Srijit Mukherji: Difference between revisions

| birth_date        = 23 September 1977

| spouse            = {{marriage|[[Rafiath Rashid Mithila]]|2019}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Filmmaker Srijit Mukherji marries Bangladeshi actress Mithila |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kolkata/2019/dec/07/filmmaker-srijit-mukherji-marries-bangladeshi-actress-mithila-2072929.amp |work=The New Indian Express |date=7 December 2019 |access-date=18 May 2021}}</ref>

'''Srijit Mukherji''' is an Indian film director and screenwriter who predominantly works in [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali cinema]]. His regular collaboration with veteran superstar [[Prosenjit Chatterjee]] brought him into the limelight. His first feature film ''[[autograph (2010 film)|Autograph]]'' (2010), was a critical and commercial success, where he had written the script with Chatterjee in mind. His fifth film, ''[[Jaatishwar]],'' won four national awards at India's [[61st National Film Awards]] (2014). He won the National Film Award for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for his sixth film, ''[[Chotushkone]],'' at India's 62nd National Film Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/62nd-national-film-awards-complete-list-of-winners-977075.html|title=62nd National Film Awards: Complete list of winners|website=News18|access-date=2020-01-12}}</ref> His eighth film, ''[[Rajkahini]]'' had been remade into a Hindi film titled, ''[[Begum Jaan]]'', starring [[Vidya Balan]] in 2017. His 2018 release [[Ek Je Chhilo Raja]] won the 'Best Bengali Film' Award at India's 66th National Film Awards. His 2019 film [[Gumnaami]] won him the Best Bengali Film and Best Adapted Screenplay Awards at the 67th National Film Awards <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/66th-national-film-awards-list-of-winners-1579143-2019-08-09|title=66th National Film Awards: Full winners list|newspaper=India Today|language=en|access-date=2020-01-12|agency=Ist}}</ref>

Even while working as an economist and statistician, he was actively involved with the English professional theatre circuit in [[Delhi]] and Bangalore. He has acted in ''Madness'', adapted from [[Paulo Coelho]]'s ''[[Veronica Decides To Die]]''; [[Manoj Mitra]]'s ''The Orchard of Banchharam''; Badal Sircar's ''The Other Side of History''; Sunil Ganguly's ''Pratidwandi – The Adversary'', adapted for the stage from [[Satyajit Ray]]'s [[Pratidwandi|film of the same name]] and ''Lucknow 76''. He wrote and directed ''Mindgame'', an Indian adaptation of [[Reginald Rose]]'s ''[[Twelve Angry Men]]'', at the Alliance Francaise De Bangalore in 2006. In April 2008, he formed his own troupe, Pandora's Act, whose first production, ''Feluda Pherot!'' at Rangashankara in July 2008 was a runaway success and was the first ever non-canonical dramatisation of Satyajit Ray's sleuth [[Feluda]].<ref name=sen/> [[Barun Chanda]], Ray's leading man in ''Seemabodhho'', and [[Parambrata Chatterjee]], the screen [[Topshe]] and film youth icon, starred in this production. In 2009, he wrote, directed and acted in the English play ''Checkmate'', a non-canonical re-interpretation of [[Byomkesh Bakshi]], [[Saradindu Bandopadhyay]]'s sleuth.<ref name=wbri>{{cite news|title=Interview – SRIJIT MUKHERJEE|url=http://www.washingtonbanglaradio.com/content/7947910-interview-srijit-mukherjee-director-kolkata-bengali-movie-autograph-2010-starring-pr|access-date=20 October 2011|newspaper=Washington Bangla Radio|date=22 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Das|first=Mohua|title=Playpreview|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090515/jsp/entertainment/story_10964472.jsp|access-date=20 October 2011|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=15 May 2009}}</ref> He was an assistant director, lyricist and actor in both [[Anjan Dutt]]'s ''[[Madly Bangalee]]'' and [[Aparna Sen]]'s ''[[Iti Mrinalini]]'', in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|last=Chakrabarty|first=Pooja|title=Autograph is not a remake of Nayak|url=http://www.ilovekolkata.in/index.php/Movies/iAutograph/i-is-not-a-remake-of-iNayak/i.html|publisher=ILK|access-date=20 October 2011}}</ref> He has also written lyrics for films like ''[[Cross Connection]]'', ''[[Le Chakka]]'' and ''Josh'', TV serials like ''Coffee and More'' and ''[[Dadagiri]]'' and non-film albums of [[Usha Uthup]].

In 2010 Mukherji directed his debut feature film, the award-winning blockbuster – ''[[Autograph (2010 film)|Autograph]]'' which was both critically acclaimed and commercially successful. The film won 41 awards and was an official selection at Abu Dhabi International Film Festival 2010, MIAAC Film Festival in New York 2010, Glasgow International Film Festival 2011 and [[London Indian Film Festival]] 2011.<ref name=wbri/>

His work in 2011 included a major role in Anindya Banerjee's ''Chaplin'' starring [[Rudranil Ghosh]] and his second film, ''[[Baishe Srabon]]'' starring [[Prosenjit Chatterjee]], [[Parambrata Chatterjee]], [[Raima Sen]], [[Abir Chatterjee]] and [[Gautam Ghose]], who returned to acting after a hiatus of 29 years. ''Baishe Srabon'' was recently the official selection at the Dubai International Film Festival and the closing film at the London Indian Film Festival, and had a 105-day run at the box office making it the biggest blockbuster of the year. ''Baishe Srabon'' has won 41 awards. His third feature film was ''[[Hemlock society (film)|Hemlock Society]]'', a romantic satire set at the backdrop of a school which teaches aspirants how to successfully commit suicide. It featured Parambrata Chatterjee and [[Koel Mallick]] and won 21 awards.

{| class="wikitable sortable"  

|'''Year'''||'''Film'''||'''Director'''||'''Writer'''

! 2010 || ''[[Autograph (2010 film)|Autograph]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}}  

! 2011 || ''[[Baishe Srabon]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}}  

! 2012 || ''[[Hemlock Society (film)|Hemlock Society]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}}  

! 2013 || ''[[Mishawr Rawhoshyo]]'' || {{yes}} || {{no}}

! rowspan="2"| 2014 || ''[[Jaatishwar]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}}  

! ''[[Chotushkone]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}}

! rowspan="2"| 2015 || ''[[Nirbaak]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}}  

! ''[[Rajkahini]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}}  

! 2016 || ''[[Zulfiqar (film)|Zulfiqar]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}}  

! rowspan="2"| 2017 || ''[[Begum Jaan]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}}  

! ''[[Yeti Obhijaan]]'' || {{yes}} ||  {{no}}  

! rowspan="2"| 2018 || ''[[Uma (2018 film)|Uma]]'' || {{yes}} ||  {{yes}}  

! ''[[Ek Je Chhilo Raja]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}}  

! rowspan="3"| 2019 || |''[[Shahjahan Regency]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}}  

! ''[[Vinci Da]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}}  

! ''[[Gumnaami]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}}  

! 2020 || ''[[Dwitiyo Purush (film)|Dwitiyo Purush]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}}  

! rowspan="2"| 2021 || style="background:#ffc;"|''[[Kakababur Protyaborton]]'' || {{yes}} || {{no}}

!style="background:#ffc;"|''[[Oti Uttam]]'' || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}

! rowspan="3" | '''2022'''|| style="background:#ffc;" |                                                                '''''[[Shabaash Mithu]]'''''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/just-in-director-srijit-mukherji-has-replaced-rahul-dholakia-as-the-director-of-taapsee-pannu-starrer-shabaash-mithu/articleshow/83747714.cms|title=Just in! Director Srijit Mukherji has replaced Rahul Dholakia as the director of Taapsee Pannu-starrer 'Shabaash Mithu'|work=The Times of India|date=22 June 2021 |access-date=22 June 2021}}</ref> || {{yes}}|| {{No}}

! style="background:#ffc;" |''[[X=Prem]]'' || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}

! style="background:#ffc;" | ''[[Lawho Gouranger Naam Re]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}}  

{| class="wikitable sortable"  

|'''Year'''||'''Web Series'''||'''Director'''||'''Writer'''|| ''' OTT'''

! 2020 || ''Feluda Pherot'' (Season 1) || {{yes}} || {{No}} || [[Addatimes]]

! rowspan="3" | 2021 |||''[[Ray (series)|Ray]]'' (Season 1) || {{yes}} || {{No}} || [[Netflix]]

!"background:#ffc;" |''[[Rabindranath Ekhane Kokhono Khete Asenni]]'' || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || [[Hoichoi]]

!style="background:#ffc;" |''Feluda Pherot'' (Season 2) || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || [[Addatimes]]

{| class="wikitable sortable"  

! Year !! Movie !! Lyricist !! Actor  

! 2021 ||''[[Manabjomin]]'' || {{no}} || {{yes}}