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Ritwik Ghatak
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Indian Bengali filmmaker and script writer (1925–1976)
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Ritwik Ghatak was a male film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer born in Dhaka on November 4, 1925. He was educated at Rajshahi College and the University of Calcutta. His professional career spanned from 1946 to 1974. He held citizenship in the British Raj, India, and the Dominion of India. His notable work includes the film *Nagarik*.
He died in Kolkata on February 6, 1976, due to tuberculosis. He spoke and wrote in Bangla and English. His native language was Bangla. He authored works such as *Stories* and *On the cultural front*. He is associated with the concept of committed cinema. His name in his native language is ঋত্বিক ঘটক.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Stories
- On the cultural front
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Film & TV
Directing · Dacca, East Bengal, British India
Ritwik Kumar Ghatak was a Bengali 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…
Known for
- Ramkinkar Baij — Himself1975
- Reason, Debate and a Story — Nilkantha Bagchi1974
- A River Called Titas — Tilakchand1973
- The Golden Thread — Music teacher1965
- The Uprooted1950
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 44
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Tocilizumab in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial
· 2021 · cited 1,539x
- Psychosocial impact of COVID-19
· 2020 · cited 1,409x
- Competition and Incentives with Motivated Agents
· 2005 · cited 924x
- Nature of Electronic States in Atomically Thin MoS<sub>2</sub> Field-Effect Transistors
· 2011 · cited 831x
- Interactions between Hyaluronan and Its Receptors (CD44, RHAMM) Regulate the Activities of Inflammation and Cancer
· 2015 · cited 787x
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Quotes
- “Film-making is not an esoteric thing to me. I consider film-making – to start with – a personal thing. If a person does not have a vision of his own, he cannot create.”
- “Tagore once said– art has to be beautiful, but, before that, it has to be truthful.Now, what is truth? There is no eternal truth. Every artist has to learn private truth though a painful private process. And that is what he has to convey.”
- “In relation to man and his society, experiment can not dangle on void. It must belong. Belong to man.”
- “I believe in committed cinema. I mean, commitment in the broadest sense of the term.”
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Key facts
- Pronunciation
- [ rit̪ːik ɡʱɔʈok ]
- Born
- Ritwik Kumar Ghatak , ( 1925-11-04 ) 4 November 1925, Rajshahi , Bengal Presidency , British India Modern day Rajshahi , Bangladesh
- Died
- 6 February 1976 (1976-02-06) (aged 50), Calcutta , West Bengal, India
- Education
- Ballygunge Government High School , Rajshahi Collegiate School
- Alma mater
- Presidency University , University of Calcutta , Murshidabad Maharaja Krishnanath University
- Occupations
- Director writer
- Years active
- 1952–1976
- Works
- Filmography Bibliography Theatrical works
- Spouse
- Surama Ghatak
- Relatives
- Aroma Dutta (niece), Manish Ghatak (brother), Mahasweta Devi (niece), Parambrata Chatterjee (grandnephew), Nabarun Bhattacharya (brother's grandson) , Bijon Bhattacharya (niece's spouse)
- Awards
- Padma Shri (1970), National Film Award for Best Story (1974)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Dhaka
- Place of death
- Kolkata
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Bangla
- Notable work
- Nagarik
- Image
- Ritwik Ghatak (Young age photo).png
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- date of birth
- 1925-11-04
- date of death
- 1976-02-06
- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- medical condition
- tuberculosis
- manner of death
- natural causes
- writing language
- Bangla
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Ritwik Ghatak
- start of work period
- 1946-00-00
- name in native language
- ঋত্বিক ঘটক
- end of work period
- 1974-00-00
- Commons category
- Ritwik Ghatak
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Encyclopedic overview
Ritwik Kumar Ghatak ( Bengali: [rit̪ːik ɡʱɔʈok] ; 4 November 1925 – 6 February 1976) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, actor and playwright. Widely considered as one of the greatest film makers of all time, his works remained largely underrated and ignored during his lifetime. 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. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri for Arts in 1970.
Education
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