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Ritwik Ghatak

Ritwik Ghatak

Director · 1925–1976 · Dacca, East Bengal, British India

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Biography

Ritwik Kumar Ghatak was a Bengali filmmaker and script writer. Along with prominent contemporary Bengali filmmakers Satyajit Ray and Mrinal Sen, his cinema is primarily remembered for its meticulous depiction of social reality. Although their roles were often adversarial, they were ardent admirers of each other's work and, in doing so, the three directors charted the independent trajectory of parallel cinema, as a counterpoint to the mainstream fare of Hindi cinema in India. Ghatak received many awards in his career, including National Film Award's Rajat Kamal Award for Best Story in 1974 for his Jukti Takko Aar Gappo and Best Director's Award from Bangladesh Cine Journalist's Association for Titash Ekti Nadir Naam. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri for Arts in 1970.

Directed 15

1970s

  1. 1977

    The Citizen

    Director

  2. 1975

    Ramkinkar Baij

    Director

  3. 1974

    Reason, Debate and a Story

    Director

  4. 1973

    A River Called Titas

    Director

    71
  5. 1971

    Where the River Padma Flows

    Director

  6. 1970

    My Lenin

    Director

1960s

  1. 1967

    Scientists of Tomorrow

    Director

  2. 1965

    The Golden Thread

    Director

  3. Fear

    Director

  4. 1963

    Ustad Alauddin Khan

    Director

  5. 1961

    A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale

    Director

  6. 1960

    The Cloud-Capped Star

    Director

1950s

  1. 1958

    Runaway

    Director

  2. Ajantrik

    Director

  3. 1955

    The Life of the Adivasis

    Director

Wrote 17

1970s

  1. 1977

    The Citizen

    Screenplay

  2. 1975

    Ramkinkar Baij

    Screenplay

  3. 1974

    Reason, Debate and a Story

    Story, Screenplay

  4. 1973

    A River Called Titas

    Writer

    71
  5. 1971

    Where the River Padma Flows

    Story

  6. 1970

    My Lenin

    Writer

1960s

  1. 1968

    Heerer Prajapati

    Writer

  2. 1965

    The Golden Thread

    Writer

  3. Portrait of a Princess

    Screenplay, Dialogue, Story

  4. Fear

    Story

  5. 1963

    Ustad Alauddin Khan

    Screenplay

  6. 1961

    A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale

    Screenplay

  7. 1960

    The Cloud-Capped Star

    Screenplay

1950s

  1. 1958

    Madhumati

    Writer

  2. Runaway

    Writer

  3. Ajantrik

    Writer

  4. 1957

    Musafir

    Screenplay

Acted in 4

1970s

  1. 1974

    Reason, Debate and a Story

    Nilkantha Bagchi

  2. 1973

    A River Called Titas

    Tilakchand

    71

1960s

  1. 1965

    The Golden Thread

    Music teacher

1950s

  1. 1950

    The Uprooted

    Movie

Sound 3

1970s

  1. 1974

    Reason, Debate and a Story

    Original Music Composer

  2. 1971

    Where the River Padma Flows

    Music

1960s

  1. 1965

    Fear

    Music

Other crew 2

1960s

  1. 1965

    Fear

    Script

  2. 1964

    Rendezvous

    Supervising Technical Director

Produced 1

1960s

  1. 1961

    A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale

    Producer

Art department 1

1970s

  1. 1975

    Ramkinkar Baij

    Production Design

Appearances1

1970s

  1. 1975

    Ramkinkar Baij

    Himself