Ritwik Ghatak
Ritwik Ghatak | |
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Calcutta, West Bengal, India (now Kolkata) | |
Education | Ballygunge Government High School, Rajshahi Collegiate School |
Alma mater | Presidency College, Calcutta University |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1952–1976 |
Works | |
Spouse | Surama Ghatak National Film Award for Best Story (1974) |
Ritwik Kumar Ghatak (
Family
Ritaban Ghatak, his son, is also a filmmaker[8] and is involved in the Ritwik Memorial Trust. He has restored Ritwik's Bangalar Banga Darshan, Ronger Golam and completed his unfinished documentary on Ramkinkar.
Ritaban has made a film titled Unfinished Ritwik. He is working on adapting
Creative career
In 1948, Ghatak wrote his first play Kalo sayar (The Dark Lake) and participated in a revival of the landmark play
Ghatak entered the film industry with Nimai Ghosh's Chinnamul (1950) as actor and assistant director. Chinnamul was followed in two years by Ghatak's first completed film Nagarik (1952), both major breakthroughs for the Indian cinema.[11][12] Ghatak's early work sought theatrical and literary precedent in bringing together a documentary realism, a stylised performance often drawn from the folk theatre, and a Brechtian use of the filmic apparatus.
Ghatak moved briefly to Pune in 1966, where he taught at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). His students included film makers Mani Kaul, Kumar Shahani, Adoor Gopalkrishnan, Saeed Akhtar Mirza, John Abraham. During his year at FTII, he was involved in the making of two student films: Fear and Rendezvous.[13]
Impact and influence
Ghatak died on 6 February 1976.
Ghatak's only major commercial success was
Ghatak's work as a director influenced many later Indian filmmakers, including those from the
Bangladeshi filmmaker Shahnewaz Kakoli said she has been greatly influenced by Ritwik Ghatak's films and regarded Ghatak as her idol. She said "like all Bengalis, I too have grown up watching movies of Satyajit Ray and Ghatak, though I like Ghatak more and I idolize him. I am greatly inspired by him and consequently my movie 'Uttarer Sur' (Northern Symphony) too is influenced by Ghatak."[25]
Ideology
Ghatak was a theorist as well. His views and commentaries on films have been parts of scholarly studies and researches. As a filmmaker, his main concentration was on men and life, especially the day-to-day struggle of ordinary people. He could never accept the partition of Bengal of 1947 which divided Bengal into two countries. In almost all his films, he dealt with this theme.[26]
For him, filmmaking was an art form and a means to the end of serving people. It was a means of expressing his anger at the sorrows and sufferings of his people.[27]
Filmography and accolades
- Padma Shri for Arts in 1970 by The government of India.[6][7]
- Musafir had won the Certificate of Merit for Third Best Feature Film at 5th National Film Awards in 1957.[28]
- Madhumati Nominated for Filmfare Best Story Award.[29]
- National Film Award's Rajat Kamal Awardfor Best Story in 1974 for Jukti Takko Aar Gappo.
- Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film in Bengali for Subarnarekha at 13th National Film Awards
- Heerer Prajapati had won the Best Children's Film Award (Prime Minister's Gold Medal) at 16th National Film Awards in 1970.[30]
Bibliography and theatrical works
References
- ^ a b "My husband as I saw him". The Times of India. 17 November 2009. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ Partha Chatterjee (19 October 2007). "Jinxed legacy". Frontline. Archived from the original on 2 May 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ^ from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ "Ritwik Ghatak s Lesser Known Prowess of Writing Plays". The Wire. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Na22nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Iffi.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Padma Awards Directory (1954–2014)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs (India). 21 May 2014. p. 39. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Controversy". Ramachandraguha.in. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ "Ritaban Ghatak". Biff.kr/. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-8223-2169-9. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Ritwik Ghatak's family issues statements against BJP's use of his films to promote CAA". Dhaka Tribune. 24 December 2019. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ ISBN 81-7046-178-2.
- ^ a b Hood, pp. 21–24
- ^ "Ritwik Ghatak's Lesser Known Prowess of Writing Plays". The Wire. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original on 8 February 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ Shoma A. Chatterji (4 November 2022). "An artist, a thinker, a loner - remembering Ritwik Ghatak on his birthday". Get Bengal. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-84520-405-1. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ Chitra Parayath (8 November 2004). "Summer Viewing — The Brilliance of Ritwik Ghatak". Lokvani. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
- ^ ISBN 0-19-516016-9.
- ^ Vyas, Hetal (7 August 2008). "Ashanti nags Om Shanti Om". Mumbai Mirror. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ "Shah Rukh, Farah Sued: Writer Claims SRK stole his script for Om Shanti Om". Humsurfer.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ "Why we admire Ray so much". Naachgana. 14 April 2009. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
- ^ Totaro, Donato (31 January 2003). "The "Sight & Sound" of Canons". Offscreen Journal. Canada Council for the Arts. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ^ "2002 Sight & Sound Top Films Survey of 253 International Critics & Film Directors". Cinemacom. 2002. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ^ "Top 10 Bangladeshi Films". British Film Institute. 17 July 2007. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ "German actress says Ritwik Ghatak's films have profound impact". The Indian Express. 10 July 2013. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ "Bangladeshi filmmaker idolises Ritwik Ghatak". News Track India. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
- ISBN 978-81-317-1416-4. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ^ Ghatak, Ritwik (1987). Cinema and I (PDF). Ritwik Memorial Trust. p. 77. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ 5th National Film Awards. nic.in
- ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5. Archivedfrom the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ^ "16th National Film Awards" (PDF). Iffi.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
Further reading
- Hood, John (2000). The Essential Mystery: The Major Filmmakers of Indian Art Cinema. Orient Longman Limited. ISBN 81-250-1870-0.
- Ritwikkumar Ghatak (2003). Ritwik Ghatak, face to face: conversations with the master, 1962–1977. Cine Central.
- Ritwik Ghatak: The Celluloid Rebel: Shoma A. Chatterji ISBN 978-81-291-0245-4
- Riwik Kumar Ghatak: (a monograph) Haimanti Banerjee, National Film Archive of India, Pune, 1985. ISBN 81-201-0001-8
- Shoma A. Chatterji (2004). Ritwik Ghatak: The Celluloid Rebel. Rupa & Company. ISBN 978-81-291-0245-4.
- Refugee Women In Ritwik Ghatak Movies= Debasmita Ray, Kolkata (ISBN 978-93-82420-17-0)
External links
- Works by or about Ritwik Ghatak at Internet Archive
- Ritwik Ghatak at IMDb
- Film Analysis Acquarello
- Ritwik Ghatak films reviews