Ritwik Ghatak

Known for DirectingBorn 1925-11-04Died 1976-02-06Dacca, East Bengal, British India

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Ramkinkar Baij

Where the River Padma Flows

Fear

Oraon

Places of Historic Interest in Bihar

The Citizen

Heerer Prajapati

The Uprooted

Runaway

The Cloud-Capped Star

Puruliar Chhau

Scientists of Tomorrow

Ustad Alauddin Khan

Musafir

A River Called Titas

Ajantrik

Madhumati

Reason, Debate and a Story

The Golden Thread

A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale

My Lenin

The Question

The Knave of Trumps

Portrait of a Princess

Rendezvous

The Life of the Adivasis