Rituparno Ghosh Death Anniversary: Rituparno Ghosh Won 12 National Awards, Became The Voice Of LGBTQ Community
Filmmakers who have won 12 National Awards at the age of 49 are few. Rituparno Ghosh was one such name. He accepts his complex sexuality with the same frankness with which he makes films.
Rituparno Ghosh‘s name is quite famous in the cinema world. He made many excellent films more than one. He also won the National Award for his films. The films made under the direction of Rituparno Ghosh attracted the attention of the audience. Rituparno also tried to underline the LGBTQ community and their rights through his films and he was also successful in this. Ghosh, who made a different kind of film, was awarded the National Film Awards 12 times. He did films in all three languages Hindi, English and Bengali. He left the world on this day i.e. May 30, 2013 at the age of just 49. Today on his death anniversary, let us know some interesting things related to him.
Filmmakers who have won 12 National Awards at the age of 49 are few. Rituparno Ghosh was one such name. He accepts his complex sexuality with the same frankness with which he makes films. He had taken Bengali cinema to new heights. He may have been a man, but he liked to dress up like a woman. No grandfather or sister considered him bad because of this.
Born in Kolkata in 1963, Rituparno Ghosh directed his first film at the age of 31. Talking about his first Hindi film, its name was Raincoat. Released in 2004, the film won the National Film Award. Aishwarya Rai and Ajay Devgn played the lead roles in this film. The last Hindi film directed by him is ‘Sunglass’. His foray into film production started in 1994 with the Bengali film ‘Harrier Angati’.
Rituparno Ghosh gained recognition with his second feature film, Unise April, which won the National Award for Best Feature Film. In a career spanning just over two decades, he won 12 national and international awards. He also directed some of the best films like Dahan, Asukh, Beriwali, Antarmahal and Naukadubi.
Rituparno considered himself gay and was quite comfortable with his sexuality. He also played the role of a homosexual in the National Award winning film ‘Memories of March’. Be it fashion shows or award functions, Ritu used to appear in women’s attire, for which he used to become the subject of discussion in the media many times. Despite this, he used to wear women’s clothes without any hesitation or shame and openly expressed his views on homosexuality.
