Ritwik Ghatak
Film director
1925 – 1976
Who was Ritwik Ghatak?
Ritwik Ghatak was a Bengali Indian 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.
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- Born
- Nov 4, 1925
Dhaka - Also known as
- Ritwik Kumar Ghatak
- Ritwick Ghatak
- Shri Ritwik Kumar Ghatak
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Ethnicity
- Bengali people
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Education
- University of Calcutta
- Employment
- Film and Television Institute of India
- Lived in
- Dhaka
- Died
- Feb 6, 1976
Kolkata
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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