Direction: Ritwik Ghatak
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Ritwik Ghatak. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
The Cloud-Capped Star
1960 · Movie · 126 min. · India
Direction Ritwik Ghatak
Cast Supriya Choudhury · Anil Chatterjee · Niranjan Ray · Gita Ghatak
Plot "Meghe Dhaka Tara" tells the tragic story of the beautiful daughter of a middle-class refugee family from East Pakistan, living in the outskirts of Calcutta under modest circumstances. Neeta sacrifices...
7.4
344 votes
7.4
344 votes
The Golden Thread
1965 · Movie · 143 min. · India
Direction Ritwik Ghatak
Cast Abhi Bhattacharya · Madhabi Mukherjee · Satindra Bhattacharya · Bijon Bhattacharya
7.2
114 votes
7.2
114 votes
A River Called Titash
1973 · Movie · 159 min. · Bangladesh
Direction Ritwik Ghatak
Cast Fakrul Hasan Bairagi · Narain Chakraborty · Banani Choudhury · Chetana Das
Plot The life of the fishermen on the bank of the Titash River in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh. In 2007, A River Named Titash topped the list of 10 best Bangladeshi films, as...
7.1
56 votes
7.1
56 votes
Patethic Fallacy
1958 · Movie · 102 min. · India
Direction Ritwik Ghatak
Cast Kanu Bannerjee · Ganga Pada Basu · Satindra Bhattacharya · Tulsi Chakraborty
Plot The plot of Ajantrik (Pathetic Fallacy) revolves around Bimal and his battered taxi, an old Chevrolet, he calls Jagaddal. Because he treats his car as a living being, many consider...
6.5
39 votes
6.5
39 votes
Reason, Debate and a Story
1974 · Movie · 120 min. · India
Direction Ritwik Ghatak
Cast Bijon Bhattacharya · Saugata Burman · Ritwik Ghatak · Ritaban Ghatak
Plot Nilkantha Bagchi is an alcoholic intellectual nearing the end of his life who journeys forth through Bengal, deep into the fabric of his past life, loves, and friendships. With Nilkantha...
6.4
30 votes
6.4
30 votes
Runaway
1958 · Movie · 120 min. · India
Direction Ritwik Ghatak
Cast Param Bharak Lahiri · Padma Devi · Gyanesh Mukherjee · Kanu Bannerjee
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Ramkinkar
1975 · Documentary · 31 min. · India
Direction Ritwik Ghatak
Plot Ramkinkar Baij (or Ramkinkar)- is an incomplete personality study or documentary on sculptor Ramkinkar Baij created by legendary filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak. He started creating the film in 1975. The film...
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Ustad Alauddin Khan (S)
1963 · Documentary · 24 min. · India
Direction Ritwik Ghatak
Cast Nikhil Banerjee · Indranil Bhattacharya · Annapurna Devi · Ali Akbar Khan
Plot Life and disciples of legendary Indian classical musician and teacher, 'Guru' of Pandit Ravishankar, 'Baba' Ustad Alauddin Khan.
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The Citizen
1952 · Movie · 127 min. · India
Direction Ritwik Ghatak
Cast Satindra Bhattacharya · Prabhadevi · Kanu Bannerjee · Sova Sen
Plot Ramu, a fresh graduate, is searching for a job like many others in post-Partition Kolkata. He lives in a lower-middle-class neighborhood with his mother, father, and sister. Ramu's sister, Seeta,...
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Durbar Gati Padma (S)
1971 · Documentary · 21 min. · India
Direction Ritwik Ghatak
Plot The film brings to the screen the determination of the common man of Bangladesh to stand up to tyranny and win his priceless liberty back.
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A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale (E-Flat)
1961 · Movie · 134 min. · India
Direction Ritwik Ghatak
Cast Supriya Choudhury · Abanish Banerjee · Anil Chatterjee · Satindra Bhattacharya
Plot Said to be Ghatak’s favorite film, the quasi-autobiographical E-Flat portrays the People’s Theater Movement of the late 1940s, agonizing over its jealousies and schisms as two rival groups seek to...
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Amar Lenin (S)
1970 · Documentary · 20 min. · India
Direction Ritwik Ghatak
Plot Amar Lenin is a 1970 black and white documentary film directed by film director Ritwik Ghatak made for Government of West Bengal in the centenary year (1970) of the birth...
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