Did you know director Kaushik Ganguly started his career as a teacher?

Trust Kaushik Ganguly to always weave his magic and treat the audience with something extraordinary. His films like ‘Nagarkirtan’, ‘Jyeshthoputro’, ‘Bisorjon’, ‘Bijoya’ tell all about the national award winning director’s craftsmanship. But how many of you know Kaushik Ganguly started his career as a school teacher? Well, life is full of surprises!

“I started my career as a teacher. For five years, I was with St James and for the next three years, I taught at St Xavier's. But I always wanted to be a director, an actor, and scriptwriter. In 1987, I forayed into

Tollywood

as a scriptwriter. For a long, I was doing a balancing act, but after a point, I felt I was not doing justice to either, so I left teaching and opted for what I thought was my calling…

But mentally, I never left the classroom as I still feel like a teacher when I am behind the camera. Churni, my wife, too was a teacher with

Patha Bhavan

and

Mahadevi Birla Girls

' Higher Secondary School and we both have a degree in teaching. On Teacher's Day, I feel grateful to all my teachers who helped me become a good human being. The greatest teacher of all times, I feel Ramkrishna Deb continues to inspire me,” reveals the renowned director while speaking about his filmmaking journey.