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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Ashoke Viswanathan<br />
| image = Ms Ananya Biswas, Director “Between Darkness and Light” and Shri Ashoke Viswanathan, Director “Folk Theatres of Bengal” at a press conference at Black Box.jpg<br />
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| caption = Ashoke Viswanathan (left) at the [[International Film Festival of India|IFFI]] in [[37th International Film Festival of India|2006]]<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1959}}<br />
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| nationality = Indian<br />
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| alma_mater = [[St. Xavier's College, Kolkata]], [[Film and Television Institute of India]]<br />
| occupation = Film director<br />
| awards = [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]], [[National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film)|National Film Award – Special Jury Award]]<br />
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'''Ashoke Viswanathan''' (also Asoke, born in 1959) is a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] Indian filmmaker and theatre personality, based in [[Kolkata]], India.<ref name="oxford">{{cite book |editor=Ananda Lal |title=The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre |year=2004 |publisher=Oxford University Press |pages=xx, 476 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DftkAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Ashoke+Viswanathan%22 |isbn=9780195644463 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051217/asp/weekend/story_5590980.asp | title=Making it work | publisher=The Telegraph | date=17 December 2005 | access-date=16 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Bhāratīya Painoramā|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g5VMAQAAIAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|pages=41–42}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Viswanathan is the son of actor [[N. Viswanathan]].<ref name=express>{{cite news|title=Actor N Viswanathan dies at 81|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/actor-n-viswanathan-dies-at-81/712886/|access-date=16 August 2014|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=18 November 2010}}</ref> He is a mathematics graduate from [[St. Xavier's College, Kolkata]], and a graduate in film direction from the [[Film and Television Institute of India]].<ref name="46thawardPDF" /><br />
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==Career==<br />
Viswanathan is currently Professor and Head of Department of Producing For Film and TV specialisation and Dean (Film Wing) <ref>http://srfti.ac.in/?page_id=38</ref> at [[Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute]] and an occasional lecturer at [[Jadavpur University]].<ref name="46thawardPDF" /><br />
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He has made award winning features and also documentaries,<ref name="oxford" /> such as 2014s "The Lighthouse, The Ocean and The Sea", an exploration of the intellectual relationships among [[Rabindranath Tagore]], [[Romain Rolland]] and [[Kalidas Nag]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Prithvijit Mitra |title=Documentary on scholar to explore Tagore-Rolland friendship |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Documentary-on-scholar-to-explore-Tagore-Rolland-friendship/articleshow/39621419.cms |work=The Times of India |date=4 August 2014 |access-date=13 August 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Ranjan Das Gupta |title=Chronicle of interesting friendships |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/chronicle-of-interesting-friendships/article6319330.ece |work=The Hindu |date=15 August 2014 |access-date=15 August 2014 }}</ref> Two of Viswanathan's films have won national awards: his debut film "Shunya Theke Shuru" and "Kichu Sanglap Kichu Prolap"<ref name="experiments">{{cite news |author=Gowri Ramnarayan |title=His experiments with films |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/his-experiments-with-films/article599068.ece |work=The Hindu |date=28 August 2010 |access-date=13 August 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=S. Rangarajan |title=Untitled |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bKVKAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Ashoke+Viswanathan%22 |volume= 11 |number=16–20 |pages=87 |work=Frontline |date=7 October 1994 |access-date=13 August 2014 }}</ref><br />
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He has also directed commercial films like "Sesh Sanghat" starring mainstream actors like [[Jaya Prada]] and [[Jackie Shroff]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/Sesh-Sanghat/movie-review/5185643.cms | title=Sesh Sanghat Movie Review | work=The Times of India | date=1 November 2009 | access-date=16 August 2014}}</ref> and "Gumshuda", in Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil ("Vaira Kolaigal"), a [[whodunit]] based on [[Sherlock Holmes]], targeted at a mass audience.<ref name="experiments" /><br />
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He has served as the Chairperson of the Jury for non-feature films for the [[National Film Awards]].<ref name="61stjuryPDF">{{cite web |title=Jury Profiles |url=http://www.dff.nic.in/Jury%20Profiles.pdf |pages=8 |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] |date=2014 |access-date=16 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923214059/http://www.dff.nic.in/Jury%20Profiles.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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Three of his feature films and two of his short features have been included in the INDIAN PANORAMA sections of IFFI '94, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2005. His films have been shown at the Commonwealth Film Festival, Manchester, the [[Pyongyang International Film Festival]], the [[Dhaka International Film Festival]], and the Ipswich Film Festival, among others.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://awardsandwinners.com/winner/?name=ashoke-viswanathan&mid=/m/0h7b3fw | title=Ashoke Viswanathan | publisher=awardsandwinners.com | access-date=19 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ashokeviswanathan.com/Resume%27.html | title=Resume | publisher=www.ashokeviswanathan.com | access-date=19 August 2014}}</ref><br />
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Viswanathan has represented India at the Cambridge Seminar on contemporary British writing, held at Downing College, Cambridge (1997).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindscreen.co.in/ashoke.html |title=Ashoke Viswanathan – Film Director |publisher=.mindscreen.co.in |access-date=19 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819102958/http://www.mindscreen.co.in/ashoke.html |archive-date=19 August 2014 }}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"<br />
! width="15%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title !! width="4%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year!! colspan="4" scope="col" | Credited as !! width="10%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes !! width="1%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}<br />
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! width=6% |Director!! width=6% | Writer!! width=6% |Producer!! width=6% | Other<br />
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!scope="row"|''[[Shunya Theke Shuru]]''<br />
|1993<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{no}}<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|as Ashok Viswanathan<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|<br />
|-<br />
!scope="row"|''[[Kichhhu Sanlap Kichhu Pralap]]''<br />
|1999<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{no}}<br />
|<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|<br />
|-<br />
!scope="row"|''[[Byatikrami]]''<br />
|2003<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{no}}<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|planning<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|<br />
|-<br />
!scope="row"|''[[Andhakarer Shabdo]]''<br />
|2006<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{no}}<br />
|{{no}}<br />
|screenplay<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|<br />
|-<br />
!scope="row"|''[[Sesh Sanghat]]''<br />
|2009<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
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|<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|<br />
|-<br />
!scope="row"|''[[1+1=3 Ora Tinjon]]''<br />
|2015<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{no}}<br />
|{{no}}<br />
|{{no}}<br />
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|style="text-align:center;"|<br />
|}<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]], 1993, for ''[[Shunya Theke Shuru]]''.<ref name="41stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/41st_nff_1994.pdf|title=41st National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|pages=14–15 |access-date=16 August 2014}}</ref><br />
* [[National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film)|National Film Award – Special Jury Award]], 1998, for ''[[Kichhhu Sanlap Kichhu Pralap]]''.<ref name="46thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/46_nff_1999.pdf|title=46th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|pages=14–15 |access-date=16 August 2014}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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