Shiboprosad Mukherjee
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Shiboprosad Mukherjee | |
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 Mukherjee in 2014 | |
| Born | Shiboprosad Mukherjee 20 May 1974 |
| Education | Jadavpur University |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
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| Spouse |
Zinia Sen (m. 2016) |
Shiboprosad Mukherjee (pronounced [ʃiboprosad̪ mukʰärdʒi], Bengali: ⓘ; born 20 May 1974) is an Indian film director, writer and actor. With Nandita Roy as his co-director, he made his directorial debut with the film Icche, which garnered critical acclaim and commercial success. The director duo is known for making socially relevant films. They have also directed new age Bengali films like Praktan, Bela Seshe, Muktodhara, Accident, Alik Sukh and Ramdhanu, Haami, Konntho, Gotro which were critically acclaimed and enjoyed commercial success. He also serves as a partner at Windows Production. His film Praktan, bagged multiple National Awards and Alik Sukh was premiered at the Marche du Film section in Cannes Film Festival in 2013. His film Konttho was selected as the Indian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards but did not final Submission from India.
Shiboprosad Mukherjee was born on 20 May 1974 at Baranagar in the northern fringes Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He was a student of Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School[1] and later completed his high school from Hindu School. He pursued his graduation and master's in Political Science from Jadavpur University.
Personal life
He married journalist Zinia Sen in 2016.[2]
Film and television career
Acting
Mukherjee joined the theatre school as a trainer after completing his schooling. He participated in the T.I. E Project (Theatre in Education), under the guidance of Rudraprasad Sengupta. He was also guided by Rituporno Ghosh when he was working as a freelance journalist in Anandalok (a film magazine of ABP Group) during his acting days. He debuted in 1995 in Zee Bangla, with "Ekushe Pa", directed by Raja Dasgupta. Later he went on to work in other daily television serials like Janmabhoomi and Ghoom Nei.
Television
As a director and producer he has worked with leading channels in West Bengal and Bangladesh and has designed television programmes of duration not less than 10,000 hours; he has been associated with ETV Bangla from its inception. From 1999 to 2002, he was a senior programming associate at ETV Bangla and he was behind conceptualizing, designing and producing 6 hours of original programming daily.
With the credit of more than 50 non-fiction shows for Bengali television completely, designed by him, Mukherjee has also conceptualized the first Bengali women's magazine programmes on television – Sreemoti. He is often considered to be the first to launch reality shows in Bengali television – Ritur Mela Jhoom Tara Ra Ra. In reality, Black Magic Motion Pictures led by Arjun Gourisaria created the first reality show in Bengali television, Rojgere Ginni.
He started his own production company named Windows Production, along with his partner Nandita Roy, and together they have produced non-fiction and fiction programmes.
Influence
He is highly inspired by Indian Bengali original Filmmaking pattern and Culture by Tarun Majumdar, Prabhat Roy, and Tapan Sinha
Filmography
| Year | Title | Functioned as | Producer | |||
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| Director | Screenwriter | Actor | Role | |||
| 1997 | Char Adhyay | No | No | Yes | ||
| Dahan | No | No | Yes | |||
| 1998 | Jamai No 1 | No | No | Yes | ||
| 2000 | Bariwali | No | No | Yes | Debasish (assistant director) | Anupam Kher |
| 2003 | Ekti Nadir Naam ( Docu Feature) | No | No | Yes | Steve Brookes | |
| 2011 | Icche | Yes | Yes | No | N/a | Vignesh Films |
| Hello Memsaheb | Yes | Yes | No | N/a | Arijit Biswas | |
| 2012 | Muktodhara | Yes | No | Yes | Happy Singh | Bachchu Biswas |
| Accident | Yes | No | Yes | Arko | Kaustav Ray | |
| 2013 | Alik Sukh | Yes | Yes | No | N/a | Windows |
| 2014 | Ramdhanu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Laltu Dutta | |
| 2015 | Bela Seshe | Yes | Yes | No | N/a | Windows |
| 2016 | Praktan | Yes | Yes | No | N/a | Windows |
| 2017 | Posto | Yes | Yes | No | N/a | |
| 2018 | Haami | Yes | Yes | Yes | Laltu Biswas | |
| 2019 | Konttho | Yes | Yes | Yes | Arjun Mallik | |
| Gotro | Yes | Yes | No | N/a | ||
| 2022 | Bela Shuru | Yes | Yes | No | N/a | |
| Haami 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Laltu Mondal | ||
| 2023 | Raktabeej | Yes | Yes | No | N/a | Windows |
| Shastry Viruddh Shastry | Yes | Yes | No | N/a | ||
| 2024 | Bohurupi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Vikram Pramanik | |
| 2025 | Aamar Boss | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Raktabeej 2 | Yes | Yes | No | sequel to Raktabeej | ||
| 2026 | Phool Pishi O Edward | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Bohurupi: The Golden Daku | Yes | Yes | Yes | spin-off of Bohurupi | ||
Awards
- Anandalok Award 2012 – Best Film for film Muktodhara[3]
- Filmfare Award (East) 2014 – Best Direction for the film Alik Sukh[4]
- Zee Cine Award 2016 – Best film Bela Seshe[5]
- Sera Bangali – ABP Ananda 2016 – Direction
- Mahanayak Samman Awards-2016 – for contribution to films from the West Bengal Government[6]
- International Bengali film awards 2016 NABC – Best film Bela Seshe
- EbelaAjeyoSamman −2016
- West Bengal Film Journalist Awards 2017 – Most Popular film Praktan
- International Business Film Award 2016 – Highest Grossing Bengali Film Praktan[7]
- Filmfare Awards Bangla 2025 – Best Film for Bohurupi[8]
- Filmfare Awards Bangla 2025 – Best Director for Bohurupi[9]
- Filmfare Awards Bangla 2025 – Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) for Bohurupi[10]
