Ritwik Ghatak
Born: 1925-11-04 in Dacca, East Bengal, British India
Died: 1976-02-06
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
1977
- The Citizen ... (Director)
1975
- Ramkinkar Baij as Himself
1974
- Reason, Debate and a Story as Nilkantha Bagchi
1973
- A River Called Titas as Tilakchand
1971
- Where the River Padma Flows ... (Director)
1970
- Puruliar Chhau ... (Director)
- My Lenin ... (Writer)
1968
- Heerer Prajapati ... (Writer)
1967
- Scientists of Tomorrow ... (Director)
1965
- Fear ... (Script)
- The Golden Thread as Music teacher
- Rajkanya ... (Screenplay)
1964
- Rendezvous ... (Supervising Technical Director)
1963
- Ustad Alauddin Khan ... (Screenplay)
1961
- A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale ... (Screenplay)
1960
- The Cloud-Capped Star ... (Director)
1955
- The Life of the Adivasis ... (Director)
- Places of Historic Interest in Bihar ... (Director)