• Source: Kaushik Ghatak

Kaushik Ghatak began his career in the entertainment industry in India on 14 February 1998 as an apprentice assistant to the prominent filmmaker, Anurag Basu. He has directed several television serials including the blockbuster Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and a few advertisement films before he directed his first film Ek Vivaah... Aisa Bhi for Rajshri Productions. He next film was Samrat & Co. for producer, Kavita K. Barjatya, under the banner of Rajshri Productions.




Early life and education


Kaushik Ghatak was born in Katwa in Bardhaman, West Bengal on 12 August 1971. He attended St. Xavier's school at Hazaribagh in Bihar & graduated from St. Xavier's college, Ranchi with Geology (Hons). He enrolled at the Asian Academy of Film & Television, Noida to learn the skills of film making. Prominent film maker, Anurag Basu provided Ghatak with the first break as an apprentice assistant; Ghatak assisted Basu on several television projects – Rishtey, Raahat, Saturday Suspense, Koshish-‐Ek Aasha and more. Ghatak also assisted Partho Mitra, Gaurav Pandey, Goutam Mukherjee and Amitabh Bhattacharyaon on different shows, ad-films and television commercials.




Career






= Television

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Ghatak's first independent show as a director was with a Bengali serial Amra Povashi aired on Alpha Bangla and with a Hindi serial Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi produced by Balaji Telefilms and aired on Star Plus. Starting from the 35th episode up to the 155th episode, Ghatak directed over 100 episodes of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and at this time the show registered the highest TRP ever at the time of original Mihir Virani's death.




= Films

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Ghatak made his directorial film debut in 2008 with the film Ek Vivaah... Aisa Bhi starring Sonu Sood and Isha Koppikar. It was produced by Sooraj R. Barjatya, under the Rajshri Productions banner. This film did not perform too well at the box office. His next project was with producer Kavita K. Barjatya, under the Rajshri Productions banner; the film was Samrat & Co. (2014).




Personal life


Kaushik Ghatak was in love with Anita Ghatak and they had to wait for seven years before they could get married. They have two sons, Shashwat Ghatak and Shansit Ghatak.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Penghargaan Filmfare ke-42
• Pyaar Ka Dard
• Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
• Kekuatan Cinta (seri televisi)
• Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year
• Institut Film dan Televisi India
• Prothoma Kadambini
• Penghargaan Filmfare untuk Sutradara Terbaik
• Daftar tokoh India
• Kaushik Ghatak
• Ek Vivaah... Aisa Bhi
• Samrat & Co.
• Sooraj Barjatya
• Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara
• Isha Koppikar
• Vidhi Kasliwal
• Tulsi – Hamari Badi Sayani
• Bandini (TV series)
• Ghatak (surname)