Ashoke Viswanathan

略歴

Ashoke Viswanathan is the son of late N. Viswanathan and a post graduate in film direction from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Subsequently, he completed a certificate course in video production from the same institute in 1986. Since then, he has been active in both film and video media as a director, screenplay writer, actor and presenter, having directed more than 150 films and television programmes including feature films, documentaries, telefilms, music videos, and teleserials. He has won three National Awards and two International Awards. Three of his feature films and two of his short features have been included in the Indian Panorama sections of IFFI ’94, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2005. His films have been shown at the Commonwealth Film Festival, Manchester, the Pyongyang International Film Festival, the Dhaka International Film Festival, and the Ipswich Film Festival, among others. His daughter Anusha Viswanathan is an actress. He has also been an Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Direction at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute and a Visiting Professor at Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, at the Dept. of Cinema and Theatre, Tufts University, Boston, Dept. of Film Studies, Jadavpur University, and Dept. of Film Studies, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. His father N. Viswanathan was a professor at St. Xavier’s College for forty years. He has presented papers and illustrated lectures at Monmouth University, New Jersey, Tisch School of Arts, New York University, and at Downing College, Cambridge.

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Badal Sircar & the Alternative Theatre
Director
Bhrashta Tara
Director
Bhrashta Tara Is A Bengali Film Based On Dowry System In India. Amar, A Diligent Student, Who During His College Days Is Engaged To Be Married To Surama, A Beautiful Village Girl.
1+1=3 Ora Tinjon
Screenplay
Ria marries to a police officer, Bidhan who is on the hunt for the notorious underground revolutionary, Sadhan. It so happens that Riya, inadvertently or otherwise, has been harbouring the "criminal" Sadhan. Moreover, Riya knew Sadhan in theri college days and they were very close, even intimate.
1+1=3 Ora Tinjon
Director
Ria marries to a police officer, Bidhan who is on the hunt for the notorious underground revolutionary, Sadhan. It so happens that Riya, inadvertently or otherwise, has been harbouring the "criminal" Sadhan. Moreover, Riya knew Sadhan in theri college days and they were very close, even intimate.
1+1=3 Ora Tinjon
Ria marries to a police officer, Bidhan who is on the hunt for the notorious underground revolutionary, Sadhan. It so happens that Riya, inadvertently or otherwise, has been harbouring the "criminal" Sadhan. Moreover, Riya knew Sadhan in theri college days and they were very close, even intimate.
Sesh Sanghat
Director
Raji, a Subaltern woman, is exploited at every stage of her life; first by the feudal lord Ramanuj, then by the family who raises her, and then by the Naxalites who provide her shelter when she needs it most.
Aamra
Six people from different backgrounds share their love stories, lovers and relationships. In the process they come to terms with their own thoughts and feelings.
Byatikrami
Producer
When a woman loses her baby, her husband abandons her and she starts showing schizophrenic symptoms. She sets her eyes on her elder sister's husband and tries to get close to him.
Byatikrami
When a woman loses her baby, her husband abandons her and she starts showing schizophrenic symptoms. She sets her eyes on her elder sister's husband and tries to get close to him.
Byatikrami
Director
When a woman loses her baby, her husband abandons her and she starts showing schizophrenic symptoms. She sets her eyes on her elder sister's husband and tries to get close to him.
Andhakarer Shabdo
Director
Directed by Ashoke Viswanathan.
Dialogue and Delirium
Writer
Residents of Calcutta find solace from their hectic daily lives in conversations at one cafe or another. Newton is a member of one such group of cafe regulars. He appears to be in a romantic relationship with Ananya. Newton wants to start a business. Ananya consults her actress friend Laboni, who asks script-writer Arup to help Newton. However, Arup is perhaps too mysterious a character.
Dialogue and Delirium
Director
Residents of Calcutta find solace from their hectic daily lives in conversations at one cafe or another. Newton is a member of one such group of cafe regulars. He appears to be in a romantic relationship with Ananya. Newton wants to start a business. Ananya consults her actress friend Laboni, who asks script-writer Arup to help Newton. However, Arup is perhaps too mysterious a character.
Dialogue and Delirium
Arup
Residents of Calcutta find solace from their hectic daily lives in conversations at one cafe or another. Newton is a member of one such group of cafe regulars. He appears to be in a romantic relationship with Ananya. Newton wants to start a business. Ananya consults her actress friend Laboni, who asks script-writer Arup to help Newton. However, Arup is perhaps too mysterious a character.
The Peacock Spring
Filmed in India, Rumer Godden’s story has been adapted and directed by the Jewel in the Crown team. Two English schoolgirls arrive in New Delhi, 1959. Their diplomat father has secured them a beautiful Eurasian governess. 15-year-old Una suspects an ulterior motive. But her father’s affairs take second place to her own when she has a secret affair with the Indian gardener.
Sunya Theke Suru
Director
Hemanter Aparanhe
Screenplay
COVID-19 and Ukraine war.
Hemanter Aparanhe
Author
COVID-19 and Ukraine war.
Hemanter Aparanhe
Director
COVID-19 and Ukraine war.