Personal Info
Birth date
1950-07-24 (74 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Directing
Place of birth
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Also known as
Gautam Ghosh
Goutam Ghose
Biography
Goutam Ghose (also spelled Gautam Ghosh born 24 July 1950) is an Indian film director, actor, music director and cinematographer, who works primarily in Bengali cinema. Ghose was greatly influenced by the movies of Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Rajen Tarafdar, Mrinal Sen and Ajoy Kar who had heralded a new era in Bengali movies through their works. He is the only Indian to have received the "Vittorio Di Sica" Award, Italy, in 1997. In 2017, he was inducted as a member of the Oscar Academy.
Filmography
Chotushkone
7.3
Overview:
Four famous directors and old friends are reunited together by an unknown producer to make a film. They have to make four short story in this film with one common theme: Death.Shantilal O Projapoti Rohoshyo
4
Overview:
A deadbeat weather reporter at an English newspaper in Kolkata evolves into a detective when he pursues a deeply buried story about an adult movie star.Dekha
5.2
Overview:
A journey through the life of an aged Bengali poet, Shashibhushan. Shashbhushan, now blind, reflects on his past. Stimulated by sounds - songs, crows, traffic, and an electronic lighter - he recalls the now-vanished arts and literature scene of post independence Calcutta. The old man lives in a crumbling aristocratic mansion in the heart of town, which he shares with his teacher's daughter, Sarama, and her young son Shumon. During a vacation in the country another man enters their lives. Gangan was born blind and is a talented singer. Gangan and Sarama engage in a secret affair as Shashibhushan recalls his own wife, who he lost because of his uncontrollable sexual appetite.Baishe Srabon
7.3
Overview:
A serial killer terrorises the city of Kolkata and leaves behind verses of Bengali poetry. The police seek the help of a retired officer to unravel the case and find the perpetrator.Moner Manush
7.5
Overview:
The movie is about a poet and singer Lalon Fakir who belongs to a cult called baul and who believes and inculcates that the value of a human being is above the narrow belief of religions.Beyond the Clouds
6.4
Overview:
A hedonistic teenager in Mumbai is busted for dealing drugs and goes to his estranged sister for help, but complications land her in jail.Guptodhoner Sondhane
6.6
Overview:
Subarna Sen, an Oxford University professor, travels to India after the death of his maternal uncle. He learns that his uncle's palace has a hidden treasure and decides to find it.In the Forest... Again
NYR
Overview:
The film features the characters from Satyajit Ray's Aranyer Din Ratri, returning to the forest over thirty years later. Ashim, Sanjoy, Harinath and Aparna have grown old in this film; Shekhar has died. They set out on a journey to break off every link with civilisation for a few days. However, the trip turns sour when Ashim and Aparna's daughter, Amrita, goes missing. It transpires that she is being held for ransom by local tribespeople. Police intervene and the kidnapped girl is returned to her parents, albeit against her own wishes.The Crossing
6.2
Overview:
When a Dalit wins the elections for mayor in his small village in northeastern India, deadly rioting forces an impoverished couple to escape to Calcutta where they can hopefully find work. Instead, they end up sleeping on the streets until they have a chance at earning a little income -- a man has asked them to take his herd of pigs across a fast-moving river. The current is dangerous, and worse, the wife is pregnant and this would not be an easy task even if she were not. Undaunted and desperate, the couple accept the job and enter the river to face their destiny.Shunyo Awnko
NYR
Overview:
A citified executive meets an idealistic journalist who challenges his values as he negotiates with tribal peoples to acquire their land for mining.The Voyage Beyond
6.6
Overview:
A father encourages his daughter to marry a dying man in order to inherit his wealth.Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
6.7
Overview:
A bus is setting out to Calcutta from a village in West Bengal. Meenakshi Iyer, who is from a strict orthodox Hindu background, is leaving to Chennai for her husband, with her young child, after the vacation with her parents. By chance, she gets a co-passenger who is also to Chennai, Rajah, a photographer, introduced by one of the friends of her father. During the journey they build a good relationship. But a Hindu-Muslim communal riot sets out in the meantime, in some areas they had to travel. Then she comes to face the fact that Rajah is not a Hindu but a Muslim whose real name is Jehangir. Even though she curses herself at that time while some Hindu fanatics evade their bus she saves him introducing as Mr. Iyer. But they have to reach their destination while the other passengers know Rajah as no one else but Mr. Iyer.Crossroads
10
Overview:
A gritty political thriller set at the backdrop of the violent Naxalite movement in 70’s Calcutta.The Wayfarers
NYR
Overview:
It is a story of two strangers, perpetually on the fringes of survival. They share a journey and meet a third person carrying an ailing old couple in his vehicle. Endangering their own survival, the three fight it out to save precious human lives.Yatra
3
Overview:
Dasrath Joglekar (Nana Patekar), a celebrated writer, travels to Delhi to receive the prestigious Literary Award. During the journey he meets a young film maker (Nakul Vaid), an ardent fan of Dasrath’s writing and the encounter brings back memories from the past. Memories from the past and passion bring him to Mehendi galli where people flock to enjoy mujra dances. The entire area has changed. Lajvanti alias Lajobai has become Miss Lisa, presenting popular film songs numbers to entertain a new clientele. Dasarath’s sudden appearance is a great surprise for Lajvanti. The character of his novel Janaza comes alive at an unexpected juncture. Lajvanti shows her reverence to Dasrath by singing melodies from their past. Fate accomplices another journey into the unknown is created.Dakhal
5.5
Overview:
The film is about a woman belonging to nomadic tribe from Andhra Pradesh, known as crow hunters, who elopes and moves to south Bengal and makes a living by occult practices. It deals with the issue of exploitation of tribal people by the deceitful landlord.Ekla Akash
NYR
Overview:
‘Ekla Akash’ is a story of love, despair, infidelity and a tragedy in general. It deals with a troubled marriage between a young couple, Arijit and Nisha. The ambitious couple have reached a point in their relationship from where there is no turning back so they continue to live with each other and their child is also born. Arijit’s infidelity is primarily the reason as he is having an affair with his colleague . Arijit also has questions regarding Nisha’s special relationship with her mentor S.R, who is a film director and wants to make a film star. Eventually he does make her a star, but it only makes things worse.The Padma Boatman
NYR
Overview:
Based on the timeless literary work by Manik Bandyopadhyay, Padma Nadir Majhi was directed by Gautam Ghosh. The movie illustrates the tumultuous lives of the fishermen and their families, living by the river Padma. Beautiful shots of the river, Ghosh's flair for realism and brilliant display of acting skills by noted actors of Bangladesh and West Bengal, including Utpal Dutt, Robi Ghosh, Abul Khayer, Raisul Islam Asad, Champa, and Rupa Ganguli, fetched the movie local and international honours.Our Land
NYR
Overview:
Set between 1945 and 1951 in the pre-Independence state of Hyderabad, the film tells the story of a young peasant, Ramiah, who rebels against the corrupt rule of the Nizam. Baring witness to the oppression and hardship faced daily by those around him, Ramiah leaves his village. However, after befriending a Marxist activist and participating in the Independence struggle, he eventually returns to wage guerilla warfare against the landlord class.Kaalbela
NYR
Overview:
Animesh Mitra is simpleton who arrives at Calcutta from Jalpaiguri, during hostile times (1967), to study at the Scottish Church College. He is scheduled to take refuge at the residence of his father’s friend Mr. Debabrata, but he accidentally gets shot in the limb and ends up at the Calcutta Medical College. Eventually things move on and Animesh develops a deep friendship with Debabrata’s daughter Neela. He takes admission in the B.A classes of Scottish Church College on Bengali Literature and ultimately becomes intertwined with the unresting times of the youth intellect.Subho Mahurat
5.5
Overview:
An actress mysteriously dies after the "Shubho Mahurat," a celebration of the first shot of the film. A journalist and her perceptive aunt investigate.Patang
NYR
Overview:
Patang (English: The Kite) is a 1993 Indian Hindi drama film directed by Goutam Ghose, starring Shabana Azmi, Shafiq Syed, Om Puri and Robi Ghosh. The film is set in small railway station near Gaya, and the life of people in illegal slums near it.[1][2] The film was shot in Gaya and Manpur in Bihar.Shankhachil
7
Overview:
Free as a bird. To wander. To nestle. To take flight. We are not. As India gained its much awaited independence in 1947, a race faced another struggle. Bengal was divided and hundreds of thousands of Bengalis were displaced and divided on the basis of their religion. The Hindus were forced out as East Bengal was made a part of Pakistan and the same fate lay in store for the Muslims of West Bengal. Millions became refugees in their own homeland, and thousands still bear the cross and the scar. The film is a human saga of a truncated land and how people are trying to relive their destiny.Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections
NYR
Overview:
Gérard Courant's "Filmed Diary" of December 14, 2011, produced in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Between December 7 and 15, 2011, Gérard Courant was invited by the Dubai International Film Festival, in the United Arab Emirates. It was an opportunity for him to film many "Cinematons" of personalities from the Arab world and to continue his "Film Notebooks" from which he brought back 7 episodes.Gudia
NYR
Overview:
Gudia is a 1997 Indian drama film directed by Gautam Ghose. Story of a simple ventriloquist, played by Mithun; his life and love. Based on a play by Mahasweta Devi.Hungry Autumn
NYR
Overview:
Ghose’s first major film is a documentary about the 1974 Bengal famine, analysing how famines come about and chronicling their impact in the cities and the villages of India. Made on a Paillard Bolex by a group calling itself the ‘Joris Ivens collective’, it was one of the first Indian documentaries to face censorship under the Emergency. Much of the footage reflects Ghose’s preoccupation, later developed in his features, with people surviving on the margins of society.Acting
2025Parama: A Journey with Aparna Sen as Unknown
2019Shantilal O Projapoti Rohoshyo as Editor
2018Guptodhoner Sondhane as Harinarayan Singha Roy
2018Beyond the Clouds as Akshi
2014Chotushkone as Sakya
2012Ekla Akash as Unknown
2012Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections as Self
2011Baishe Srabon as Nibaron Chakraborty
2003Subho Mahurat as Self
1982Crossroads as Sandipan
Directing
2025Parikrama ... Director
2022Memories of Time ... Director
2019The Wayfarers ... Director
2016Shankhachil ... Director
2013Shunyo Awnko ... Director
2010Moner Manush ... Director
2009Eine Reise in die Welt des Dalai Lama ... Director
2009Kaalbela ... Director
2007Yatra ... Director
2005IDOL MAKERS OF KOLKATA ... Director
2004Impermanence ... Director
2003In the Forest... Again ... Director
2001Dekha ... Director
1999Ray: Life and Work of Satyajit Ray ... Director
1997Gudia ... Director
1993The Padma Boatman ... Director
1993Patang ... Director
1989Meeting a Milestone ... Director
1987The Voyage Beyond ... Director
1984The Crossing ... Director
1982Dakhal ... Director
1979Our Land ... Director
1974Hungry Autumn ... Director
Writing
2019The Wayfarers ... Screenplay
2013Shunyo Awnko ... Writer
2010Moner Manush ... Screenplay
2009Kaalbela ... Screenplay
2007Yatra ... Screenplay
2003In the Forest... Again ... Screenplay
2001Dekha ... Screenplay
1999Ray: Life and Work of Satyajit Ray ... Writer
1993The Padma Boatman ... Writer
1987The Voyage Beyond ... Screenplay
1984The Crossing ... Screenplay
1982Dakhal ... Screenplay
1979Our Land ... Screenplay
Sound
2016Shankhachil ... Music
2013Shunyo Awnko ... Music
2009Kaalbela ... Music
2007Yatra ... Music
2003In the Forest... Again ... Music
1987The Voyage Beyond ... Music
1984The Crossing ... Music
1982Dakhal ... Music
1979Our Land ... Music
Camera
2013Shunyo Awnko ... Director of Photography
2007Yatra ... Director of Photography
2003In the Forest... Again ... Director of Photography
1987The Voyage Beyond ... Director of Photography
1984The Crossing ... Director of Photography
Crew
2010Moner Manush ... Cinematography
2002Mr. and Mrs. Iyer ... Cinematography
1999Ray: Life and Work of Satyajit Ray ... Cinematography
1982Dakhal ... Cinematography
Editing
2007Yatra ... Editor
Production
1999Ray: Life and Work of Satyajit Ray ... Producer