1. Shoojit Sircar has received several awards, including three National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards from five nominations.
18 Facts About Shoojit Sircar
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Shoojit Sircar achieved critical success with the top-grossing social romantic comedy Vicky Donor for which he received the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment.
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Shoojit Sircar followed it a year later with the political action thriller Madras Cafe.
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Shoojit Sircar gained further prominence in 2021 with the biographical historical drama Sardar Udham which received widespread critical acclaim.
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Shoojit Sircar is the co-founder of the film production company Rising Sun Films.
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Shoojit Sircar was born into a Bengali family in Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Shoojit Sircar completed his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya Barrackpore Airforce in 1985 and graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from Shaheed Bhagat Singh College at the University of Delhi.
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Shoojit Sircar lost both his parents in 2004; his father passed away due to cancer and his mother from a brain stroke.
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Shoojit Sircar aspired for a career in films after attending the International Film Festival of India in Delhi.
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Shoojit Sircar is a football enthusiast and is part of the All Stars Football Club, a celebrity football club that raises money for charity.
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Shoojit Sircar made his directorial debut in 2005 with the romantic war drama Yahaan, which featured Jimmy Sheirgill and Minissha Lamba in a love story set in war-savaged Kashmir.
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The debacle related to Shoebite led Shoojit Sircar to establish his own film production company in 2007 with Ronnie Lahiri, naming it Rising Sun Films, under which all of his directorial films would be made.
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Shoojit Sircar rose to prominence in 2012 with the critically and commercially successful social romantic comedy Vicky Donor.
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Shoojit Sircar followed it up a year later with the political action thriller Madras Cafe starring John Abraham, Nargis Fakhri alongside newcomer Raashi Khanna in lead roles.
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Which is why it's commendable what director Shoojit Sircar has undertaken with Madras Cafe.
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Shoojit Sircar then reunited with Bachchan and Khurrana in the 2020 comedy-drama Gulabo Sitabo.
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Shoojit Sircar's prominence increased in 2021 with the biographical historical drama Sardar Udham starring Vicky Kaushal in the titular role.
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Shoojit Sircar wanted to make a film of the life of Udham Singh during his college days, and planned to produce it in his mid-1990s, but the research work on the freedom fighter took him two long decades.