Even the much acclaimed Chokher Bali, also made in Hindi, made only Rs 66 lakh, despite its unique story line. Yet, Last Lear starring Amitabh Bachchan bombed, with a gross box office collection of only Rs 1.6 crore. Raincoat, in which he roped in superstar Aishwarya Rai, was his most successful foray in Bollywood, raking gross box office collections of Rs 4.09 crore and also getting audiences in the UK. Dutta is former president of the Eastern India Motion Pictures Association.Īlthough Ghosh won numerous national and international accolades for most of his films, his attempt to woo a larger audience by making films in Hindi did not really took off. "His films changed the perspective of Bengali cinema," he adds. Ghosh's Unishe April was the first Bengali movie screened at Priya cinema hall, a single-screen one in Kolkata, hitherto screening Bollywood movies. "He was a great film-maker who was responsible for bringing back Bengali urban audiences to the movie halls at a time when Bengali commercial movies were being dubbed 'rural man's entertainment' says Arijit Dutta, managing director, Priya Entertainments.
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