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Ritwik Ghatak
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 parallel cinema, as a counterpoint to the mainstream fare of Hindi cinema in India. Ghatak received many awards in his career, including 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.
As director
The Citizen
Ramkinkar Baij
Reason, Debate and a Story
A River Called Titas
Where the River Padma Flows
My Lenin
Puruliar Chhau
The Question
The Knave of Trumps
Scientists of Tomorrow
The Golden Thread
Fear
Ustad Alauddin Khan
A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale
The Cloud-Capped Star
Ajantrik
Runaway
Oraon
The Life of the Adivasis
Places of Historic Interest in Bihar
