<p>   Born and brought up in Kolkata, Ghosh was the son of documentary filmmaker Sunil Ghosh.</p>  <p>   He started his career in advertising. After making hundreds of ads, he went behind the camera in 1994 to direct his first film &quot;Hirer Angti&quot;.</p>  <p>   The filmmaker, went on to win u00a012 national awards in various categories. His 2012 directional venture &quot;Chitrangada&quot; won him a special jury award at the 60th National Film Awards ceremony.</p>  <p>   For &quot;Arekti Premer Golpo&quot;, &quot;Memories In March&quot; and &quot;Chitrangada&quot;, he faced the camera to show his acting skills. 49-yr-old Ghosh had won several national and international awards for his work.</p>  <p>   Ghosh, who was suffering from pancreatitis, passed away at his residence around 7.30 a.m., his colleague Gautam Ghosh told reporters.</p>  <p>   Shocked colleagues and friends gathered at the home of the much awarded filmmaker as news of the death spread.u00a0</p>  <p class="caption">   <img alt="Rituparno Ghosh" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/may/rituparno-patil.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 483px;" /><br />   <strong>Rituparno Ghosh receives award winner for Direction of Best Feature Film (English) at the 55th National Film Awards function</strong></p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The filmmaker, who won 12 national awards in various categories, made movies such as &quot;Chokher Bali&quot;, &quot;Unishe April&quot;, &quot;Raincoat&quot;, &quot;Doshor&quot; and &quot;The Last Lear&quot;.u00a0</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee condoled the death of renowned film-maker, saying it was a very sad day for Bengal. &quot;We are stunned. In his sudden demise, Bengal has lost an eminent filmmaker. It is a very sad day for us,&quot; Banerjee, who visited Ghosh&#39;s residence this morning, said.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   To enable people to pay their last respect to the director, his body would be kept at Nandan film complex from 3.30 PM to 6 PM, she said. Thereafter, the body would be taken to the Tollygunj Technician studio before cremation, the chief minister said.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   The death of renowned film director Rituparno Ghosh is a loss not only to the film industry, but also to creativity, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari told reporters.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   <strong><br />   Also read:u00a0<a href="http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2013/may/300513-rituparno-ghosh-bengali-director-dies-heart-attack-bollywood-mourns-tweets.htm" target="_blank">Film fraternity mourns the death of Rituparno Ghosh</a></strong></div>  

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