Dibakar Banerjee: News

Dibakar Banerjee is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and advertisement filmmaker who is known for his work in the Hindi film industry. He was born on June 21, 1969, in Delhi and is an alumnus of the National Institute of Design. He is popularly known for directing films like ‘Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!’ and ‘Khosla Ka Ghosla,’ both of which won National Film Awards. Banerjee joined the advertising industry as a copywriter with Shems Combit. Following this, he joined TBWA Anthem and then Contract Advertising where he worked closely with director Pradeep Sarkar. In 1997, he started his company called Watermark along with his two friends, to develop promos for MTV and Channel V and Ad films for popular brands. In 2010, Banerjee directed ‘Love Sex Aur Dhoka,’ which was India’s first film shot entirely on Digital Camera. Following this, he went on to direct films like ‘Shanghai,’ ‘Byomkesh Bakshi,’ ‘Bombay Talkies,’ ‘Titli,’ ‘Lust Stories,’ ‘Ghost Stories,’ and ‘Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar.’ Banerjee has also established his own film production company called Dibakar Banerjee Productions.