Ribhu Dasgupta – Hindi Filmmaker best known for choosing thriller themes

Ribhu Dasgupta is a Bollywood film director representing new generation, best known for exploring thriller themes for his movies and TV series, either it is psychological, mystery, spy or action thrillers. Te3n starring Amitabh Bachchan is one of his major works belonging to mystery thriller. His upcoming movie, The Girl on the Train (2020) starring Parineeti Chopra also belongs to the same genre. His debut film Michael (2011) is a psychological thriller, while his debut TV series Yudh starring Big B is a psychological thriller and 2019 web television series Bard of Blood starring Emraan Hashmi is a spy thriller. He, along with his elder brother Birsa Dasgupta represents the third generation of filmmakers from his family.

Ribhu Dasgupta belongs to a family of filmmakers from Kolkata, Bengal. His grandfather Harisadhan Dasgupta was a pioneer of Bengali documentary cinema and his grandmother Sonali Dasgupta was a Bengali screenwriter. His father Raja Dasgupta and his elder brother Birsa Dasgupta too are filmmakers, while his mother Chaitali Dasgupta is an actress and TV presenter. His sister-in-law Bidipta Chakraborty (wife of Birsa Dasgupta) is a Bengali actress. Ribhu followed the footsteps of other male members of the family and chose filmmaking as his career. 

In 2004 he moved to Mumbai and stayed with his elder brother to pursue his graduation studies in English. However he dropped his studies and chose a career in filmmaking. He started his career as an assistant director in the industry. Amrit Sagar’s 1971 was his first film as an assistant director. He also worked under Anurag Kashyap, who gave him the first break through his production venture, Michael. From there on he directed several thrillers. His thriller – Te3n received rave reviews from critics, though it was not a big success.

Ribhu Dasgupta – Some interesting and less-known facts

1. His paternal grandmother Sonali Dasgupta’s second husband is Italian film director, Roberto Rossellini, a pioneer of Italian neorealist cinema.

2. During childhood days he thought that he would become a cricketer. But filmmaking was in his blood, and he joined entertainment industry.

3. He joined film industry as an assistant director of Anurag Kashyap’s team, where his elder brother was also working.

4. Apart from movies, he has also directed TV ads and corporate films.

5. As Bidipta Chakraborty is his sister-in-law, he is related to National award winning actress Sudipta Chakraborty also, Bidipta’s sister.