Dibakar Banerjee

Dibakar Banerjee (born 21 June 1969) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and advertisement-filmmaker known for his work in Hindi films. Banerjee started his career in advertising, being a feature filmmaker, he still continues to be an ad-filmmaker. He also runs his own film production company, Dibakar Banerjee Productions.

Not to be confused with Indian Army officer, Dipankar Banerjee or Indian metallurgist, Dipankar Banerjee.

Dibakar Banerjee
Banerjee at the screening of Gangs of Wasseypur in 2012
Born (1969-06-21) 21 June 1969
New Delhi, India
Alma materNational Institute of Design
Occupations
  • Filmmaker
  • screenwriter
  • lyricist
  • musician
Years active2006–present

As a film maker, he is known for Khosla Ka Ghosla (2006), Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008), both of which won National Film Awards. His next film was the experimental Love Sex Aur Dhokha (2010). It was followed by the political drama Shanghai (2012) and Bombay Talkies (2013), which was made as a celebration of the centenary year of Indian cinema. In 2015, he directed Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!, a film based on the fictional character Byomkesh Bakshi.

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