Ritwik Ghatak
Directing · Writer · Director · Screenplay
Born Nov 4, 1925 · Dacca, East Bengal, British India
Active 1950–1976 · Awards: Padma Shri in arts
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.
Filmography
The Cloud-Capped Star (1960) — Director · ScreenplayThe Golden Thread (1965) — Music teacher · Director · WriterA River Called Titas (1973) — Tilakchand · Writer · DirectorThe Citizen (1977) — Screenplay · DirectorAjantrik (1958) — Writer · DirectorFear (1965) — Director · Script · Music · StoryWhere the River Padma Flows (1971) — Director · Story · MusicRamkinkar Baij (1975) — Production Design · Screenplay · DirectorPlaces of Historic Interest in Bihar (1955) — DirectorOraon (1957) — DirectorMadhumati (1958) — WriterReason, Debate and a Story (1974) — Nilkantha Bagchi · Director · Original Music Composer · Story · ScreenplayRunaway (1958) — Director · WriterThe Uprooted (1950)Heerer Prajapati (1968) — WriterA Soft Note on a Sharp Scale (1961) — Screenplay · Director · ProducerUstad Alauddin Khan (1963) — Screenplay · DirectorMusafir (1957) — ScreenplayScientists of Tomorrow (1967) — DirectorPuruliar Chhau (1970) — DirectorMy Lenin (1970) — Writer · DirectorPortrait of a Princess (1965) — Screenplay · Dialogue · StoryThe Life of the Adivasis (1955) — DirectorRendezvous (1964) — Supervising Technical Director