Riingo Banerjee Explained

Arnab Riingo Banerjee
Birth Date:	1969
Birth Place:	Kolkata, India
Years Active:	2005–present
Occupation:	Film director, Score composer
Nationality:	Indian

Arnab Riingo Banerjee, better known as Riingo Banerjee (Bengali: রিঙ্গো ব্যানার্জী), is an Indian Bengali film director and score composer.^[1]

Family and personal life

Banerjee has a sister, Amrita, who resides in New Jersey. His father Amiya Banerjee died in 2020.^[2]

Banerjee married Bangladeshi actress Shomi Kaiser in 1999. They separated in 2001.^[3]

Career

Banerjee worked in the advertising industry for 14 years before entering the world of cinema working as a film writer, director, cinematographer and editor. He was the first person to introduce digital cinema in East India.

Awards

• Anandalok Awards – Best director for Love (2008)^[4]

Filmography (as director)

• Senapatis: Volume 2 (2021) (Addatimes series)
• Karma (2020) (Addatimes original film)
• Checkmate (2020) (Addatimes original short film)
• Senapatis: Volume 1 (2019) (Addatimes series)
• Senapati (2019)
• Dayamanti (2018)
• Ray (2018)
• Messi (2017)
• Luv Story TBA
• Road (2016)
• Ghuri (2014)
• Sada Kalo Abcha (2013)
• Na Hannyate (2012)
• System (2011)
• Ray (2010) (television release)
• Jodi Ekdin (2010)
• Risk (2009)
• Love (2008)
• Neel Rajar Deshe (2008)
• Kranti (2006) – As director, editor, composer, cinematographer
• Varanasi Junction (2023) – As director, editor, writer and cinematographer^[5]
• Pilkunj (2023)^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Arnab Riingo Banerjee Movies . The Times of India.
2. News: 2020-05-17 . Losing my father during this lockdown was an experience no son should have: Riingo . 2024-08-06 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
3. Web site: Arts & Entertainment Desk . 2020-10-10 . A new chapter begins for Shomi Kaiser . 2024-08-06 . The Daily Star . en.
4. Web site: 'It's nice to be a trendsetter'. www.telegraphindia.com. en. 2020-05-21.
5. Web site: Water is a powerful agent in director Riingo’s new film . telegraphindia.com.
6. Web site: Director Riingo Banerjee on upcoming web series Pilkunj: It has been one of the greatest experiences of mine as a filmmaker . The Times of India . 9 August 2023.