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| awards = [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director]], [[National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film)|National Film Award – Special Jury Award]]
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'''Ashoke Viswanathan''' (also Asoke) (born in 1959), is a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] Indian filmmaker and theater personality, based in [[Kolkata]], India.<ref name="oxford">{{cite book |editor=Ananda Lal |author= |coauthors= |authorlink= |title=The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre |year=2004 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location= |pages=xx, 476 |quote= | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=DftkAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Ashoke+Viswanathan%22&dq=%22Ashoke+Viswanathan%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rQrhU6fbNOXJsQTZw4KACA&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAg |isbn=9780195644463 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051217/asp/weekend/story_5590980.asp | title=Making it work | publisher=The Telegragh | date=December 17, 2005 | accessdate=16 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Bhāratīya Painoramā|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=g5VMAQAAIAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|pages=41–42}}</ref>


'''Ashoke Viswanathan''' (also Asoke, born in 1959) is a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] Indian filmmaker and theatre personality, based in [[Kolkata]], India.<ref name="oxford">{{cite book |editor=Ananda Lal |title=The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre |year=2004 |publisher=Oxford University Press |pages=xx, 476 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DftkAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Ashoke+Viswanathan%22 |isbn=9780195644463 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051217/asp/weekend/story_5590980.asp | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140816071714/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051217/asp/weekend/story_5590980.asp | url-status=dead | archive-date=16 August 2014 | title=Making it work | publisher=The Telegraph | date=17 December 2005 | access-date=16 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Bhāratīya Painoramā|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g5VMAQAAIAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|pages=41–42}}</ref>
==Early life==

Viswanathan is the son of actor [[N. Viswanathan]].<ref name=express>{{cite news|title=Actor N Viswanathan dies at 81|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/actor-n-viswanathan-dies-at-81/712886/|accessdate=16 August 2014|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=18 November 2010}}</ref> He is a mathematics graduate from [[St. Xavier's College, Kolkata]], and a graduate in film direction from the [[Film and Television Institute of India]].<ref name="46thawardPDF"/>
==Personal life==
Viswanathan is the son of actor [[N. Viswanathan]].<ref name=express>{{cite news|title=Actor N Viswanathan dies at 81|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/actor-n-viswanathan-dies-at-81/712886/|access-date=16 August 2014|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=18 November 2010}}</ref> He is a Mathematics graduate from [[St. Xavier's College, Kolkata]] and a graduate in film direction from the [[Film and Television Institute of India]].<ref name="46thawardPDF" />
He is married to Madhumanti Maitra, a lecturer at a girls' college and an anchor.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/making-it-work/cid/1538337 | title=Making it work | publisher=Telegraph India | date=17 December 2015 | accessdate=16 September 2021}}</ref> He has a daughter, Anusha, who is an actor.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/anusha-viswanathan-to-play-hetal-parekh/articleshow/57717102.cms | title=Anusha Viswanathan to play Hetal Parekh | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=19 March 2017 | accessdate=16 September 2021 | author=Ruman Ganguly}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Viswanathan has been an assistant professor at [[Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute]] and an occasional lecturer at [[Jadavpur University]].<ref name="46thawardPDF"/>
Viswanathan is currently a Professor and Head of Department of Producing For Film and TV specialisation and Dean (Film Wing) <ref>{{cite web | url=http://srfti.ac.in/?page_id=38 | title=Satyajit ray Film & Television Institute }}</ref> at [[Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute]] and an occasional lecturer at [[Jadavpur University]].<ref name="46thawardPDF" />


He has made award winning features and also documentaries,<ref name="oxford"/> such as 2014s "The Lighthouse, The Ocean and The Sea", an exploration of the intellectual relationships among [[Rabindranath Tagore]], [[Romain Rolland]] and [[Kalidas Nag]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Prithvijit Mitra |coauthors= |title=Documentary on scholar to explore Tagore-Rolland friendship |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Documentary-on-scholar-to-explore-Tagore-Rolland-friendship/articleshow/39621419.cms |quote= |pages= |work=The Times of India |location= |date=August 4, 2014 |accessdate=2014-08-13 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Ranjan Das Gupta |coauthors= |title=Chronicle of interesting friendships |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/chronicle-of-interesting-friendships/article6319330.ece |quote= |pages= |work=The Hindu |location= |date=August 15, 2014 |accessdate=2014-08-15 }}</ref> Two of Viswanathan's films have won national awards: his debut film "Shunya Theke Shuru" and "Kichu Sanglap Kichu Prolap"<ref name="experiments">{{cite news |author=Gowri Ramnarayan |coauthors= |title=His experiments with films |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/his-experiments-with-films/article599068.ece |quote= |pages= |work=The Hindu |location= |date=August 28, 2010 |accessdate=2014-08-13 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=S. Rangarajan |coauthors= |title=Untitled |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=bKVKAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Ashoke+Viswanathan%22&dq=%22Ashoke+Viswanathan%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rQrhU6fbNOXJsQTZw4KACA&ved=0CDAQ6AEwBA |quote= |volume= 11 |number=16-20 |pages=87 |work=Frontline |location= |date=Oct 7, 1994 |accessdate=2014-08-13 }}</ref>
He has made award-winning features and documentaries,<ref name="oxford" /> such as 2014's "The Lighthouse, The Ocean and The Sea", an exploration of the intellectual relationships between [[Rabindranath Tagore]], [[Romain Rolland]] and [[Kalidas Nag]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Prithvijit Mitra |title=Documentary on scholar to explore Tagore-Rolland friendship |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Documentary-on-scholar-to-explore-Tagore-Rolland-friendship/articleshow/39621419.cms |work=The Times of India |date=4 August 2014 |access-date=13 August 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Ranjan Das Gupta |title=Chronicle of interesting friendships |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/chronicle-of-interesting-friendships/article6319330.ece |work=The Hindu |date=15 August 2014 |access-date=15 August 2014 }}</ref> Two of Viswanathan's films have won national awards: his debut film "Shunya Theke Shuru" and "Kichu Sanglap Kichu Prolap"<ref name="experiments">{{cite news |author=Gowri Ramnarayan |title=His experiments with films |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/his-experiments-with-films/article599068.ece |work=The Hindu |date=28 August 2010 |access-date=13 August 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=S. Rangarajan |title=Untitled |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bKVKAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Ashoke+Viswanathan%22 |volume= 11 |number=16–20 |pages=87 |work=Frontline |date=7 October 1994 |access-date=13 August 2014 }}</ref>


He has also directed commercial films like "Sesh Sanghat" starring mainstream actors like [[Jaya Prada]] and [[Jackie Shroff]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/Sesh-Sanghat/movie-review/5185643.cms | title=Sesh Sanghat Movie Review | publisher=The Times of India | date=1 November 2009, | accessdate=16 August 2014}}</ref> and "Gumshuda", in Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil ("Vaira Kolaigal"), a [[whodunit]] based on [[Sherlock Holmes]], targeted at a mass audience.<ref name="experiments"/>
He has also directed commercial films like "Sesh Sanghat", starring mainstream actors [[Jaya Prada]] and [[Jackie Shroff]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/Sesh-Sanghat/movie-review/5185643.cms | title=Sesh Sanghat Movie Review | work=The Times of India | date=1 November 2009 | access-date=16 August 2014}}</ref> and "Gumshuda" in Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil ("Vaira Kolaigal"), a [[whodunit]] based on [[Sherlock Holmes]], targeted at a mass audience.<ref name="experiments" />


He has served as the Chairperson of the Jury for non-feature films for the [[National Film Awards (India)|National Film Awards]].<ref name="61stjuryPDF">{{cite web |author= |coauthors= |title=Jury Profiles |url=http://www.dff.nic.in/Jury%20Profiles.pdf |quote= |pages=8 |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] |location= |date=2014 |accessdate=2014-08-16 }}</ref>
He has served as the Chairperson of the Jury for non-feature films for the [[National Film Awards]].<ref name="61stjuryPDF">{{cite web |title=Jury Profiles |url=http://www.dff.nic.in/Jury%20Profiles.pdf |pages=8 |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] |date=2014 |access-date=16 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923214059/http://www.dff.nic.in/Jury%20Profiles.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


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.{{cn|date=August 2014}}
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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ashokeviswanathan.com/Resume%27.html | title=Resume | publisher=www.ashokeviswanathan.com | access-date=19 August 2014 | archive-date=22 May 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522140304/http://ashokeviswanathan.com/Resume%27.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>


Viswanathan has represented India at the Cambridge Seminar on contemporary British writing, held at Downing College, Cambridge (1997).{{cn|date=August 2014}}
Viswanathan has represented India at the Cambridge Seminar on contemporary British writing, held at Downing College, Cambridge (1997).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindscreen.co.in/ashoke.html |title=Ashoke Viswanathan – Film Director |publisher=.mindscreen.co.in |access-date=19 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819102958/http://www.mindscreen.co.in/ashoke.html |archive-date=19 August 2014 }}</ref>

==Filmography==
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! width="15%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title !! width="4%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year!! colspan="4" scope="col" | Credited as !! width="10%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes !! width="1%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
! width=6% |Director!! width=6% | Writer!! width=6% |Producer!! width=6% | Other
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Shunya Theke Shuru]]''
|1993
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|as Ashok Viswanathan
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Kichhhu Sanlap Kichhu Pralap]]''
|1999
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Byatikrami]]''
|2003
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|planning
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Andhakarer Shabdo]]''
|2006
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|screenplay
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Sesh Sanghat]]''
|2009
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
!scope="row"|''[[1+1=3 Ora Tinjon]]''
|2015
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|
|}


==Awards==
==Awards==
*[[Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director]], 1993, for "Shunya Theke Shuru".<ref name="41stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/41st_nff_1994.pdf|title=41st National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|pages=14-15 |accessdate=16 August 2014}}</ref>
* [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]], 1993, for ''[[Shunya Theke Shuru]]''.<ref name="41stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/41st_nff_1994.pdf|title=41st National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|pages=14–15 |access-date=16 August 2014}}</ref>
*[[National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film)|National Film Award – Special Jury Award]], 1998, for "Kichu Sanglap Kichu Prolap".<ref name="46thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/46_nff_1999.pdf|title=46th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|pages=14-15 |accessdate=16 August 2014|format=PDF}}</ref>
* [[National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film)|National Film Award – Special Jury Award]], 1998, for ''[[Kichhhu Sanlap Kichhu Pralap]]''.<ref name="46thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/46_nff_1999.pdf|title=46th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|pages=14–15 |access-date=16 August 2014}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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==External Links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name}}
*[http://www.ashokeviswanathan.com Ashoke Viswanathan Official Website]
* {{Official website}}


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{{National Film Award Special Jury Award Feature Film}}

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Ashoke Viswanathan
Ashoke Viswanathan (left) at the IFFI in 2006
Born1959 (age 64–65)
NationalityIndian
Alma materSt. Xavier's College, Kolkata, Film and Television Institute of India
OccupationFilm director
SpouseMadhumanti Maitra
ChildrenAnusha
AwardsIndira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director, National Film Award – Special Jury Award

Ashoke Viswanathan (also Asoke, born in 1959) is a Bengali Indian filmmaker and theatre personality, based in Kolkata, India.[1][2][3]

Personal life

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Viswanathan is the son of actor N. Viswanathan.[4] He is a Mathematics graduate from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata and a graduate in film direction from the Film and Television Institute of India.[5] He is married to Madhumanti Maitra, a lecturer at a girls' college and an anchor.[6] He has a daughter, Anusha, who is an actor.[7]

Career

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Viswanathan is currently a Professor and Head of Department of Producing For Film and TV specialisation and Dean (Film Wing) [8] at Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute and an occasional lecturer at Jadavpur University.[5]

He has made award-winning features and documentaries,[1] such as 2014's "The Lighthouse, The Ocean and The Sea", an exploration of the intellectual relationships between Rabindranath Tagore, Romain Rolland and Kalidas Nag.[9][10] Two of Viswanathan's films have won national awards: his debut film "Shunya Theke Shuru" and "Kichu Sanglap Kichu Prolap"[11][12]

He has also directed commercial films like "Sesh Sanghat", starring mainstream actors Jaya Prada and Jackie Shroff,[13] and "Gumshuda" in Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil ("Vaira Kolaigal"), a whodunit based on Sherlock Holmes, targeted at a mass audience.[11]

He has served as the Chairperson of the Jury for non-feature films for the National Film Awards.[14]

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.[15]

Viswanathan has represented India at the Cambridge Seminar on contemporary British writing, held at Downing College, Cambridge (1997).[16]

Filmography

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Title Year Credited as Notes Ref(s)
Director Writer Producer Other
Shunya Theke Shuru 1993 Yes Yes No Yes as Ashok Viswanathan
Kichhhu Sanlap Kichhu Pralap 1999 Yes Yes Yes No
Byatikrami 2003 Yes No Yes Yes planning
Andhakarer Shabdo 2006 Yes Yes No No screenplay
Sesh Sanghat 2009 Yes
1+1=3 Ora Tinjon 2015 Yes No No No

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b Ananda Lal, ed. (2004). The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre. Oxford University Press. pp. xx, 476. ISBN 9780195644463.
  2. ^ "Making it work". The Telegraph. 17 December 2005. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  3. ^ Bhāratīya Painoramā. Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. 2006. pp. 41–42.
  4. ^ "Actor N Viswanathan dies at 81". The Indian Express. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  5. ^ a b c "46th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. pp. 14–15. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Making it work". Telegraph India. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  7. ^ Ruman Ganguly (19 March 2017). "Anusha Viswanathan to play Hetal Parekh". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Satyajit ray Film & Television Institute".
  9. ^ Prithvijit Mitra (4 August 2014). "Documentary on scholar to explore Tagore-Rolland friendship". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. ^ Ranjan Das Gupta (15 August 2014). "Chronicle of interesting friendships". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  11. ^ a b Gowri Ramnarayan (28 August 2010). "His experiments with films". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  12. ^ S. Rangarajan (7 October 1994). "Untitled". Frontline. Vol. 11, no. 16–20. p. 87. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  13. ^ "Sesh Sanghat Movie Review". The Times of India. 1 November 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  14. ^ "Jury Profiles" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 2014. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  15. ^ "Resume". www.ashokeviswanathan.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  16. ^ "Ashoke Viswanathan – Film Director". .mindscreen.co.in. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  17. ^ "41st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. pp. 14–15. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
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