| Ranjan K Ghosh | |
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Ranjan Ghosh being introduced by Aparna Sen at the premiere of Iti Mrinalini in Kolkata, 29th July 2011. |
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| Born | 8 January 1983 Calcutta, India |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Years active | 2009 - present |
Ranjan K Ghosh (Bengali: রঞ্জন ঘোষ Rônjôn Ghosh; born 8 January 1983) is an Indian-Bengali film-writer from the Film Industry of Maharashtra, Mumbai and West Bengal, Kolkata. Based in Mumbai, Ghosh is the first and the only screenwriter, acclaimed Bengali filmmaker Aparna Sen has collaborated with so far in her illustrious career.[1]
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Brought up in a Bengali family in a satellite township in West Bengal, Ranjan K Ghosh studied at St. Xavier's School, Durgapur and at BC Institution. Thereafter, he moved to Calcutta to take up Physics at Jadavpur University. Very soon he left his higher studies to become a mariner, and embarked on a career that would take him almost all around the world for the next five years. He holds a Degree in Nautical Sciences from The University of Mumbai. In 2007, Ranjan bid adieu to his sea-life and joined Mumbai based film school Whistling Woods International to study filmmaking. He graduated in 2009 with a major in screenwriting.
While still in his film school, Ranjan worked as a script assistant to Shyamal Sengupta on the National Film Award winning 2009 Bengali film Antaheen. He later assisted the director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury on the shoot of the same film.[2]
After graduating in 2009, Ranjan made his screenwriting debut co-authoring the story and screenplay of Iti Mrinalini, a 2011 Bengali film directed by Aparna Sen.[3] The screenplay of Iti Mrinalini was a professional assignment in the film school course syllabus. Interestingly, it was the first instance in Indian Screenwriting that any screenplay emerging from any Indian film institute was actually filmed. With this, Ranjan went on to become Aparna Sen's first and only co-author till date.[4]
Considered a high-profile project, Iti Mrinalini - Aparna Sen's return to Bengali Cinema after a decade - also stars the director-actor along with her daughter Konkona Sen Sharma in the title role. Apart from co-writing the film, Ranjan assisted Aparna Sen in direction and on the production design. Reportedly, the entire memorabilia of the actress Mrinalini in the film has been designed and created by him, with some help from the art department.[5]
Post Iti Mrinalini, Ranjan collaborated with Prakash Jha, who is supposed to make his debut as a producer for Bengali films. The film is a loose adaptation of Jha's National Film Award winning 2003 Hindi film Gangaajal. The adapted story and screenplay has been penned by Ranjan. The yet untitled film is a comment on contemporary Bengal politics with the 1980 Bhagalpur blindings as the backdrop. Scheduled to go on floors in end 2010, the film has been facing delay owing to the stormy political scene in West Bengal.[6]