"The partition of Bengal gave a serious jerk to our political and economic life. Never did I reconcile myself to the event of this partition. And I expressed my view-point in my films Meghe Dhaka Tara, Komal Gandhar and Subarnarekha. When I started Meghe Dhaka Tara I never spoke of political unification. Even now I don't think of it because history will not alter and I won't venture to do this impossible task. The cultural segregation caused by politics and economics was a thing to which I never reconciled myself as I always thought in terms of cultural integration. This very theme of cultural integration forms the them of all three films." Ritwik Ghatak Works of Ritwik Ghatak Direction: Nagarik (1952) Music: Hariprasanna Das Casts: Probha Devi, Sobha Sen, Satindra Bhattacharya, Kali Bandopadhyay, Ketaki Devi, Gita Shome, Ajit Bandopadhyay, Gangapada Basu Ajantrik (1957) Music: Ali Akbar Khan Casts: Kali Bandopadhyay, Gyanesh Mukhopadhyay, Satindra Bhattacharya, Tulsi Chakrabarty, Kajal Chattopadhyay Bari Theke Paliye (1959) Music: Salil Chowdhury Casts: Param Bhattarak Lahiri, Gyanesh Mukhopadhyay, Kali Bandopadhyay, Padma Devi Meghe Dhaka Tara (1961) Music: Jyotirindra Maitra Casts: Supriya Chowdhury, Anil Chattopadhyay, Bijon Bhattacharya, Gita De, Niranjan Ray, Dwiju Bhawal, Gita Ghatak Komal Gandhar (1961) Music: Jyotirindra Maitra Casts: Supriya Choudhury, Abinash Bandopadhyay, Anil Chattopadhyay, Satindra Bhattacharya, Chitra Mondol, Shanta: Gita De, Bijon Bhattacharya, Gyanesh Mukhopadhyay, Debabrata Biswas Subarnarekha (1962) Casts:Abhi Bhattacharya, Bijon Bhattacharya, Madhabi Mukhopadhyay, Satindra Bhattacharya, Gita De, Sriman Tarun, Shyamal Ghoshal Titas Ekti Nadir Naam (1973) Music: Bahadur Khan Casts: Rosi Ahmed, Kabari Choudhuri, Roushan Jamil, Rani Sarkar, Prabir Mitra Jukti Takko Aar Gappo (1974) Music: Ritwik Ghatak Casts: Ritwik Ghatak, Tripti Mitra, Shaonli Mitra, Bijon Bhattacharya, Ananya Ray, Utpal Dutta, Saugata Barman Unfinished Films: Bedeni (1952) Kata Ajanare (1959) Bagalar Bangadarshan (1964) Raunger Golam (1968) Documentary Films: Adivasiyon Ka Jeevan Srot (1954) Bihar Ke Darshaniya Sthan (1954) Scissors (ad film) (1962) Ustad Allauddin Khan (uncredited) (1962) Scientists of Tomorrow (1967) Puruliar Chhou Nritya (1970) Indira Gandhi (incomplete) (1972) Ramkinkar (incomplete) (1975) Short Films: Fear (1965) Rendezvous (1965) Amar Lenin (1970) Yeh Kyun (1970) Durbargati Padma (1971) Scripts: Madhumati (1955) Musafir (1955) Swaralipi (1961) Kumari Mon (1962) Dwiper Naam Tiyarang (1962) Raj Kanya (1962) Ritwik Ghatak from upperstall.com Interview of Ritwik Ghatak Ritwik Ghatak from Arnab's Home Page Ritwik Ghatak from Harvard Film Archive Back Back to main page
