Churni Ganguly

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{{short description|Indian Bengali actress}}
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| birth_place = [[Kurseong]], India
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'''Churni Ganguly''' ({{lang-bn|চূর্ণী গাঙ্গুলী}} or '''Churni Gangopadhyay''', born as '''Churni Banerjee or Churni Bandopadhyay''') is a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] film and [[Television in India|television]] actress.

After spending her childhood in Kurseong, she came to Kolkata and got admitted at the [[Jadavpur University]]. While studying at Jadavpur University, she joined a theatre group as an actress. Then she moved to Mumbai and acted in a few television serials. Later, she came back to Kolkata and started acting in Bengali films.

Ganguly received the [[Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards]] in 2005 in the best actress category for the movie ''[[Waarish]]'', in which she played a single-mother's role.<ref>{{cite web|title=BFJA Award 2005 |url=http://www.gomolo.com/7/bfja-awards-awards-2005 |publisher=Gomolo |access-date=29 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429085050/http://www.gomolo.com/7/bfja-awards-awards-2005 |archive-date=29 April 2015}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

Churni Ganguly (born Churni Banerjee) spent her childhood in [[Kurseong]]. Her parents were school teachers. She was a student of Dow Hills boarding school. In spite of being at boarding school, Churni and few other girls were allowed to stay at their homes with their parents. Churni's father, whom Churni described as "extremely caring, but a rather serious person" encouraged Churni to do well in studies, and especially sports. But, Churni did not feel the urge to concentrate on sports. Churni was a good student at school, but she never thought that she had to secure rankings in examinations.<ref name="My Fundays">{{cite news|title=My Fundays Churni Ganguly|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070704/asp/telekids/story_8011508.asp|publisher=The Telegraph Calcutta|access-date=29 February 2012|location=Calcutta, India|date=4 July 2007}}</ref>

Churni was a student of [[Jadavpur University]]. While at university, in 1987, she started a theatre troupe with [[Suman Mukhopadhyay]] and her future husband [[Kaushik Ganguly]].<ref name="Kaushik Ganguly profile KBI">{{cite web|title=Kaushik Ganguly profile|url=http://www.kolkatabengalinfo.com/2012/05/kaushik-ganguly-profile-family-life.html|work=kolkatabengalinfo.com/|access-date=24 May 2012}}</ref> Churni is married to Bengali film director [[Kaushik Ganguly]] and has a son – Ujaan Ganguly.<ref name="Reverse swing">{{cite news|title=Reverse swing|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100601/jsp/entertainment/story_12507118.jsp|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=11 April 2012|location=Calcutta, India|first=Kushali|last=Nag|date=1 June 2010}}</ref>

== Career in Mumbai ==
Firstly, she tried her luck in the Hindi film and television industry. She shifted to Mumbai and acted in Zee TV's first daily soap, ''Raahat'' and stayed there for the next two years. In those days, when she was in her twenties, she acted in ''Choti si Asha'', in which she played a 35-year-old mother's character who matured to about 60.<ref name="I'm there, tickling and alive" /> Later she decided to come back to Kolkata.<ref name="telegraphindia1"/>

== Career in Bengali film industry ==
After moving to Kolkata, Churni decided to join the [[Bengali film industry]].<ref name="telegraphindia1">{{cite news|title=Aiming high|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100627/jsp/graphiti/story_12613479.jsp|work=The Telegraph|access-date=3 March 2012|location=Calcutta, India|first=Growing|last=Up|date=27 June 2010}}</ref>

=== 2004—2005 ===
In 2004, Ganguly made her debut in Bengali cinema with the film ''[[Waarish]]''. The film was directed by Kaushik Ganguly. In the film, she played the role of a single mother— Medha. Medha was an ex-flame of Subhankar, who became pregnant after a rendezvous with him. Though Medha was not married with Subhankar, she denied abortion and gave birth to a son, Megh. Many years later, when she learns that she is suffering from cancer, she goes to Subhankar, (who was married to another woman at that time) and asks to take responsibility of Megh. Though the acting of Ganguly in this film was widely appreciated, it did not get commercial success.<ref name="Highs and lows in topsy-turvy Tollywood">{{cite news|title=Highs and lows in topsy-turvy Tollywood|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041229/asp/calcutta/story_4188463.asp|access-date=23 June 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota|date=29 December 2004}}</ref>

In 2005, Ganguly acted in the film ''[[Shunyo E Buke]]'', directed by Kaushik Ganguly. In this film, she portrayed a flat-chested woman's role<ref name="Do bigger breasts mean better self-esteem?">{{cite news|title=Do bigger breasts mean better self-esteem?|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/do-bigger-breasts-mean-better-selfesteem/62597-19.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924173942/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/do-bigger-breasts-mean-better-selfesteem/62597-19.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2009|access-date=23 June 2013|publisher=CNN-IBN|date=8 April 2008}}</ref> and the film attempted to explore male sexual fantasy.<ref name="Colours of life">{{cite news|title=Colours of life |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110830/jsp/entertainment/story_14440499.jsp |access-date=23 June 2013 |newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota |date=5 August 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108194058/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040805/asp/calcutta/story_3581096.asp |archive-date=8 January 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== 2007—2010 ===
In 2007, Ganguly acted in ''[[Jara Bristite Bhijechhilo]]'', directed by [[Anjan Das]].<ref name="Just walking in the rain...">{{cite news|title=Just walking in the rain... |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061026/asp/calcutta/story_6918209.asp |access-date=23 June 2013 |newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota |date=26 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021032906/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061026/asp/calcutta/story_6918209.asp |archive-date=21 October 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The film revolved around lesbian relationships.<ref name="Change the mindset">{{cite news|title=Change the mindset |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090704/jsp/entertainment/story_11192838.jsp |access-date=23 June 2013 |newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota |date=4 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095504/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090704/jsp/entertainment/story_11192838.jsp |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2008, Ganguly acted in Anjan Dutt's ''[[Chalo Let's Go]]''. This was Ganguly's first feature film in which she acted under the direction of someone other than Kaushik Ganguly. The film was a travelogue and narrated a story of a journey with nine passengers. Ganguly played the character of Miss Ganguly, a sophisticated writer. But in the film, her fellow passengers used to call her "Miss Gombhir".<ref name="14 fellow travellers">{{cite news|title=14 fellow travellers |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080531/jsp/entertainment/story_9344312.jsp |access-date=23 June 2013 |newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota |date=31 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017100738/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080531/jsp/entertainment/story_9344312.jsp |archive-date=17 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2009, Ganguly acted in ''[[Sakaler Rang]]'', directed by Suvamoy Chattopadhyay. The budget of the film was {{INRConvert|900000}}.<ref name="Sakaler Rang Gomolo">{{cite web|title=Sakaler Rang details|url=http://www.gomolo.com/sakaler-rang-movie/38952|publisher=Gomolo|access-date=23 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306155359/http://www.gomolo.com/sakaler-rang-movie/38952|archive-date=6 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the 2010 film ''[[Arekti Premer Golpo]]'', Ganguly played the character of Rani/Gopa. In this film, [[Rituparno Ghosh]] and [[Indraneil Sengupta]] acted in lead roles and the film revolved around a homosexual relationship.<ref name="We have treated it like a heterosexual love story">{{cite news|title=We have treated it like a heterosexual love story |access-date=23 June 2013 |newspaper=The Indian Express |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/we-have-treated-it-like-a-heterosexual-love-story/737639/ |date=15 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210135424/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/we-have-treated-it-like-a-heterosexual-love-story/737639/ |archive-date=10 February 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== 2011—present ===
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In 2011, Ganguly acted in ''[[Rang Milanti]]'', another film directed by Kaushik Ganguly. In this film, she played the role of Kamalini, a successful Television actor.<ref name="Colours of life" /> In the same year, Ganguly acted in [[Ribhu Dasgupta]]'s directorial debut film ''Michael''. In this film, Ganguly played the role of Ria, Naseerudin Shah's wife. ''Michael'' was produced by [[Anurag Kashyap]].<ref name="Churni, Mir in Michael">{{cite news|title=Churni, Mir in Michael |access-date=24 June 2013 |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100824/jsp/entertainment/story_12846355.jsp |newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota |date=24 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304133526/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100824/jsp/entertainment/story_12846355.jsp |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2012, Ganguly acted in two Bengali movies— ''[[Laptop (2012 film)|Laptop]]'', directed by Kaushik Ganguly and ''[[Arjun – Kalimpong E Sitaharan]]'', directed by [[Prem Prakash Modi|Prem Modi]]. The film ''Laptop'' told some stories related to some different people, connected by one single laptop. On the other hand, ''Arjun – Kalimpong E Sitaharan'' was a detective film based on [[Samaresh Majumdar]]'s literary character Arjun.<ref name="Arjun, Kalimponge Sitahoron">{{cite news|title=Arjun, Kalimponge Sitahoron |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-09/movie-reviews/39142273_1_arjun-young-sleuth-feluda |access-date=24 June 2013 |date=9 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007041236/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-09/movie-reviews/39142273_1_arjun-young-sleuth-feluda |archive-date=7 October 2013 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The 2013 film ''[[Shabdo]]'', directed by Kaushik Ganguly, was widely appreciated by critics. The story of the film revolved around Tarak, a foley artist of Bengali film industry. In this film, Ganguly played a psychriatist's role.<ref name="Dubai Ganguly's ">{{cite web|title=Dubai Review: Kaushik Ganguly's "Shobdo" (Sound) |url=http://dearcinema.com/review/dubai-review-kaushik-gangulys-shobdo-sound/4314 |publisher=Dear Cinema |access-date=24 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604095036/http://dearcinema.com/review/dubai-review-kaushik-gangulys-shobdo-sound/4314 |archive-date=4 June 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Ganguly signed Kaushik Ganguly's ''[[C/O Sir]]'' for the role of Mrs Chatterjee. Later, as she was having problem with dates, she was replaced by another actress [[Sudipta Chakraborty]].<ref name="Sudipta replaces Churni in Kaushik Ganguly's next">{{cite news|title=Sudipta replaces Churni in Kaushik Ganguly's next |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-24/news-interviews/34060971_1_sudipta-chakraborty-national-award-film |access-date=24 June 2013 |date=24 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025181704/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-24/news-interviews/34060971_1_sudipta-chakraborty-national-award-film |archive-date=25 October 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref>

She also acted in ''[[Bakita Byaktigato]]'', directed by Pradipta Bhattacharya. This film shot like a documentary, the film traces a man's quest for love as per critics review. Pramit, an amateur documentary filmmaker, is tired of girls rejecting his propositions. Prem ki? Ki kore prem hoye? Troubled by such questions, he takes it upon himself to solve the puzzle anyhow. And this time around, he plans to make a documentary film on love.<ref name="Bakita Byaktigoto Movie Review">{{cite news|title=Bakita Byaktigoto Movie Review|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/Bakita-Byaktigoto/movie-review/22887571.cms|access-date=13 August 2015|newspaper= The Times of India|date=22 September 2013 }}</ref>

Actor Churni Ganguly debuts as a director in ''Nirbashito'', a bilingual film in Bengali and English, shot in Kolkata and Sweden.
After many snuffed-out attempts by several filmmakers, for the first time a film on Taslima Nasrin's life was released at the ongoing Mumbai International Film Festival. The film — ''[[Nirbashito]]'' (Banished) — is inspired by Taslima and her cat, Minu.

In the film directed by Churni Ganguly, Minu is called Baghini (tigress). The author is, however, not named anywhere in the film.<ref name="A slice of Taslima's life captured on screen">{{cite news|title=A slice of Taslima's life captured on screen|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/A-slice-of-Taslimas-life-captured-on-screen/articleshow/44892109.cms
|access-date=13 August 2015|newspaper=The Times of India|date=21 October 2014}}</ref>
This film won the Best Bengali film award and the sound designer trophy at the 62nd [[National Film Awards]] category.<ref>[http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/62nd-national-film-awards-list-of-winners-749198, NDTV Movies]</ref>

== Bengali television career ==
Other than working in few Hindi serials such as ''Raahat'', ''Umeed'' etc., Ganguly has worked in Bengali television serials too such as ''[[@Bhalobasha.com]]'', which was directed by Monish Ghosh and produced by Snehasish Chakraborty; ''Hridayer Chorabali'' etc.<ref name="Bhalobasa.com Star Jalsa Songs, Cast">{{cite web|title=Bhalobasa.com Star Jalsa Songs, Cast|url=http://www.bhalobasa.in/articles/124455/135|publisher=Bhalobasa.in|access-date=24 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825093558/http://www.bhalobasa.in/articles/124455/135|archive-date=25 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> She has acted in Bengali telefilms too. The telefilm ''Bandhobi'' was about two college friends (girls) who meet after a long time and remember those days when both of them fell in love with the same man. ''Bandhobi'' was directed by Kaushik Ganguly and [[Chandrayee Ghosh]] played Ganguly's friend's role. The telefilm ''Promotion'' dealt with single parenthood and it was shot in [[Darjeeling]].<ref name="Reverse swing" />

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Year !! Film !! Director !! Role/Character !!Co actors
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| 2004 || ''[[Waarish]]'' || Kaushik Ganguly || Medha || [[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]], [[Debashree Roy]]
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| 2005 || ''[[Shunyo E Buke]]'' || Kaushik Ganguly || Artist's wife || [[Kaushik Sen]], [[Kharaj Mukherjee]]
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| 2007 || ''[[Jara Bristite Bhijechhilo]]'' || [[Anjan Das]] || ||[[Indrani Halder]], Sudip Mukherjee
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Chalo Let's Go]]'' || [[Anjan Dutt]] || Miss Gombhir ||[[Rudranil Ghosh]], [[Saswata Chatterjee]], [[Parambrata Chatterjee]]
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Sakaler Rang]]'' || Suvamoy Chattopadhyay || Bhabi || Taranga Sarkar, Chhabi Talukdar, Paulomi De, [[Monu Mukhopadhyay]]
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Arekti Premer Golpo]]'' || Kaushik Ganguly || Rani / Gopa || [[Rituparno Ghosh]], [[Indraneil Sengupta]], [[Raima Sen]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2011 || ''[[Rang Milanti]]'' || Kaushik Ganguly || Kamalika's elder sister ||[[Saswata Chatterjee]], [[Ridhima Ghosh]], Gaurav Chatterjee, Gaurav Chakraborty, Tanaji Dasgupta, Indrasheesh Ray
|-
| ''Michael'' || Ribhu Dasgupta || || [[Naseeruddin Shah]], Mahie Gill, Purav Bhandare
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Laptop (2012 film)|Laptop]]'' || Kaushik Ganguly || Mrs. Durba Mukherjee || [[Rahul Bose]], Saswata Chatterjee, [[Ananya Chatterjee]], [[Gaurav Chakrabarty]]
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2013 || ''[[Arjun – Kalimpong E Sitaharan]]''<ref name="Enter, genx sleuth Arjun">{{cite news|title=Enter, genx sleuth Arjun|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120416/jsp/entertainment/story_15377535.jsp|access-date=24 May 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=16 April 2012|location=Calcutta, India}}</ref> || [[Prem Prakash Modi|Prem Modi]] || Nilam, Sita's governess || [[Dipankar De]], Om (actor)
|-
| ''[[Shabdo]]''<ref name="Tollywood Shabdo">{{cite news|title=Tollywood Shabdo|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111223/jsp/entertainment/story_14915927.jsp|access-date=24 May 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=23 December 2011|location=Calcutta, India}}</ref> || Kaushik Ganguly || || Raima Sen, [[Victor Banerjee]], [[Ritwick Chakraborty]]
|-
|2013| ''[[Bakita Byaktigato]]''<ref name="Bakita Byaktigoto Movie Review"/> || Pradipta Bhattacharya ||  || [[Ritwick Chakraborty]], [[Aparajita Ghosh Das]], [[Madhabi Mukherjee]], Debesh Roy Choudhury, Supriyo Dutta, Monu Mukherjee, Sudipa Basu, Amit Saha and Kaushik Roy
|-
| 2014 ||''[[Nirbashito]]''<ref name="Churni, Kaushik Ganguly first couple to win National Award">{{cite news|title=Churni, Kaushik Ganguly first couple to win National Award|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Churni-Kaushik-Ganguly-first-couple-to-win-National-Award/articleshow/46689010.cms|access-date=12 August 2015|newspaper=The Times of India|date=26 March 2015}}</ref> || Churni Ganguly || || Churni Ganguly, Saswata Chatterjee, Raima Sen, Lars Bethke, Lia Boysen, Martin Wallstrom, Joakim Granberg & others
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Chaya O Chobi]]'' || [[Kaushik Ganguly]] || Maya || [[Abir Chatterjee]], [[Koyel Mallick]], [[Priyanka Sarkar]]
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Haami]]'' || [[Nandita Roy]] and [[Shiboprosad Mukherjee]] || ||
|-
|2019|| ''[[Tarikh (film)|Tarikh]]'' || Churni Ganguly || || [[Ritwick Chakraborty]], [[Saswata Chatterjee]], [[Raima Sen]], [[Kaushik Ganguly]]
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Anusandhan (film)|Anusandhan]]''{{dagger}}
|Kamaleswar Mukherjee
|
|[[Saswata Chatterjee]], [[Payel Sarkar]], [[Joydip Mukherjee]]
|}

=== Direction ===

* ''[[Nirbashito]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Tarikh (film)|Tarikh]]'' (2019)

=== Telefilms ===

* ''Roop'' directed by Ashok Vishwanathan.<ref name="telegraphindia1" />
* ''Ushno-tar Jonyo'' (2010)<ref>{{cite news|title=Man, woman & another man|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101218/jsp/entertainment/story_13314830.jsp|publisher=The Telegraph, Kolkata|access-date=29 February 2012|location=Calcutta, India|first=Reshmi|last=Sengupta|date=18 December 2010}}</ref>
* ''A...tithi''<ref name="A">{{cite web|title=Excellent Bengali Telefilm_A...tithi|url=http://www.bollywoodtorrents.me/threads/316735-Excellent-Bengali-Telefilm_A...tithi?s=7611b8892712410706170e690a6e5a33|access-date=1 March 2012}}</ref>
* ''Bhalobashar Kotha'' (directed by [[Anjan Dutt]])
* Chhoti Si Asha<ref>{{cite web|title=Churni Ganguly on Bengali movie 'Rangmilanti', Koushik Ganguly, co-actors|url=http://calcuttatube.com/churni-ganguly-on-bengali-movie-rangmilanti-koushik-ganguly-co-actors/156211/|publisher=Calcutta Tube|access-date=3 March 2012}}</ref>
* ''Bandhobi'': (2010) The telefim was about two college friends (roles played by Churni Ganguly and Chandreyi Ghosh).<ref name="Reverse swing" />
* ''Ambor Sen Antardhan Rahasya'' (1999) as Churni Chatterjee .
* ''Promotion'': This telefilm was entirely shot in [[Darjeeling]] and dealt with single parenthood.<ref name="Reverse swing" />
* ''Shesh Kriya'' (1984)<ref name="Interview | Angana Basu">{{cite web|title=Interview {{!}} Angana Basu|url=http://www.washingtonbanglaradio.com/content/7928410-interview-angana-basu-actress-danseuse-elocutionist-shukna-lanka-2010-bengali-movie|publisher=WBRi|access-date=20 August 2012}}</ref>

=== TV serials ===


* ''Raahat'' for [[Zee TV]].
* ''Umeed'' for Zee TV.<ref name="I'm there, ticking and alive'">{{cite news|title=I'm there, ticking and alive'|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=8 September 2011}}</ref>
* ''[[@Bhalobasha.com]]'' ([[Star Jalsha]])<ref name="Bhalobasa.com Star Jalsa Songs, Cast" />
* ''Chhoti si Asha''.<ref name=telegraphindia1 />
* ''Bandhan'' (Star Jalsha)
* ''Hridayer chorabali'' (Zee Bangla)
* ''Debi'' (Zee Bangla)

== Awards ==

* 2005 [[Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards]] in best actress category for the film ''Waarish''
* Onida Pinnacle Award for Best Actress at the national level<ref name="I'm there, tickling and alive">{{cite news|title=I'm there, ticking and alive'|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110908/jsp/entertainment/story_14477921.jsp|publisher=The Telegraph Calcutta|access-date=29 February 2012|location=Calcutta, India|first1=Churni|last1=Ganguly|first2=Much|last2=More|date=8 September 2011}}</ref>
* Kalakar Awards.<ref name="List of Kalakar award winners">{{cite web|title=List of Kalakar award winners|url=http://kalakarawards.co/images/pastawardeeslist.pdf|publisher=Kalakar awards|access-date=2 October 2012}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* 2015 ''Nirbashito'' won the Best Bengali film award and the sound designer trophy at the [[62nd National Film Awards|62nd National Award category]] director Churni Ganguli<ref name="Sudden emptiness after national award">{{cite web|title=Sudden emptiness after national award|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/sudden-emptiness-after-national-award-news-nirbashito-director-churni-ganguly/|access-date=12 August 2015}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==

* {{IMDb name|1902543}}

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