Manish Tewari condoles Rituparno Ghosh's death

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari has condoled the untimely death of renowned Bengali film director Rituparno Ghosh.

In his condolence message, Tewari said: "I am deeply shocked by the tragic and premature death of Ghosh. He was a creative genius who gave a new dimension to film making with every film that he was associated with."

"His films always left a deep imprint on minds of the audiences who were captivated by the honest portrayal of human emotions. Cinema has lost a visionary, as Ghosh was always innovative and bold in undertaking new themes for his films," he said.

"His death has left a void which will be very difficult to fill. I pray to God that his family gathers the necessary strength to overcome this crisis," Tewari added.

Ghosh died of a cardiac arrest here this morning. He was 49.

Ghosh had made some of the highly acclaimed films like Raincoat starring Aishwarya Rai, Chokher Bali and The Last Lear.

Born on August 31, 1963 Ghosh was brought up in Kolkata. He started his career in advertising and his directional debut was Hirer Angti (The diamond ring). He got National film award for Best Director for his Bengali film Abohoman.

He has claim to more than a dozen of National Film Awards for his films.