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Ritwik Ghatak

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Directed movies: 13Directed series: 0All crew credits: 19

TMDB ID: 543652

IMDb ID: nm0315547

Known for: Directing

Born: November 4, 1925

Died: February 6, 1976

Age: 50

Place of birth: Dacca, East Bengal, British India

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1950 - 1977

Years active: 28

Average TMDB rating: 6.8

Wikidata: Q55404

Also known as

ঋত্বিক কুমার ঘটক • Ritwik Ghatak • Ritwik Kumar Ghatak

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Biography

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.