Ritwik Ghatak, at a young age

Ritwik Ghatak was an Indian filmmaker and also a playwright poet and writer of short stories. Ghatak started his creative career as a poet and a fiction writer. Then he began writing for the theater and became involved with Gananatya Sangha and Indian People's Theatre Association. Later he moved to film direction. He also wrote more than 50 essays on film. Satyajit Ray wrote that these essays "cover(ed) every possible aspect of the cinema".[1]

Filmography

Films

Director and scriptwriter

Year Film English Title Actors Release Date
1958 Ajantrik The Unmechanical / The Pathetic Fallacy Kali Banerjee, Gangapada Basu, Satindra Bhattacharya, Kajal Gupta, Gyanesh Mukherjee Anil Chatterjee, Tulsi Chakrabarti 23 May 1958
1959 Bari Theke Paliye The Runaway Kali Banerjee, Master Parambhattarak Lahiri, Gyanesh Mukherjee, Keshto Mukherjee. Jahor Roy, Satindra Bhattacharya, 24 July 1959
1960 Meghe Dhaka Tara (Partition Trilogy) The Cloud-Capped Star Anil Chatterjee, Supriya Choudhuri, Bijon Bhattacharya, Gita Ghatak, Gyanesh Mukherjee, Dwiju Bhawal, Niranjan Roy, Gita Dey 14 April 1960
1961 Komal Gandhar (Partition Trilogy) E-Flat Supriya Choudhuri, Abanish Banerjee Gita Dey, Anil Chatterjee, Bijon Bhattacharya, Chitra Sen, Mantu Ghosh, Satindra Bhattacharya 31 March 1961
1965 Subarnarekha (Partition Trilogy) Golden Line Abhi Bhattacharya, Madhabi Mukherjee, Bijon Bhattacharya, Jahor Roy, Satindra Bhattacharya, Gita Dey, Ritwik Ghatak 1 October 1965
1973 Titash Ekti Nadir Naam A River Called Titash Rosi Samad, Kobori Sarwar, Rawshan Zamil, Fakirul Hasan Bairagi, Prabir Mitra, Ritwik Ghatak 27 July 1973
1977 Nagarik The Citizen Kali Banerjee, Prabha Devi, Satindra Bhattacharya, Shobha Sen, Gangapada Basu, Anil Chatterjee, Ketaki Dutta, Kesto Mukherjee, Gita Shome Produced in 1952. Released on 20 September 1977
1977 Jukti Takko Aar Gappo Reason, Debate and a Story Ritwik Ghatak, Tripti Mitra, Saoli Mitra, Bijon Bhattacharya, Gnanesh Mukherjee, Sugato Burman, Ananya Ray, Master Ritoban Ghatak, Jahar Roy, Utpal Dutt 30 September 1977

Story & scriptwriter

Year Film Director Remarks
1957 Musafir Hrishikesh Mukherjee Script
1958 Madhumati Bimal Roy Story & Script
1960 Swaralipi Asit Sen Script
1962 Kumari Mon Chitrarath Script
1963 Deeper Nam Tiya Rong Gurudas Bagchi Script
1965 Rajkanya Sunil Banerjee Story & Script
1968 Heerer Prajapati (Hindi) Santi P. Choudhury Script

Actor

Year Film Director
1950 Tathapi Manoj Bhattacharya
1951 Chinnamul Nimai Ghosh
1962 Kumari Mon Chitrarath
1962 Subarnarekha Ritwik Ghatak
1973 Titash Ekti Nadir Naam Ritwik Ghatak
1974 Jukti Takko Aar Gappo Ritwik Ghatak

Short films and documentaries

Incomplete films and documentaries

Films on Ritwik Ghatak

Screenplays aborted before shooting

Theatre

Bibliography

Books

Short stories

Articles and essays on film

Article First published Year
A New Chapter in Acting Chalachitra, Autumn issue, Page 93–101 1950
A Draft on Cultural Line Indian People's Theatre Association 1 June 1951
A Film Festival in Calcutta" Soviet Film Grand Concert: Bicycle Thief Parichay, March, Year 21, Vol–2, No–3 Page 70–79 1952
Soviet Film In Bengali Parichay November, Year 24, No–5, Page 517–526 1954
About Oraons (Chotonagpur) Ritwik, October 1977, Page 189–201 1954–1955
Some Thoughts on Ajantrik Indian Film Reviews, Page 22–23 December, 1958
One Long Boundary Wall Chalachitra, Annual number, Page 117–119 1959
Various Weapon: Editing Ritwik Page 183–187 Unknown
Speech About Cinema; Artists of Bengal Chitrabikshan Jan–Apr, 1976 1958–60
A Book review: Theory of Film Indian Film Culture, Vol–1, No–1, Page 47–50 April–June, 1962
Music in Indian Cinema And The Epic Approach Artist, January–March, Vol–1, No–1, Page 37–38 1963
An Interview On Film Script Chalachitra Autumn issue, Vol III, Page 47–50 1963
Human Society, Our Tradition, Film Making and my Efforts Chalachitra Autumn issue 1963
Art and Integrity Dainik Basumati Autumn issue 1963
Editorial Artist July–September, Vol–1 No–3 1963
Nazarin and Louis Buñuel Chalachitra Winter Page 41–44 1963
The Film and I Montage Vol–II No–3 1963
Nazarin– a review Kino Vol–I No–1, Page 23–26 January, 1964
Experimental Cinema Amrita, Autumn issue 1964
The Mother Land and Artist's Duty Parichay Autumn issue 1964
Assessing a Film Chalachitra Autumn issue, page 18–20 1964
Experimental Cinema Lecture, Film and Training Institute 16 September 1964
On Komal Gandhar Chitrapat, Vol–I, No–I, Page 23–24 1965
The Director's Message in Bengali Cinema Chirakalpa Summer issue, Vol–I, No–I 1965
Understanding Cinema Angik, Summer issue 1965
A Book review: Theory of Film– An Attitude to Life and an Attitude to Art 1965
It is not possible to accept what Box Office demands Statement column, Jugantar 13 August 1965
The Past and Present of Bengali Films, Interview Chalachitra Page 24–25 October 1965
A Book Review: Theory of Film; Nature of Film Lecture F.T.I.I of Pune 30 September 1965
Bengali Cinema, Literary Influence Film Fare 1965
Sound in Film Parichay, Chatushkala issue, Year 35 1965
Plays and the Present Age Jatiya Sahitya Parishad, Page 9–12 12 April 1966
On Subarna Rekha Chitrapat Vol–2 No–2, Page 26–27 August 1966
My Film Film, Autumn issue 1966
Art, Cinema and the Future Ananda Bazar Patrika 1966
The Third International Film Festival in India Chitralekha Vol– I, No– 4, Page– 13–16 Winter 1966
Experiment in Cinema and I Unpublished Unknown
The Future of Film Movie Montage Vol–1 No–1 Page–1 1967
My Coming into Films Film Forum Festival, Souvenir, 17–20 July 1967
Sound in Film Film Forum Festival, Souvenir, 17–20 July 1967
From a Statement Chitrayan Page–34
(August, 1977)		 1967
What is the True Form of Cinema Lecture 29 September 1967
Experimental Film and I Chitrabikshan October, 1967
Cinema and the Subjective Factor Chitrakalpa Vol–2 No–1, Page 5–7 October, 1967
Thinking about Cinema Movie Montage Special issue, Vol–I, No–2, Page 49–53 1967
Interview Movie Montage Vol–I, No–2, Page 54–58 1967
Documentary Film Sahitya–Patra Sept–Nov issue, Page 117–121 1967
The Position of Cinema in the Society Movie Montage Vol–I, No–3, Page 3–4 1967
Bengali Society and Bengali Cinema Madhyanya Oct–Dec issue, Vol–II, No–3, Page 147–150 1967
Filmic Rhythm and Structure Chalachitra Sept–Dec issue, Page 9–10 1967
Prognosis for Today's Cinema Desh December issue, Vol– 35, No–9, Page 885–886 1967
The So-called Crisis in Bengali Cinema Abhinay-Darpan May–June issue, Page 32–34 1968
Some Stray Thought Some Perceptions Ritwik October 1977, Page 5–10 1968
The Film I Want to Make About Vietnam West Bengal Youth Festival, Commemorative Volume 1968
Dance in Cinema Nupur Dance Academy, Souvenir 1968
On The People's Theatre Movement Abhinay Darpan, May–June issue, Page 2, 7–8 1969
If I Could Make Films Again Antarjatik Angik 1969
Obscenity and Films Assam Bani Patrika 12 December 1969
The Present and Future of Indian Film Making Abhinay March–April issue, Vol–I No–2 & 3, Page 138–148, 201–204 1970
Interview by Ajay Basu Abhinay May issue, Vol–I, No–4 1970
What Ails Indian Film Making Amrita Bazar Patrika, Sunday issue 10 May 1970
Interview Chitrabhash July 1970
Our beloved Ganga–da, The Quite Man Gangapada Basu Commemorative volume, page 44–38 3 Jan 1972
If There Be Any One Person In India Who Comprehends The Film Medium, Then He is Satyajit Ray Cine Technique March, 1972
Interview Chatrapat No–9, Page 37–38 1972
Thoughts about Ajantrik Ajantrik Angik Winter–spring issue, Page 55–60 Unknown
Interview– Titash and others by Tulu Das Unknown 1973
Ritwik Ghatak, an interview Chitrabikshan August–September, 6th year, No 11–12 1973
Brecht and Ourselves Natyachinta Volume–2, Page 9 1973
An Interview by Muhammed Khashru Dhrupadi Vol–IV, Page 148–169 13 May 1974
People I Have Seen Both The Bengal Unknown September, 1974
Dialectics in Films Amrita 1974
My Views Amrita 1974
Two Aspects, The Mind, Day Dreams, The Eye, Movement In Film Chalachitra Autumn issue, Page 14–23 1974
Face to Face with Ritwik Ghatak Chitrabikshan September, 1974
Bijon Bhattacharya– Giver of New Life Natyadarpan Vol–1, No–1, Page 13–15 May 1975
An Interview by Prabir Sen Jalim Singh's Journal 1975
Recent plays Moumachi 1975
The Emergency– Ritwik Ghatak's Works at the Censor's Mercy Chitrabikshan July–Sept, 10th Year, No. 10–12, Page 9–10 1975
Let There Be Sound Chitrabikshan Jan–Apr issue, Page 216 1976
Film Making Chitrabikshan Jan–Apr issue, Page 225–226 1976
Symbol Shabda Unknown
On Drama Agyatabas No–17, Page 49–50 1976
Cinema, Literature and My Films Chitrabikshan November, 1976
La Dolce Vita and Felini Chitrapat, Special issue 1976
On Bergman Chitrapat, Special issue 1976
My Thoughts on Cinema F.F.S.I Ritwik Retrospective Souvenir 1976
What It Means To Make Films In India Unknown Unknown
An Interview by Kalpana Biswas 1976
An Interview Film Miscellany 1976
An Interview Swarabarna 1976
Excerpt of an Article Movie Montage No–18 Page– 57 November 1976
On Memory of Pramathesh Barua Unknown Unknown

References

Sources

Primary sources

Citations

  1. ^ Ghatak, Ritwik (1987). Cinema and I. Ritwik Memorial Trust. pp. Foreword, 11–12.
  2. ^ British Film Institute. "The Name of a River | British Film Institute". Bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
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