th Life OK Screen Awards in January 2014, where he thanked his wife Jhuma Sircar.
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