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

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

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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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Scientists of Tomorrow (S)

1967 · Documentary · 11 min. · India

Direction Ritwik Ghatak

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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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