Ritwik Ghatak

Ritwik Ghatak

director · 1925–1976 · Golden Age

Little recognition in his lifetime; Titas Ekti Nadir Naam was restored and screened in Cannes Classics 2010, and topped a 2007 BFI critics' poll.

15 films catalogued15 directed

A tortured, uncompromising visionary whose Partition-trauma trilogy is now ranked among the greatest films ever made, despite commercial failure at the time.

Defining films

Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960) · Komal Gandhar (1961) · Subarnarekha (1965) · Titas Ekti Nadir Naam (1973) · Jukti Takko Aar Gappo (1974)

Directed (15)

Oraon
Oraon
1957 · Golden Age
Runaway poster
Runaway
1958 · Golden Age
Ajantrik poster
Ajantrik
1958 · Golden Age
The Cloud-Capped Star poster
The Cloud-Capped Star
1960 · Golden Age
A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale poster
A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale
1961 · Golden Age
The Golden Thread poster
The Golden Thread
1965 · Golden Age
The Knave of Trumps
The Knave of Trumps
1968 · Golden Age
Puruliar Chhau
Puruliar Chhau
1970 · Parallel Cinema
My Lenin poster
My Lenin
1970 · Parallel Cinema
The Question
The Question
1970 · Parallel Cinema
Where the River Padma Flows poster
Where the River Padma Flows
1971 · Parallel Cinema
A River Called Titas poster
A River Called Titas
1973 · Bangladeshi
Reason, Debate and a Story poster
Reason, Debate and a Story
1974 · Parallel Cinema
Ramkinkar Baij poster
Ramkinkar Baij
1975 · Parallel Cinema
The Citizen poster
The Citizen
1977 · Parallel Cinema