1. Srijit Mukherji was born on 23 September 1977 and is an Indian film director and screenwriter who predominantly works in Bengali cinema.
21 Facts About Srijit Mukherji
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Srijit Mukherji's first feature film Autograph, was a critical and commercial success, where he had written the script with Chatterjee in mind.
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Srijit Mukherji won the National Film Award for Best Direction and Best Original Screenplay for his sixth film, Chotushkone, at India's 62nd National Film Awards.
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Srijit Mukherji completed his schooling till 10th standard from Dolna Day School, Kolkata and 12th from South Point School, Kolkata, before studying BA economics at Presidency College, Kolkata.
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Srijit Mukherji went on to complete his MA and MPhil in environmental economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, parallelly working as a social scientist in the Urban Transport and Pollution Sector with TERI in New Delhi.
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Srijit Mukherji wrote and directed Mindgame, an Indian adaptation of Reginald Rose's Twelve Angry Men, at the Alliance Francaise De Bangalore in 2006.
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Srijit Mukherji was an assistant director, lyricist and actor in both Anjan Dutt's Madly Bangalee and Aparna Sen's Iti Mrinalini, in 2009.
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Srijit Mukherji has written lyrics for films like Cross Connection, Le Chakka and Josh, TV serials like Coffee and More and Dadagiri and non-film albums of Usha Uthup.
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Srijit Mukherji has acted in films like Dutta Vs Dutta, Bapi Bari Jaa and the national award-winning Shobdo.
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Srijit Mukherji received the Young Achiever Award from Rotary International, the prestigious Shera Bangali Award from ABP Anando and the Shoilojanando Mukhopadhyay Memorial Award in 2012 for his contribution in the field of film direction.
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Srijit Mukherji has received the oldest film award in India, the BFJA award, for remarkable contribution to Bengali Cinema in the last few years.
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Srijit Mukherji has made his directorial debut in Bollywood with the film Begum Jaan which is a remake of his earlier Bengali film Rajkahini.
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Srijit Mukherji had two releases in 2018, Uma and Ek Je Chhilo Raja.
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In 2018, it was reported that Srijit Mukherji will be directing a Junglee Pictures produced yet to be titled web-series in Hindi, based on the novel of noted novelist and blogger Arnab Ray, The Mahabharata Murders.
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Srijit Mukherji has completed another web-series, Feluda Pherot, which is based on two Feluda stories written by Satyajit Ray, Chhinomostar Obhishaap and Darjeeling Jomjomat.
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Srijit Mukherji directed Kakababur Protyaborton, which was based on the third film of the Kakababu franchise, it had Prosenjit Chatterjee as Kakababu, Aryann Bhowmik, Anirban Chakrabarti in the lead roles.
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Srijit Mukherji's next release this year was a biopic on the life of Mrinal Sen.
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Srijit Mukherji's upcoming venture is Feludar Goyendagiri which was scheduled to release on the occasion of Christmas 2024, digitally.
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Srijit Mukherji was in a relationship with actress Swastika Mukherjee; they broke up after filming Jaatishwar in 2014.
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Srijit Mukherji did not address the rumours directly, but described their relationship being "much more than love".
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On 6 December 2019, Srijit Mukherji married actress Rafiath Rashid Mithila.