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.

Directed

1. The Cloud-Capped Star (1960) — Director
2. The Golden Thread (1965) — Director
3. A River Called Titas (1973) — Director
4. Ajantrik (1958) — Director
5. Reason, Debate and a Story (1974) — Director
6. A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale (1961) — Director
7. The Citizen (1977) — Director
8. Runaway (1958) — Director
9. My Lenin (1970) — Director
10. Fear (1965) — Director
11. Where the River Padma Flows (1971) — Director
12. Scientists of Tomorrow (1967) — Director
13. Ustad Alauddin Khan (1963) — Director
14. Ramkinkar Baij (1975) — Director
15. Places of Historic Interest in Bihar (1955) — Director
16. Oraon (1957) — Director
17. Puruliar Chhau (1970) — Director
18. The Life of the Adivasis (1955) — Director
19. The Question (1970) — Director
20. The Knave of Trumps (1968) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Golden Thread (1965) — Music teacher
2. A River Called Titas (1973) — Tilakchand
3. Reason, Debate and a Story (1974) — Nilkantha Bagchi
4. The Uprooted (1950)
5. Ramkinkar Baij (1975) — Himself