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, and then began writing for the theater and became involved with Gananatya Sangha and the 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".
Filmography
Films
Director and scriptwriter
Story & scriptwriter
Actor
Short films and documentaries
- The Life of the Adivasis (1955)
- Places of Historic Interest in Bihar (1955)
- Oraon (1957)
- Scissors (1962)
- Ustad Alauddin Khan (1963)
- Fear (1965)
- Rendezvous (1965) - FTII student film directed by RN Shukla under the supervision of Ritwik Ghatak
- Civil Defence (1965)
- Scientists of Tomorrow (1967)
- Yeh Kyon (Why/The Question) (1970)
- Amar Lenin (My Lenin) (1970)
- Puruliar Chhau (The Chhau Dance of Purulia) (1970)
- Durbar Gati Padma (The Turbulent Padma) (1971)
Incomplete films and documentaries
Films on Ritwik Ghatak
Screenplays aborted before shooting
- Raja (1956)
- Amritokumbher Sandhane (1957)
- Akal Basonto (1957)
- Arjan Sardar (1958)
- Balidan (1962)
- Aranyak (1963)
- Nakshi Kanthar Math (1963)
- Elephant taming in Gouripur (1963)
- Shyam Se Neha Lagei (1964)
- Janmabhumi (Pandit Mashai) (1965)
- Chaturanga (1966)
- Hirer Prajapati (1966)
- Sansar Simante (1968)
- Echoes from Vietnam in Bengal (1968)
- Kumar Sambhaber Ashtom Swargo (1969)
- Sat Lahari
- Natun Phasal
- Ajay and Gabroo
- Those forgotte ones
- Shei Bishnupriya (1974)
- Mannequin (1974)
- Hath
- Princess Kalaboti
- Buddhu Bhutum (1975)
- Lojja (1975)
Theatre
- Chandragupto (Dwijendralal Ray), actor
- Achalayoton (Tagore) (1943), director and actor
- Kalo Sayor (Ghatak) (1947âÂÂ48), actor and director
- Kalonko (Bhattacharya) (1951), actor
- Dolil (Ghatak) (1952), actor and director
- Kato Dhane Kato Chaal (Ghatak)(1952)
- Officer (Gogol) (1953), actor,
- Ispaat (Ghatak) (1954âÂÂ55), un-staged
- Khorir Gondi (Brecht)
- Galileo Chorit (Brecht)
- Jagoran (Atindra Mozumdar), actor
- Jalonto (Ghatak)
- Jwala (Ghatak)
- Dakghar (Tagore)
- Dheu (Biru Mukhopadhay)
- Dhenki Swarge geleo Dhan bhane (Ghatak/Panu Paul)
- Natir Puja (Tagore)
- Nabanna (Bhattacharya)
- Nildarpan (Dinabandhu Mitra), actor
- Nicher Mahal (Gorky), un-staged
- Netajike nie (Ghatak)
- Poritran (Tagore)
- Falguni (Tagore)
- Bidyasagar (Banaphool)
- Bisarjan (Tagore)
- Vangabandor (Panu Paul), actor
- Voter vet (Panu Paul), actor
- Musanfiro ke lie (Gorky), actor
- Macbeth (Shakespeare), actor
- Raja (Tagore)
- Sanko (Ghatak), actor
- Sei Meye (Ghatak), director
- Strir Patro (Tagore)
- Hojoborala (Sukumar Ray)
- Pashanda Pandit
Bibliography
Books
- Ritwik Ghatak stories
- Galileo Charit (Bengali translation of Brecht's Life of Galileo)
- Chalachitra, Manush Ebong Aro Kichu Dey's publishers
- Cinema and I, Ritwik Memorial Trust, Kolkata
- On the cultural "Front", Ritwik Memorial Trust
- Rows and Rows of Fences: Ritwik Ghatak on Cinema, Seagull Books Pvt. Ltd, Kolkata
- Ritwik Ghatak Stories, Translated from Bengali by Rani Ray, New Delhi, Shrishti publishers and distributors
Short stories
- Akashgangar srot dhore
- Ezahar
- Shikha
- Ecstasy
- Rupkotha
- Raja
- Parashpathar
- Bhuswarga Achanchal
- Sphotik Patro
- Chokh
- Comrade
- Sarak
- Prem
- Jhankar
- Mar
Articles and essays on film
References
Sources
Primary sources
Citations