Shiboprosad Mukherjee

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Shiboprosad Mukherjee
Mukherjee in 2014
Born	Shiboprosad Mukherjee (1974-05-20) 20 May 1974 (age 50) Baranagar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Education	Jadavpur University
Occupations	Film director writer actor
Years active	1997–present
Notable work	Icche Bela Seshe Praktan Posto Haami Konttho Gotro
Spouse	Zinia Sen ​ (m. 2016)​

Shiboprosad Mukherjee (pronounced [ʃiboprosad̪ mukʰärdʒi], Bengali: pronunciation^ⓘ; 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 in Political Science Honors from Jadavpur University.

He married journalist Zinia Sen in 2016.^[2]

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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.

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.

He highly inspired of Indian Bengali original Filmmaking pattern and Culture by Prabhat Roy, Tarun Majumdar and Tapan Sinha

• 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]

• Icche did a theatrical run for 125 days. The National Film Archive of India accepted Icche as part of their collection for cultural and educational purposes. Icche was screened followed by an interactive session with the participants of the 8th batch of the 21-Day Certificate Course on Legal and Psychological Counseling for Women in Distress, University of Calcutta on 29 January 2013. PVR Cinemas selected the film to be screened at Kolkata, Delhi & Mumbai as part of the Indian Panorama Film Festival.
• Accident was selected for the Indian Cinema Now Section of the 18th International Kerala Film Festival 2013. It ran in theatres for 50 days.
• Muktodhara was the first Bengali film in a decade to be screened at the Rashtrapati Bhavan for the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee. It ran in theatres successfully for 75 days.
• Alik Sukh premiered at the Marche du Film section in Cannes Film Festival in 2013. It had a pan India release in 2013. It was not only critically acclaimed, but also did well commercially. It ran in theatres successfully for 50 days. The director duo received the Filmfare Award (East) 2014 for Best Direction for the film Alik Sukh.
• Ramdhanu achieved both commercial success and critical acclaim.
• Eros International released Bela Seshe in Mumbai, Delhi, Noida, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Gurgaon, Pune and Bangalore. It became the longest running Bengali film of the last decade with 217 days of Multiplex run and 250 days theatrical run. The film was liked by veteran actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Waheeda Rehman, Asha Parekh.
• Praktan went on to become the highest grossing Bengali film of 2016 and received an award at the Indian Business Film Awards 2016.^[8] Praktan received 8 awards at the West Bengal Film Journalist Awards 2016 including the Most Popular Film, Best Actor (Female), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female), Best Production Design, Best Music Album among others.^[9] The film had 11 nominations at the 2nd Jio Filmfare Awards 2017 (East) and won 5 awards including Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) and Best Music Album among others.^[10]
• Konttho was selected as the Indian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.^[11][12]

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