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Ritwik Ghatak

 

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Director / Screenwriter / Composer / Actor
1925 - 1976 
Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Key Genres: Drama  TSPDT Rating: 7
Key Collaborators: Bijon Bhattacharya (Leading Player), Ramesh Joshi (Editor), Gita De (Character Player), Gyanesh Mukherjee (Character Player), Satindra Bhattacharya (Leading Player), Anil Chatterjee (Leading Player), Supriya Choudhury (Leading Character Player), Abinash Bannerjee (Leading Character Player), Dilip Ranjan Mukhopadhyay (Cinematographer), Jyotirinda Moitra (Composer)
Recommended: The Cloud-Capped Star (1960), Subarnarekha (1965)
Worth a Look: Komal Gandhar (1961), A River Named Titash (1973), Reason Debate and a Tale (1974)
Links: [ IMDB ] [ All-Movie Guide ] [ Senses of Cinema: Great Directors ] [ Film India Profile ] [ Onmag Biography ] [ Strictly Film School ] [ Rouge Feature ] [ Boston Phoenix Article (2008) ]
Books: [ Rows and Rows of Fences: Ritwik Ghatak on Cinema ]
DVD's: [ Amazon ]
1,000 Greatest Films: The Cloud-Capped Star (1960), Subarnarekha (1965)
 
 
 
 
 

 

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