Shoojit Sircar

Director

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Sardar Udham

(16 Oct 2021)

Director

Vakeel Saab

(9 Apr 2021)

Writer

Gulabo Sitabo

(12 Jun 2020)

Director

October

(13 Apr 2018)

Director

Running Shaadi

(17 Feb 2017)

Producer

Pink

(16 Sep 2016)

Writer

Badman

(18 May 2016)

Actor

Piku

(8 May 2015)

Director

Open Tee Bioscope

(16 Jan 2015)

Director

Yudh

(14 Jul 2014)

Director

Madras Cafe

(23 Aug 2013)

Director

Vicky Donor

(20 Apr 2012)

Director

Yahaan

(29 Jul 2005)

Director, Producer, Screenplay

Awards

2021

FOI Online Awards
(Best Director)

2014

Screen Weekly Awards
(Best Director)

News

Filmfare Awards 2022: Check out full nominations list

30 Aug 2022

Filmfare Awards ceremony is currently being held at Mumbai's Jio World Convention Centre. While there's still time for us to know who won which award, let's glance through the nomination list:Best Film - NominationsShershaah, Sardar Udham, Rashmi Rocket, and Ramprasad Ki TehrviBest DirectorAkarsh Khurana (Rashmi Rocket), Kabir Khan (83), Seema Pahwa (Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi), Shoojit Sircar (Sardar Udham), Vishnuvardhan (Shershaah)Best Actor in a Leading RoleDhanush (Atrangi Re), Ranveer Singh (83), Vicky Kaushal (Sardar Udham), Sidharth Malhotra (Shershaah)Best Actress in a Leading RoleKangana Ranaut (Thalaivii), Kiara Advani (Shershaah), Parineeti Chopra (Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar), Taapsee Pannu (Rashmi Rocket), Kriti Sanon (Mimi), Vidya Balan (Sherni)Best Film (Critics)Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi (Seema Pahwa), Sandeep Aur Pinky Farar (Dibakar Banerjee), Sardar Udham (Shoojit Sircar), Sherni (Amit Masurkar)Best Actor (Critics)Abhishek Bachchan (Bob Biswas), Pratik Gandhi (Bhavai), Ranveer Singh (83), Vicky Kaushal (Sardar Udham), Vikrant Massey (Haseen Dillruba)Best Actress (Critics)Supriya Pathak (Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi), Taapsee Pannu (Haseen Dillruba), Vidya Balan (Sherni)Best Actress in a Supporting RoleKirti Kulhari (The Girl on the Train), Neena Gupta (Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar), Sai Tamhankar (Mimi), Konkona Sen Sharma (Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi), Meghna Malik (Saina)Best Actor in a Supporting RoleAbhishek Banerjee (Rashmi Rocket), Manav Kaul (Saina), Paran Bandhopadhyay (Bob Biswas), Raj Arjun (Thalaivii), Pankaj Tripathi (83), Pankaj Tripathi (Mimi)Best Playback Singer (Male)Arijit Singh (Lehra Do - 83), Arijit Singh (Rait Zara Si - Atrangi Re), B Praak (Mann Bharryaa - Shershaah), Devenderpal Singh (Lakeeran - Haseen Dillruba), Zubin Nautiyal (Raataan Lambiyan - Shershaah)Best Playback Singer (Female)Asees Kaur (Lakeeran - Haseen Dillruba), Neha Kakkar (Matlabi Yariyan - the Girl on the Train), Shreya Ghoshal (Param Sundari - Mimi), Priya Saraiya (Kalle Kalle - Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui), Shreya Ghoshal (Chaka Chak - Atrangi Re), Asees Kaur (Raataan Lambiyan - Shershaah)Best Music AlbumA R Rahman (Atrangi Re), A R Rahman (Mimi), Amaal Mallik (Saina), Amit Trivedi (Haseen Dillruba), Sachin-Jigar (Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui), Tanishk Bagchi, B Praak, Jaani, Jasleen Royal, Javed-Mohsin and Vikram Montrose (Shershaah)Best LyricsIrshad Kamil (Rait Zara Si - Atrangi Re), Jaani (Mann Bharryaa 2.0 - Shershaah), Kausar Munir (Lehra Do - 83), Kshitij Patwardhan (Phisal Jaa Tu - Haseen Dillruba), Manoj Muntashir (Parinda - Saina), Tanishk Bagchi (Raataan Lambiyan - Shershaah)

Sardar Udham brings Shoojit Sircars October girl Banita Sandhu back from the backdoor

16 Oct 2021

Did Sardar Udham Singh have a girlfriend in Punjab named Reshma? And was she mute? There is no evidence to support either of the plot devices in Shoojit Sircars Sardar Udham chronicling the journey of Jallianwala Bagh massacre avenger Udham Singh from Punjab to England to assassinate the Britisher who ordered the massacre.Midway through the compelling film, Banita Sandhu, who made her impressive debut in Shoojit Sircars October opposite Varun Dhawan, appears in the film as Udhams mute Punjabi beloved Reshma. There is no historical validity to Sircars romantic imagination.In October, Sircar had cast the British-born Indian Banita Sandhu as a comatose entity. Now, she is back as a mute Punjabi kudi, thereby escaping the pitfalls of goofing up while speaking in Hindi/Punjabi.Banita cant speak Hindi or Punjabi. She had shared this detail when she was in India shooting for Adithya Verma, the Tamil remake of the Telugu film ArjunReddy. Needless to say, she cant speak Tamil. But her character was neither mute nor unconscious. Her lines were dubbed by a professional.

Shoojit Sircar and Ronnie Lahiris DEEP6 to have its World Premiere at the BUSAN International Film Festival

15 Sep 2021

Deep6 directed by Madhuja Mukherjee and produced by Shoojit Sircar and Ronnie Lahiri of Rising Sun Pvt. Ltd., Avik Mukhopadhayay, and Editfx Studios will have its World Premiere screening at 26th BUSAN International Film Festival (BIFF), which will take place from October 6 to 15, 2021.The film will be screened under the A Window on Asian Cinema section, which presents widespread themes and styles and comprises the best and the new and exceptional films by Asian cine-artistes. Deep6 is set in 2011 Kolkata and stars a stellar ensemble cast of Tillotama Shome, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Sumeet Thakur, Maya Ghosh, Sumanta Mukherjee, and Soumitra Chatterjee.Shoot Sircar, who has produced this exciting film with Ronnie Lahiri under their banner Rising Sun Pvt Ltd speaks on his elation on having Deep6 premiere at the Busan festival, I am absolutely elated and honored to have Deep6 premiere globally at the Busan Film festival, along with other luminary Indian and Asian cinema. I have known Madhuja for many years and its been a privilege to work with her and my close personal friend Avik Mukhopadhyay on this unique film. Ronnie and I are always looking to present evolved and out-of-the-box content, and it was a great experience teaming up with people who share the same vision for Deep6.Director Madhuja describes it as a battleground of love, death, despair, and desire. It's an extraordinary story of an ordinary woman Mitul played with great dynamism by Tillotama Shome who strives to change things that appear fossilized.Amongst the many Kolkata chronicles, this is my story -- told from a womans point of view. At one level, it is a straightforward narrative about us women who shared a political dream and endured the intellectual big brothers; at another level, it progressively became an account about collective wants, dilemmas, oversights, vulnerabilities, and the city neighborhoods. It was a great experience teaming up with Shoojit and Ronnie for this film, looking forward to the premiere! she adds.Shot extensively on locations across the city, the film has a dense soundscape and a remarkable visual graph, which generates a movement between memory and imaginings, the everyday and the uncanny. The veteran late actor Soumitra Chatterjee appears in an emblematic scene making it one of his last and beguiling performances.