Ritwik Ghatak

Directing·Nov 4, 1925·Dacca, East Bengal, British India

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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.

Film	Credit
The Citizen1977 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Ramkinkar Baij1975 · Himself, Screenplay, Director	Himself, Screenplay, Director
Reason, Debate and a Story1974 · Nilkantha Bagchi, Director, Screenplay	Nilkantha Bagchi, Director, Screenplay
A River Called Titas1973 · Tilakchand, Writer, Director	Tilakchand, Writer, Director
Where the River Padma Flows1971 · Director	Director
PPuruliar Chhau1970 · Director	Director
My Lenin1970 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
TThe Question1970 · Director	Director
Heerer Prajapati1968 · Writer	Writer
TThe Knave of Trumps1968 · Director	Director
Scientists of Tomorrow1967 · Director	Director
The Golden Thread1965 · Music teacher, Director, Writer	Music teacher, Director, Writer
Portrait of a Princess1965 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Fear1965 · Director	Director
Ustad Alauddin Khan1963 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale1961 · Screenplay, Director, Producer	Screenplay, Director, Producer
The Cloud-Capped Star1960 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Madhumati1958 · Writer	Writer
Runaway1958 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Ajantrik1958 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
OOraon1957 · Director	Director
Musafir1957 · Screenplay	Screenplay
PPlaces of Historic Interest in Bihar1955 · Director	Director
The Life of the Adivasis1955 · Director	Director
The Uprooted1950 · Actor	Actor