Shiboprosad Mukherjee is an Indian Bengali film maker, actor
and Screenwriter. He, along with director Nandita Roy, are amongst the
few director duos in the history of Bengali cinema to have achieved
success both critically and commercially in their very first film Icche
(2011). The director duo is known for directing socially relevant
entertaining films. They have directed films like Icche, Muktodhara,
Accident, Alik Sukh and Ramdhanu all of which have achieved both
critical and commercial success. He is a partner at Windows
Productions.
Shiboprosad Mukherjee was born on May 20 in Baranagar, Kolkata, West
Bengal, India. He attended Ramakrishna Mission Ashram, Baranagar
Mission and later did his high school from Hindu School. He perused his
graduation in Political Science Honours from Jadavpur University.
After completion of high school he joined the theatre group as trainer.
He was part of T.I.E. Project (Theater in Education), under the
guidance of Rudra Prasad Sengupta. He also attended workshop conducted
by Ibrahim Alkazi. During his acting days he was also working as a
freelance journalist in 'Anandalok' (a film Magazine of A.B.P. Group),
guided by Rituporno Ghosh. He started acting in television serials like
Ekushe Pa, Ghoom Nei, Janmabhoomi etc. He got his first acting career
break in the year 1995 in the serial "Ekushe Pa" directed by Raja
Dasgupta for Zee Bangla.
He has been associated with ETV Bangla - a 24-hrs regional satellite
channel of Eenadu Group right from its inception where he is
responsible for conceptualizing, designing & producing 6 hours of
original programming daily. He was a senior programming associate at
ETV Bangla (1999 to 2002). He has designed more than 50 non-fiction
shows for Bengali television. He conceptualised the first Bengali
women's magazine programmes on television - 'Sreemoti'. He launched the
first reality show format in Bengali television - Ritur Mela Jhoom Tara
Ra Ra as a director and producer he has worked with all leading
channels in West Bengal and Bangladesh. He has designed more than
10,000 hours of television programme.
He started his own company named 'Windows Productions' along with his
partner Nandita Roy. Together they produced many non-fiction and
fiction programmes.
