Known For
Directing
Born
Nov 04, 1925
Died
Feb 06, 1976
Place of Birth
Dacca, East Bengal, British India
Credits
26 titles
Ritwik Ghatak
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Citizen
Screenplay
Ramkinkar Baij
Himself
Reason, Debate and a Story
Nilkantha Bagchi
A River Called Titas
Tilakchand
Where the River Padma Flows
Director
Puruliar Chhau
Director
My Lenin
Writer
The Question
Director
Heerer Prajapati
Writer
The Knave of Trumps
Director
Scientists of Tomorrow
Director
The Golden Thread
Music teacher
Portrait of a Princess
Screenplay
Fear
Director
Rendezvous
Supervising Technical Director
Ustad Alauddin Khan
Screenplay
A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale
Screenplay
The Cloud-Capped Star
Director
Madhumati
Writer
Runaway
Director
Ajantrik
Writer
Oraon
Director
Musafir
Screenplay
Places of Historic Interest in Bihar
Director
The Life of the Adivasis
Director
The Uprooted