From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dibakar Banerjee (born 1969) is an Indian film director and screenwriter, who is most known for films, Khosla Ka Ghosla (2006), Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008), which he also wrote, both of which won National Film Awards. He started his career in advertising, and continues as an ad filmmaker, in 2010 he also directed a Coca Cola commercial. In 2010, he made his third film, Love Sex aur Dhokha, where one of the three sub-plots in the movie is loosely based on the infamous 2004 DPS MMS scandal. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dibakar Banerjee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- New Delhi, India
- Director, writer, producer and composer
- 9 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Dibakar Banerjee's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Survival.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 7
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 5
A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 6
Steady 2 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 3
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet8
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Dibakar Banerjee's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Netflix (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Dibakar Banerjee's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
16 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Badminton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Tees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
A Knock on the Door (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar(2021)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all filmsDibakar Banarjee - Ghost Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Ghost Stories(2020)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Lust Stories(2018)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Titli(2014)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Bombay Talkies(2013)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Shanghai(2012)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
LSD: Love, Sex aur Dhokha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!(2008)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Khosla Ka Ghosla! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
A Terrible Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 16 titles, 15 of them dated from 2006 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015)
Highest rated
Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008)
Most popular right now
Lust Stories (2018)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Dibakar Banerjee's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 65th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 61st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th4
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 9 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved3
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 73/100 and the pacing 43/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Dibakar Banerjee's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore runs heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Dibakar Banerjee work with?
People who share at least 2 of Dibakar Banerjee's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Namrata Rao shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Anurag KashyapShared titles: Ghost Stories (2020), Lust Stories (2018), Bombay Talkies (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Anurag Kashyap
- Karan JoharShared titles: Ghost Stories (2020), Lust Stories (2018), Bombay Talkies (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Karan Johar
- Zoya AkhtarShared titles: Ghost Stories (2020), Lust Stories (2018), Bombay Talkies (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Zoya Akhtar
Writers
- Urmi JuvekarShared titles: Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015), Shanghai (2012), Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Urmi Juvekar
Actors
- Swastika MukherjeeShared titles: LSD 2: Love, Sex Aur Dhokha 2 (2024), Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Swastika Mukherjee
- Jaideep AhlawatShared titles: Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar (2021), Lust Stories (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Jaideep Ahlawat
- Sukant GoelShared titles: Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar (2021), Ghost Stories (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Sukant Goel
- Ranvir ShoreyShared titles: Titli (2014), Bombay Talkies (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Ranvir Shorey
Cinematographers and editors
- Namrata RaoShared titles: Ghost Stories (2020), Lust Stories (2018), Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015), Titli (2014), Shanghai (2012), Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008)See all 6 shared titles with Namrata Rao
- Mitesh MirchandaniShared titles: Ghost Stories (2020), Lust Stories (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Mitesh Mirchandani
- Nitin BaidShared titles: Ghost Stories (2020), Lust Stories (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Nitin Baid
- Utsav BhagatShared titles: Ghost Stories (2020), Lust Stories (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Utsav Bhagat
Producers
- Smriti JainShared titles: Lust Stories (2018), Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015), Titli (2014), Bombay Talkies (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Smriti Jain
- Ronnie ScrewvalaShared titles: Ghost Stories (2020), Lust Stories (2018), Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Ronnie Screwvala
- Sahil MehraShared titles: Ghost Stories (2020), Lust Stories (2018), Bombay Talkies (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Sahil Mehra
- Ashi DuaShared titles: Ghost Stories (2020), Lust Stories (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Ashi Dua