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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 859,400 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ritwik Ghatak is the 974th most popular film director (up from 1,016th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 29th in 2019) and the most popular Bangladeshi Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ritwik Ghatak ranks 974 out of 1,581. Before him are Gregory La Cava, Jacques Rozier, Revaz Chkheidze, Roy Ward Baker, Gunnar Fischer, and Roman Viktyuk. After him are Shinichirō Watanabe, Alexander Payne, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Archie Mayo, Steve Kloves, and Zbigniew Rybczyński.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Ritwik Ghatak ranks 313. Before him are Cara Williams, Tankred Dorst, Carla Del Poggio, Colette Marchand, Antonio Puchades, and Irina Arkhipova. After him are Gunther Schuller, Joan Mitchell, Frank Pierson, Raimondo D'Inzeo, James Mellaart, and Iwao Takamoto. Among people deceased in 1976, Ritwik Ghatak ranks 170. Before him are Nikoloz Muskhelishvili, Zofia Stryjeńska, John C. Slater, Jens Bjørneboe, Edith Evans, and Markus Reiner. After him are Johnny Mercer, Julius Döpfner, Alfred Landé, E. H. Shepard, Leopold Hofmann, and Horacio Muñoz.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Ritwik Ghatak ranks 30 out of 57. Before him are Tajuddin Ahmad (1925), Taslima Nasrin (1962), Fakhruddin Ahmed (1940), Abdur Rahman Biswas (1926), Kalpana Datta (1913), and Bagha Jatin (1879). After him are Nurul Amin (1893), Mrinal Sen (1923), Fazlur Rahman Khan (1929), Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem (1916), Motiur Rahman Nizami (1943), and Suchitra Sen (1931).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Bangladesh

Among film directors born in Bangladesh, Ritwik Ghatak ranks 1. After him are Mrinal Sen (1923) and Bimal Roy (1909).

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Filmography

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