Ritwik Ghatak

Died in 1976

Ritwik Ghatak was born on 4 November 1925 in Dhaka, the son of a district magistrate who was also a poet and playwright. His family reached Calcutta in stages, driven by the famine of 1943, the riots of 1946 and the partition, which haunted all his work. A playwright, he joined the Indian People's Theatre Association in 1951 and left it in 1954. His first feature film, completed in 1952, was not released until 1977. A professor at the film institute in Pune, where he taught Mani Kaul and Kumar Shahani, he spent his last years under the grip of alcohol and died in Calcutta on 6 February 1976.

In the catalogue 3

CinemaThe Cloud-Capped Starমেঘে ঢাকা তারাRitwik Ghatak · 1960Cinema
CinemaA River Called TitasTitash Ekti Nadir NaamRitwik Ghatak · 1973Cinema
CinemaNagarikনাগরিকRitwik Ghatak · 1977Cinema