Rituparno Ghosh often termed as the young avant-garde director of Bengali cinema in the nineties, literally heralded the current Renaissance of Bengali cinema. He ushered a movement in which filmmakers such as Koushik Ganguly, Anjan Dutta and Srijit Mukherji among others propelled Bengali cinema back into the elite class of Satyajit Ray and Mrinal Sen movies. With Rituparno, Bengal returned to the map of international film awards. These new age directors managed to create a niche multiplex audience who after a long time rediscovered the enriched culture of Bengali literature, especially poetry. On Rituparno Ghosh’s death anniversary it seems more and more relevant to acknowledge he achieved an enviable fusion between high art and commercial success which only a few film-makers in Bengal enjoyed with such consistency.
Rituparno Ghosh often termed as the young avant-garde director of Bengali cinema in the nineties, literally heralded the current Renaissance of Bengali cinema. He ushered a movement in which filmmakers such as Koushik Ganguly, Anjan Dutta and Srijit Mukherji among others propelled Bengali cinema back into the elite class of Satyajit Ray and Mrinal Sen movies. With Rituparno, Bengal returned to the map of international film awards. These new age directors managed to create a niche multiplex audience who after a long time rediscovered the enriched culture of Bengali literature, especially poetry. On Rituparno Ghosh’s death anniversary it seems more and more relevant to acknowledge he achieved an enviable fusion between high art and commercial success which only a few film-makers in Bengal enjoyed with such consistency.