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| name = Anil Ganguly<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|01|26}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (now [[West Bengal]], [[India]])<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|01|15|1933|01|26}}<br />
| death_place = [[Mumbai, Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br />
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
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| occupation = [[Film direction]]<br />
| years_active = 1970 - 98<br />
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| notable_works = [[Kora Kagaz]]<br>[[Tapasya]] (1976 film)<br />
| relatives = [[Rupali Ganguly]] (daughter)<br />
[[Vijay Ganguly]] (son)<br />
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'''Anil Ganguly''' (26 January 1933 &ndash; 15 January 2016) was an Indian film director and screenwriter, who worked in [[Hindi cinema]] from 1970s to 2001. He is best known for [[Jaya Bhaduri]] starrer, ''[[Kora Kagaz]]'' (1974) and the [[Rakhee Gulzar|Rakhee]] starrer ''[[Tapasya (1976 film)|Tapasya]]'' (1975), both of which won the [[National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment]]. He is also known for his films with [[Rakhee]] like [[Trishna (1978 film)|Trishna]], [[Aanchal (1980 film)|Aanchal]], [[Saaheb]] (1985). Later in his career, after 1986 he made seven films none of which succeeded.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Ganguly started his career making literary adaptations with strong female roles and themes of marital discord. For his second film ''Kora Kagaz'' his adapted [[Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay]]'s story "Saat Paake Bandha", previously adapted into a Bengali film by the same name. Films female lead [[Jaya Bhaduri]] won [[Filmfare Best Actress Award]] for her role.<ref name="GulazāraNihalani2003">{{cite book|author1=Gulazar|last2=Nihalani|first2=Govind|last3=Chatterjee|first3=Saibal|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT673|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-066-5|page=431}}</ref> His next film, ''Tapasya'' (1975) with [[Raakhee]] as lead was produced by [[Rajshri Productions]], and was based on story by [[Ashapurna Devi]]. Raakhee won the Filmfare Best Actress Award for her role<ref name=deccan>{{cite web|author=Khalid Mohammed|authorlink=Khalid Mohammed|title=The forgotten director of Bengal|publisher=Deccan Chronicle|url=http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/130216/commentary-columnists/article/forgotten-director-bengal|date=16 February 2013|accessdate=19 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419215154/http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/130216/commentary-columnists/article/forgotten-director-bengal|archive-date=19 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> He later adapted [[Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay]]'s novel ''[[Parineeta (novel)|Parineeta]]'' as ''Sankoch'' (1976), with [[Sulakshana Pandit]] and [[Jeetendra]] as leads.<ref>{{cite web| title = The different faces of Parineeta|publisher=Rediff.com movies | url = http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/patcy/20050608.htm |date=8 June 2005|accessdate = 19 April 2014 }}</ref> ''Humkadam'' again starring Raakhee, and made in 1980, was an adaptation of [[Satyajit Ray]]'s ''[[Mahanagar]]''.<ref name=deccan/><br />
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He made [[Aanchal (1980 film)|Aanchal]] with [[Rajesh Khanna]] as the lead hero and the film turned out to be platinum jubilee hit. His last major film was [[Anil Kapoor]] and [[Amrita Singh]] starrer ''Saaheb'' (1985). Later in his career, he shifted to making action and thriller films but nine of 9 films he made since 1986 were successful at the box office. His last directorial venture was Bengali film ''Kiye Para Kiye Najara'' (1998) with [[Tapas Paul]], and [[Debashree Roy]].<ref name=deccan/> He died on 15 January 2016 at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/filmmaker-anil-ganguly-no-more/ |title=Filmmaker Anil Ganguly no more |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=15 January 2016 |accessdate=1 February 2016}}</ref><br />
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== Filmography ==<br />
* ''[[Half Ticket]]'' (1962) Assistant director<br />
* ''Bheegi Raat'' (1965) Assistant director<br />
* ''[[Kora Kagaz]]'' (1974)<br />
* ''[[Tapasya (1976 film)|Tapasya]]'' (1975)<br />
* ''[[Sankoch (1976 film)|Sankoch]]'' (1976)<br />
* ''[[Trishna (1978 film)|Trishna]]'' (1978)<br />
* ''[[Khandaan (1979 film)|Khandaan]]'' (1979)<br />
* ''Agreement'' (1980)<br />
* ''[[Neeyat (1980 film)|Neeyat]]'' (1980)<br />
* ''[[Aanchal (1980 film)|Aanchal]]'' (1980)<br />
* ''Humkadam'' (1980)<br />
* ''[[Karwat]]'' (1982)<br />
* ''[[Kaun? Kaisey?]]'' (1983)<br />
* ''[[Saaheb]]'' (1985)<br />
* ''[[Mera Yaar Mera Dushman (1987 film)|Mera Yaar Mera Dushman]]'' (1987)<br />
* ''[[Pyar Ke Kabil]]'' (1987)<br />
* ''[[Sadak Chhap]]'' (1987)<br />
* ''Balidan'' (Bolidan) (1990, Bengali)<br />
* ''[[Dushman Devta]]'' (1991)<br />
* ''[[Dil Ki Baazi]]'' (1993)<br />
* ''[[Angaara]]'' (1996)<br />
* ''Kiye Para Kiye Nijara'' (1998, Odia)<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
His daughter, [[Rupali Ganguly]] is television, film and theatre actress. His son, [[Vijay Ganguly]] is a director and choreographer.<br />
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== Awards ==<br />
* [[National Film Awards|National Film Award]]<br />
** [[22nd National Film Awards|1974]]: [[National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment|Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment]]: ''[[Kora Kagaz]]''<ref name="22ndawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/22nd_nff_1974.pdf|title=22nd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=1 October 2011}}</ref><br />
** [[23rd National Film Awards|1975]]: [[National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment|Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment]]: ''[[Tapasya (1976 film)|Tapasya]]''<ref name="23rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/23rd_nff_1975.pdf|title=23rd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=4 October 2011}}</ref><br />
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