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Goutam Ghose
Goutam Ghose
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Alongside his acclaimed feature films, Goutam Ghose has also directed documentaries on a wide range of subjects. That includes the creative genius of shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan, the versatile artist KG Subramanyan, German Nobel laureate Gunter Grass and painter Shuvaprasanna, thespian Utpal Dutt, spiritual leader Dalai Lama, picturesque sand dunes of Rajasthan and the adventurous expedition along the Silk Route. Most of his documentaries were shot by Goutam himself. He also scored the music for some of them.
Deep Focus
Filmography
- New Earth (1973)
- Hungry Autumn (1974)
- Chains of Bondage (1974)
- Development of Irrigation (1981)
- Parampara (1984)
- The Land of Sand Dunes (1986)
- A Tribute to Odissi (1986)
- Meeting a Milestone (1989)
- In Search of Theatre (1990)
- Mohor (1991)
- The Bird of Time (1991)
- Beyond the Himalayas (1996)
- Ray (1999)
- Kalahandi (2001)
- An unfinished and unreleased documentary on Asia's Upland Poor (2001)
- A Treasure in Snow (2002)
- Impermanence (2004)
- Journey with Jyoti Basu (2005)
- Kolkatar Pratimashilpi (Idolmakers of Kolkata) (2005)
- In Search of the Rajah (2008)
- Rivers of Knowledge (2009)
- Inspiration (2009)
- Glorious Journey (2011)
- 75 Years of Care (2011)
- Forerunner (2011)
- When Seconds Count...(2011)
- L'archivo a Oriente/Ritmo Indiano (2012)
- Shuva and Me (2013)
- The Magic of Making (2014)
- Studios of Devotion (2015)
- Temple of Solomon (2019)
- Mujib in Calcutta (2022)
Awards
- Hungry Autumn won the grand prix at the Oberhausen Film Festival in 1978.
- The Land of Sand Dunes won the National Award for Best Documentary Film in 1986.
- Beyond the Himalayas won the Filmfare award for Best Documentary in 1997.
Did You Know?
Meeting of a Milestone has a special screening at Cannes. Impermanence premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2004. For this documentary, Goutam was given special permission by the Chinese government to shoot in the interiors of the Potala Palace, the ancient seat of Dalai Lamas, the Jokang monastery at Lhasa and locations in Tibet.
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