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Ritwik Kumar Ghatak (listen ⓘ; 4 November 1925 – 6 February 1976) was a noted Indian film director, screenwriter, actor and playwright. Along with prominent contemporary Bengali filmmakers like Satyajit Ray , Tapan Sinha and Mrinal Sen , his cinema is primarily remembered for its meticulous depiction of social reality, partition and feminism.
Ritwik Ghatak was born on 4 November 1925 in Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India [now in Dhaka, Bangladesh]. He was a director and writer, known for Reason, Debate and a Story (1974), Musafir (1957) and The Cloud-Capped Star (1960).
Nov 1, 2019 · Bengali filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak’s 1961 film Komal Gandhar (E-Flat, 1961) begins during the second act of a play. A close-up depicts an old, confused looking man – his hair and beard dusted with white powder, his plaintive gaze stressed by the thick kohl around his eyes – directly questioning the camera: ‘Where should I go? Tell me.
A short primer on the films and influence of Ritwik Ghatak, honored with a November retrospective at Film at Lincoln Center.
Since his death at age fifty in 1976, Ritwik Ghatak has come to be regarded as one of the greatest figures in postwar Indian cinema for his brilliant and abrasive films, which certainly rank among the most revolutionary achievements in contemporary Indian art.
Nov 4, 2022 · If Satyajit Ray was the poster-boy for Indian cinema—unthreatening, career-oriented and reliably tasteful—Ritwik Ghatak, his contemporary and principal rival, was its problem child.
Sep 13, 2019 · The story of a refugee family’s increasing dependence on self-sacrificing eldest daughter Neeta (Supriya Choudhury), the 1960 film makes innovative use of an array of striking techniques—including elliptical editing, off-balance framings, and varied performance styles—as its domestic tragedy unfolds.
