FILM DIRECTOR

Ritwik Ghatak

1925 - 1976

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Ritwik Kumar Ghatak (; 4 November 1925 – 6 February 1976) was a noted Indian film director, screenwriter, actor and playwright. Along with prominent contemporary Bengali filmmakers like Satyajit Ray, Tapan Sinha and Mrinal Sen, his cinema is primarily remembered for its meticulous depiction of social reality, partition and feminism. He won the 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ritwik Ghatak has received more than 851,207 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Ritwik Ghatak is the 758th most popular film director (up from 971st in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 30th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Bangladeshi Film Director.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

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Page views of Ritwik Ghataks by language

Over the past year Ritwik Ghatak has had the most page views in the with 102,078 views, followed by Bengali (26,254), and Hindi (9,499). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Telugu (239.46%), Hindi (118.82%), and Malagasy (105.74%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ritwik Ghatak ranks 758 out of 2,041. Before him are Mrinal Sen, Ivan Passer, Erik Balling, Paul Scheuring, Stephen Daldry, and Terence Fisher. After him are Roman Karmen, Vojtěch Jasný, Mark Zakharov, Dennis Dugan, Nana Jorjadze, and Chris Carter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Ritwik Ghatak ranks 247. Before him are Lennart Bergelin, Philippe Jaccottet, Ernst Jandl, Shehu Shagari, John Neville, and Yuli Daniel. After him are Vojtěch Jasný, Néstor Rossi, José Freire Falcão, Eugene Garfield, Carmen Martín Gaite, and Abdelsalam Majali. Among people deceased in 1976, Ritwik Ghatak ranks 141. Before him are Yukio Goto, Juan d'Arienzo, Jean Martinon, Giorgio Ferrini, Walter Piston, and Friedrich Schulz. After him are Haddon Sundblom, Lily Pons, Hidetsugu Yagi, Gina Bachauer, Viggo Kampmann, and Giuseppe Cavanna.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Ritwik Ghatak ranks 31 out of 74. Before him are S. D. Burman (1906), Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (1918), Patrick D'Rozario (1943), Mrinal Sen (1923), A. K. Fazlul Huq (1873), and Fakhruddin Ahmed (1940). After him are Taslima Nasrin (1962), Kalpana Datta (1913), Humayun Ahmed (1948), Fazlur Rahman Khan (1929), Surya Sen (1894), and Kamini Roy (1864).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Bangladesh

Among film directors born in Bangladesh, Ritwik Ghatak ranks 2. Before him are Mrinal Sen (1923). After him are Bimal Roy (1909).

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Filmography

Subarnarekha
Director
After an old college friend offers him a job at an iron foundry, the upright and honest Ishwar leaves a shanty town on the outskirts of Calcutta where he lives with a group of refugees from East Bengal. With plans to forge a solid living for himself, sister Sita and Abhiram, an orphaned boy he offers a home to, Ishwar is accused of selling out and deserting his people.
Oct 1o 19656.929 / 10
The Cloud-Capped Star
Director
The tragic story of the beautiful daughter of a middle-class refugee family from East Pakistan. Neeta, the protagonist, sacrifices everything for her unappreciative family.
Apr 13o 19607.2 / 10
A River Called Titas
Director
An in-depth look at the lives and struggles of the community of fishermen living by the river Titash. In 1973, acclaimed Indian director and screenwriter Ritwik Ghatak unveiled "A River Called Titas," a captivating drama delving into the life of a fisherman along Bangladesh's Titas River in Brahmanbaria. Adapted from Adwaita Mallabarman's novel, this film etched its place in cinematic history by pioneering hyperlink cinema. Ghatak ingeniously weaves a narrative featuring interconnected characters, a storytelling technique later embraced by Robert Altman in "Nashville" (1975). Through this innovative approach, Ghatak crafts a tale brimming with romance and intense melodrama, delivering a fervent and emotionally charged cinematic experience.
Jul 27o 19736.7 / 10