Sujoy Ghosh Age, Wife, Family, Biography, & More

Bio/Wiki
Profession(s)	• Director • Actor • Screenwriter
Known For	Directing blockbuster movie "Kahaani" starring Vidya Balan
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 168 cm in meters- 1.68 m in feet inches- 5’ 6”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 65 kg in pounds- 145 lbs
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Career
Debut	Director • Film: Jhankaar Beats (2003) • Short Film: Ahalya (2015) • Television: Teen Paheliyan (2018) • Web Series: Typewriter (2019) Actor • Bollywood Film: Nobel Chor (In 2012; cameo) • Bengali Film: Satyenweshi (In 2013 as Byomkesh Bakshi)
Awards	• 2012: Most Entertaining Thriller Film Award at Big Star Entertainment Awards for Kahaani • 2013: Best Screenplay (Original) Award at the 60th National Film Awards for Kahaani • 2013: Best Director Award at the 58th Filmfare Awards for Kahaani • 2013: Best Story Award at Colors Screen Awards for Kahaani • 2013: Best Director and Best Screenplay Awards at Star Guild Awards for Kahaani • 2013: Best Story and Best Screenplay Awards at Times of India Film Awards for Kahaani • 2013: Hottest Film Producer of the Year Award at Stardust Awards for Kahaani • 2013: Best Film-Critics, Best Director-Critics, and Best Story Awards at Zee Cine Awards for Kahaani • 2013: Most Surprise Hit of the Year Award at ETC Bollywood Business Awards for Kahaani
Personal Life
Date of Birth	21 May 1966 (Saturday)
Age (as of 2024)	58 Years
Birthplace	Tollygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Gemini
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Kolkata
School	• St. James' School • Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College
College/University	• Manchester University • Alliance Manchester Business School
Educational Qualification(s)	• Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in computing (Manchester University; 1986-89) • MBA (Alliance Manchester Business School; 1990-92)
Religion	Hinduism
Ethnicity	Bengali
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Hobbies	• Reading • Cycling
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	Year: 1989
Family
Wife/Spouse	Vaishali Ghosh (Psychologist)
Children	Son- Agni Ghosh (An Ex-Professional Rugby Player, who now works for Phaidon International) Daughter- Diya Ghosh (A Film Director)
Parents	Father- Name Not Known (Taxi Driver) Mother- Name Not Known (Psychiatrist)
Favourite Things
Food (Dessert)	Sandesh
Actor	Amitabh Bachchan
Bengali Film	Ganga (1960), Agantuk (1991), Kharij (1982)
Hindi Film	Parineeta (2005)
Tamil Film	Mahanadi (1994)
Director	Satyajit Ray
Actresses	Bollywood: Vidya Balan Hollywood: Meryl Streep
Animated Film	Moana
Writer(s)	Jules Verne, Enid Blyton
Money Factor
Net Worth (approx.)	₹130 Crore

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sujoy Ghosh

• Sujoy Ghosh is an Indian director, screenplay writer, and actor who has directed many Bollywood films. He is known for portraying offbeat topics in the films.

• When he was 13, he moved to London, where he completed his formal education following which he worked as Head of the South Asia division of Reuters from 1993 to 2000.

• Before he made his entry into Bollywood, he took many odd jobs such as a math tutor, store attendant, and waiter. His first film Jhankaar Beats, starring Juhi Chawla and Sanjay Suri in the main roles, became a massive hit.
  

  Sujoy Ghosh during his early years in Bollywood

• He formed his own production house in 2005 and named it Boundscript Motion Pictures Private Limited.

• His debut production film ‘Aladin’ (based on the famous story of Aladin) starring Amitabh Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Sanjay Dutt, and Jacqueline Fernandez could not win critics and public acclaim.
  

  Sujoy Ghosh with Jacqueline Fernandez and Riteish Deshmukh (left to right) during the promotion of his film ‘Aladin’

• In 2012, his film ‘Kahaani,’ a mystery thriller starring Vidya Balan, Indraneil Sengupta, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Parambrata Chatterjee, and Saswata Chatterjee received huge commercial and critical acclaim; winning three National Awards including Best Screenplay (Original) Award.
  

  Sujoy Ghosh with Vidya Balan (right) during the promotion of his film Kahaani

• He later directed, produced, and wrote the screenplay for several films including Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh in 2016, Badla in 2019, Bob Biswas in 2021, and Jaane Jaan in 2023.
  

  Sujoy Ghosh with Abhishek Bachchan (left) during the promotion of his film Bob Biswas

• In 2015, his short film, Ahalya starring Radhika Apte, Soumitra Chatterjee, and Tata Roy also received critical acclaim. The film’s storyline is based on the mythical story of the character Ahalya from Ramayana. In 2017, he made another short film Anukul.
  

  Sujoy Ghosh (left) during the promotion of his first short film Ahalya

• He has also played a small acting role in ‘My Brother Nikhil’ and ‘Bluffmaster’ in 2005, and ‘Tara Rum Pum’ in 2007.

• Reportedly, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry removed two films named S Durga and Nude from the selected list of films of the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in 2017 following which Sujoy resigned from the post of Jury Chief of IFFI. ^[1]NDTV

• Sujoy often follows different creative methods to promote his films. To promote his film Badla in 2019, he and Taapsee Pannu, who featured in the film, became a commentator during an IPL match and did commentary in Bengali on the Star Jalsa channel.
  

  Sujoy Ghosh (centre) doing commentary while promoting his film Badla

• During his childhood, he used to read books by Swapan Kumar, Nihar Ranjan Gupta, Hemendra Kumar Roy, Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Buddhadeb Guha, Sunil Ganguly, and Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay.

• Sujoy talked about his maternal grandfather in an interview and revealed that his grandfather was a Nepali, and after being named as a murder accused, he came to Kolkata. His maternal grandfather later became a rich man’s chauffeur and ran away with the daughter of another rich man.
  

  Sujoy Ghosh during an interview

• He talked about his financial condition in an interview and revealed that he had a salary of Rs 50 lakhs while working at Reuters in 1999.

• Sujoy Ghosh has a unique style of film direction. Bollywood stars Kareena Kapoor Khan, Vijay Varma, and Jaideep Ahlawat said in an interview that before shooting emotional scenes, Sujoy would sing funny songs, and instead of looking at the monitor while shooting, he would keep looking at the actors enacting the scene.
  

  Vijay Varma, Sujoy Ghosh, Kareena Kapoor Khan, and Jaideep Ahlawat (left to right)

• He is a die hard fan of Amitabh Bachchan. He disclosed his earliest memory of Bachchan in an interview which was watching the film Namak Haram with his father and being impressed with Bachchan’s dialogues, particularly ‘Hai koi maai ka laal jo maa ka doodh piya ho.’
  

  Sujoy Ghosh with Amitabh Bachchan (left)

• He said in an interview that he would like to make a film based on the popular story of Kabuliwala.

• In an interview, Sujoy said that every job was equal in his eyes, and had he not been a filmmaker, he would have done any work, even that of a taxi driver.

• He has written the tagline “Korbo Lorbo Jeetbo Re” for the IPL Team Kolkata Knight Riders.