Dibakar Banerjee

Director

New Delhi, India

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dibakar Banerjee (born 1969) is an Indian film director and screenwriter, who is most known for films, Khosla Ka Ghosla (2006), Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008), which he also wrote, both of which won National Film Awards. He started his career in advertising, and continues as an ad filmmaker, in 2010 he also directed a Coca Cola commercial. In 2010, he made his third film, Love Sex aur Dhokha, where one of the three sub-plots in the movie is loosely based…

Filmography

6.2

Lust Stories

An anthology of four stories that sheds light on modern relationships from the viewpoint of the Indian woman.

7.0

Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!

Lovinder Singh, a thief now in custody and facing trial, reflects on his life of crime while the press reflect on how he managed to get away with so much before being arrested.

5.2

Ghost Stories

An anthology of four short horror tales.

6.3

Bombay Talkies

One hundred years of Hindi cinema is celebrated in four short stories showcasing the power of film.

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LSD: Love, Sex aur Dhokha

A video camcorder, a store security camera, and concealed cameras candidly expose lives in three loosely linked tales.

7.3

Khosla Ka Ghosla!

Kamal Khosla's land is grabbed by a land shark named Khurana. In a bid to retrieve their land, Khosla's elder son hatches a clever plan to con the crook and enlists the help of his friends and his dysfunctional family.

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Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!

Byomkesh, fresh out of college, agrees to investigate the disappearance of Bhuvan, a chemist. Assisted by Bhuvan's son Ajit, Byomkesh links the case to a larger conspiracy that will unsettle Calcutta.

6.8

Shanghai

Prime leader of a campaign against a big government project is killed in what appears to be a road accident. An IAS officer is ordered to probe the incident and the veils of falsehood begin to drop.

6.6

Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar

Sandeep, a bank executive & Pinky, a suspended cop, are marked for a kill. Phones tapped, accounts blocked, they escape but escaping is not freedom.

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Tees

Spanning across 90 years, follow a middle-class Muslim family across three generations. 2042. Six months after his manuscript titled Tees (30) is rejected for publication by the Literature and Arts Commission, Anhad Draboo, a young freelance prostitute, meets Niharika, a “reader” from the Commission – who has been searching for Anhad ever since she read his manuscript. 2018. Zia Draboo, a corporate lawyer living in Mumbai and all set to buy the flat she has been renting with her partner Meera, finds out she cannot buy it because of the Housing Society’s resistance to her name. 1989-90. Ayesha, a housebound State Radio newsreader in Srinagar, Kashmir, reaches out to her childhood friend Usha to solicit help from her husband – a government official. She needs it for her own husband, Ghulam Muhammad, who faces bankruptcy and ruin amongst rising unrest in the city.

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LSD 2: Love, Sex aur Dhokha 2

In a high-tech world, three intertwined stories discuss identity, online intimacy and the allure of social networks.

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A Terrible Country

A failing British-Indian academic relocates from London to Delhi to care for his ailing grandmother. Through navigating family demands, ideology and desire, he discovers the true cost of idealism in a country he doesn’t fully understand.

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Badminton

Set in a bar, the story revolves around witty banter, secrets, and an unpredictable turn of events.

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