Shoojit Sircar
Birthplace: Kolkata
Born: 1967
Occupations recorded in source
film director; screenwriter
Biography from Wikipedia
Shoojit Sircar (born c. 1966–1967) is an Indian filmmaker, director and producer known for his work in Hindi films. He has received several awards, including three National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards from five nominations.
Sircar made his directorial debut with the romantic war drama Yahaan (2005). He achieved critical success with the top-grossing social romantic comedy Vicky Donor (2012) for which he received the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. He followed it a year later with the political action thriller Madras Cafe (2013).
His next film Piku (2015) received widespread critical acclaim upon release and emerged as a major box-office success, and earned him the Filmfare Award for Best Film (Critics). His home production, the legal thriller Pink (2016), won the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues. Sircar subsequently directed and produced the coming-of-age drama October (2018) and the Amazon Prime Video's comedy Gulabo Sitabo (2020). Sircar gained further prominence in 2021 with the biographical historical drama Sardar Udham which received widespread critical acclaim. He is also the co-founder of the film production company Rising Sun Films.
I Want to Talk (2025) earned him again the Filmfare Award for Best Film (Critics).
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Films in Cinema Hound
Directing
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