Rituparno Ghosh was an actor's delight: Amitabh Bachchan
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Mumbai:
Megastar
Amitabh
Bachchan,
who
worked
with
late
filmmaker
Rituparno
Ghosh
in
The
Last
Lear,
says
he
always
gave
"immense
liberty" to
his
actors,
and
that
he
was
"never
rigid
in
his
directions
to
the
artists".
"Challenging,
gently
pushing
for
a
correction,
giving
immense
liberty
to
the
actor
on
set
without
any
interference,
and
readily
accommodating
any
peculiar
demands
that
most
actors
often
tend
to
make
when
they
are
facing
the
camera," Amitabh
wrote
in
his
lengthy
blog
post
about
"Ritu
da"
after
the
filmmaker's
sudden
death
Thursday.
Winner
of
12
National
Awards
and
several
international
honours
during
a
two-decade
journey
spanning
19
movies,
Ghosh
died
following
a
heart
attack.
He
was
49.
Amitabh,
whose
family
-
wife
Jaya,
son
Abhishek
and
even
daughter-in-law
Aishwarya
had
worked
with
the
master
filmmaker
on
different
projects
individually,
has
fond
memories
of
Ghosh.
"49
years
is
no
age
to
die,
but
Ritu
da
as
we
affectionately
called
him
has
gone,
and
left
a
huge
void
in
the
world
of
some
of
the
most
progressive
work
done
in
recent
times," added
Big
B.
The
Last
Lear
was
Ghosh's
first
English
movie,
and
it
even
won
a
National
Award.
Sharing
the
experience,
Amitabh
posted,
"I
did
'The
Last
Lear'
with
him.
And
this
came
about
after
years
of
meetings
and
mutual
desire
to
work
together."
"Ritu
da
was
well
planned
and
understanding
of
the
needs
of
actors
on
set.
He
was
never
rigid
in
his
directions
to
the
artists
and
rather
enjoyed
the
impromptu
additions
that
actors
tend
to
make
at
times."
"The
unit
spoke
in
Bengali,
which
was
a
joy,
for
it
gave
us
all
an
opportunity
to
pick
up
the
second
most
sweetest
language
in
the
world.
The
first
being
French...
he
was
essentially
a
delight
to
work
with,"
he
further
posted.
Amitabh
also
said
the
filmmaker
had
spoken
to
him
about
doing
another
film
together.
"I
had
wished
him
on
his
birthday
some
months
back.
He
had
wished
Jaya
on
hers
last
month,
and
they
spoke
of
doing
a
film
together,
as
did
he
with
me
too
some
weeks
ago,
of
a
story
he
was
constructing
for
us
to
work
together
in,"
he
posted.
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Rituparno
Ghosh
The
maker
of
acclaimed
and
award-winning
Bengali
films
like
Bariwali,
Asukh,
Utsab,
Shubho
Mahurat,
Chokher
Bali,
Dosar,
Shob
Charitro
Kalponik
and
Abohoman,
Ghosh
would
have
turned
50
in
August.
Big
B
And
Rituparno
Ghosh
Amitabh
Bachchan
worked
with
late
filmmaker
Rituparno
Ghosh
in
The
Last
Lear.
The
Last
Lear
was
Ghosh's
first
English
movie,
and
it
even
won
a
National
Award.
Bachchans
And
Rituparno
Ghosh
Not
only
Amitabh,
his
family
-
wife
Jaya
(yet-to-be-released
film
Sunglass),
son
Abhishek
(Antarmahal)
and
even
daughter-in-law
Aishwarya
(Chokher
Bali
and
Raincoat)
had
worked
with
the
master
filmmaker
on
different
projects
individually,
has
fond
memories
of
Ghosh.
Big
B
And
Rituparno
Ghosh
On
Rituparno
Ghosh's
demise,
Big
B
wrote,
"49
years
is
no
age
to
die,
but
Ritu
da
as
we
affectionately
called
him
has
gone,
and
left
a
huge
void
in
the
world
of
some
of
the
most
progressive
work
done
in
recent
times."
Big
B
And
Rituparno
Ghosh
Sharing
the
experience,
Amitabh
also
posted
that
his
film
The
Last
Lear
with
him
came
about
after
years
of
meetings
and
mutual
desire
to
work
together.
Rituparno
Ghosh
Legendary
filmmaker
Rituparno
Ghosh,
who
died
of
a
massive
heart
attack
on
Thursday
morning
(May
30),
was
cremated
with
state
honours.