For his work in Aar Ek Bampi, he received the Doordarshan National Award for Best Children's Telefilm.

After completing post-graduation in journalism from the University of Calcutta, Ghosh started his career in 1996 as scriptwriter and director of documentary films.

[5] Ghosh wrote a play for National School of Drama, New Delhi entitled "Ruh-ba-Ruh" directed by Kaushik Sen.

Mayurakshi was awarded the prestigious Chitra Bharathi for the Best Indian Cinema Award of 2018,[11] the WBFJA (West Bengal Film Journalists' Association)[12] for Best Film, Best Actor (Soumitra Chatterjee), Best Actor (Prosenjit Chatterjee) besides 3 international nominations.

For all but one of these telefilms, Atanu Ghosh is also credited for the story and screenplay: Aparajita Auddy, Krishnakishore Mukherjee, Suchandra Chowdhury & Bhaswar Chatterjee.