“We have lost a great artist, but his films
will always remind us of him” said Sandeep Marwah President of 6th
Global Film Festival Noida 2013 on the second day of the festival announcing
Posthumous Life Time Achievement Award to renowned film director Rituparna
Ghosh.
Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee said "I cannot
believe that Rituparno is no more. We lost a very promising film director at a
very early age.” Konkona Sen Sharma, who acted in Ghosh's
'Titli' and 'Dosar', said that Ghosh's death was a great personal loss for her. Actor Arindam Sil requested
to observe the day as a day of national mourning. Rituparna Sengupta described Ghosh as a
creative genius who had enriched the Bengali film industry emotionally and
culturally.
Amitabh Bachchan remembered
Ghosh as the only director who had worked with every member of the Bachchan
family. He tweeted. “Film director Shyam Benegal said,
Ghosh's death was a "huge tragedy.
The
award will be sent to the family of Rituparna Ghosh in Calcutta by the
representative of 6th Global Film Festival.
