He has also won the National Film Award for best music direction, for the film Refugee (2001), and received the Filmfare Special Jury Award in 2000 for his outstanding contribution to music.

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His 2003 film Chokher Bali was awarded the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival and his last film, Chitrangada, won a special jury award in the 2012 national film awards.

BBC: Rituparno Ghosh