About

Known credits:
44
Birthday:
1925-11-04
Place of birth:
Dacca, East Bengal, British India
Website:
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Ritwik Ghatak

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
1975 Ramkinkar Baij Actor Himself N/A
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1974 Reason, Debate and a Story Actor Nilkantha Bagchi 59
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1973 A River Called Titas Actor Tilakchand 59
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1965 The Golden Thread Actor Music teacher 59
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1950 The Uprooted Actor N/A
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Directing
1977 The Citizen Directing Director 59
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1975 Ramkinkar Baij Directing Director N/A
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1974 Reason, Debate and a Story Directing Director 59
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1973 A River Called Titas Directing Director 59
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1971 Where the River Padma Flows Directing Director N/A
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1970 My Lenin Directing Director 58
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1967 Scientists of Tomorrow Directing Director N/A
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1965 The Golden Thread Directing Director 59
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1965 Fear Directing Director N/A
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1963 Ustad Alauddin Khan Directing Director N/A
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1961 Komal Gandhar Directing Director 59
Average
1960 The Cloud-Capped Star Directing Director 60
Fair
1958 Runaway Directing Director 59
Average
1958 Pathetic Fallacy Directing Director 59
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1955 The Life of the Adivasis Directing Director N/A
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1950 The Uprooted Directing Assistant Director N/A
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Writing
1977 The Citizen Writing Screenplay 59
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1975 Ramkinkar Baij Writing Screenplay N/A
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1974 Reason, Debate and a Story Writing Writer 59
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1973 A River Called Titas Writing Writer 59
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1971 Where the River Padma Flows Writing Story N/A
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1970 My Lenin Writing Writer 58
Average
1968 Heerer Prajapati Writing Writer N/A
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1965 The Golden Thread Writing Writer 59
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1965 Rajkanya Writing Screenplay N/A
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1965 Fear Writing Story N/A
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1963 Ustad Alauddin Khan Writing Screenplay N/A
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1961 Komal Gandhar Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1960 The Cloud-Capped Star Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1958 Madhumati Writing Writer 59
Average
1958 Runaway Writing Writer 59
Average
1958 Pathetic Fallacy Writing Writer 59
Average
1957 Musafir Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
1961 Komal Gandhar Production Producer 59
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Sound
1974 Reason, Debate and a Story Sound Music 59
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1971 Where the River Padma Flows Sound Music N/A
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1965 Fear Sound Music N/A
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Art
1975 Ramkinkar Baij Art Production Design N/A
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Crew
1965 Fear Crew Script N/A
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