List of works by Ritwik Ghatak

Ritwik Kumar Ghatak is mainly known as a filmmaker but, he was also a playwright poet and writer of short stories. Ritwik Kumar Ghatak started his creative career as a poet and a fiction writer. Then he began writing for the theater and became involved with Gananatya Sangha and IPTA. Later he moved to film direction. He also wrote more than 50 essays on film. Satyajit Ray wrote that these essays "cover(ed) every possible aspect of the cinema".[1]

Ritwik Ghatak, at a young age

Filmography

Director and scriptwriter

YearFilmEnglish TitleActorsRelease Date
1952NagarikThe CitizenKali Banerjee, Prabha Devi, Satindra Bhattacharya, Shobha Sen, Gangapada Basu, Anil Chatterjee, Ketaki Dutta, Kesto Mukherjee, Gita ShomePremiere: 20 September 1977.

Release: 30 September 1977.

1958AjantrikThe Unmechanical / The Pathetic FallacyKali Banerjee, Gangapada Basu, Satindra Bhattacharya, Kajal Gupta, Gyanesh Mukherjee Anil Chatterjee, Tulsi Chakrabarti23 May 1958
1958Bari Theke PaliyeThe RunawayKali Banerjee, Master Parambhattarak Lahiri, Gyanesh Mukherjee, Keshto Mukherjee. Jahor Roy24 July 1959
1960Meghe Dhaka Tara (Partition Trilogy)The Cloud-Capped StarAnil Chatterjee, Supriya Choudhuri, Bijon Bhattacharya, Gita Ghatak, Gyanesh Mukherjee, Dwiju Bhawal, Niranjan Roy, Satindra Bhattacharya, Gita Dey14 April 1960
1961Komal Gandhar (Partition Trilogy)E-FlatSupriya Choudhuri, Abanish Banerjee Gita Dey, Anil Chatterjee, Bijon Bhattacharya, Chitra Sen, Dwiju Bhawal, Mantu Ghosh, Satindra Bhattacharya31 march 1961
1962Subarnarekha (Partition Trilogy)Golden LineAbhi Bhattacharya, Madhabi Mukherjee, Bijon Bhattacharya, Jahor Roy, Satindra Bhattacharya, Gita Dey, Ritwik Ghatak1 October 1965
1973Titash Ekti Nadir NaamA River Called TitashRosi Samad, Kobori Sarwar, Rawshan Zamil, Fakirul Hasan Bairagi, Prabir Mitra, Ritwik Ghatak27 July 1973
1974Jukti Takko Aar GappoReason, Debate and a StoryRitwik Ghatak, Tripti Mitra, Saoli Mitra, Bijon Bhattacharya, Gnanesh Mukherjee, Sugato Burman, Ananya Ray, Master Ritoban Ghatak, Jahar Roy, Utpal Dutt30 September 1977

Story & Scriptwriter

YearFilmDirectorRemarks
1957MusafirHrishikesh MukherjeeScript
1958MadhumatiBimal RoyStory & Script
1960SwaralipiAsit SenScript
1962Kumari MonChitrarathScript
1963Deeper Nam Tiya RongGurudas BagchiScript
1965RajkanyaSunil BanerjeeStory & Script
1968Heerer Prajapati (Hindi)Santi P. ChoudhuryScript

Actor

YearFilmDirector
1950TathapiManoj Bhattacharya
1951ChinnamulNimai Ghosh
1962Kumari MonChitrarath
1962SubarnarekhaRitwik Ghatak
1973Titash Ekti Nadir NaamRitwik Ghatak
1974Jukti Takko Aar GappoRitwik Ghatak

Short films and documentaries

  • The Life of the Adivasis (1955)
  • Places of Historic Interest in Bihar (1955)
  • Oraon (1957)
  • Scissors (1962)
  • Ustad Alauddin Khan (1963)
  • Fear (1965)
  • Rendezvous (1965)
  • Civil Defence (1965)
  • Scientists of Tomorrow (1967)
  • Yeh Kyon (Why/The Question) (1970)
  • Amar Lenin (My Lenin) (1970)
  • Puruliar Chhau (The Chhau Dance of Purulia) (1970)
  • Durbar Gati Padma (The Turbulent Padma) (1971)

Incomplete films and documentaries

Films on Ritwik Ghatak

Screenplays aborted before shooting

  • Raja (1956)
  • Amritokumbher Sandhane (1957)
  • Akal Basonto (1957)
  • Arjan Sardar (1958)
  • Balidan (1962)
  • Aranyak (1963)
  • Nakshi Kanthar Math (1963)
  • Elephant taming in Gouripur (1963)
  • Shyam Se Neha Lagei (1964)
  • Janmabhumi (Pandit Mashai) (1965)
  • Chaturanga (1966)
  • Hirer Prajapati (1966)
  • Sansar Simante (1968)
  • Echoes from Vietnam in Bengal (1968)
  • Kumar Sambhaber Ashtom Swargo (1969)
  • Sat Lahari
  • Natun Phasal
  • Ajay and Gabroo
  • Those forgotte ones
  • Shei Bishnupriya (1974)
  • Mannequin (1974)
  • Hath
  • Princess Kalaboti
  • Buddhu Bhutum (1975)
  • Lojja (1975)

Theatre

  • Chandragupto (Dwijendralal Ray), actor
  • Achalayoton (Tagore) (1943), director and actor
  • Kalo Sayor (Ghatak) (1947–48), actor and director
  • Kalonko (Bhattacharya) (1951), actor
  • Dolil (Ghatak) (1952), actor and director
  • Kato Dhane Kato Chaal (Ghatak)(1952)
  • Officer (Gogol) (1953), actor,
  • Ispaat (Ghatak) (1954–55), un-staged
  • Khorir Gondi (Brecht)
  • Galileo Chorit (Brecht)
  • Jagoran (Atindra Mozumdar), actor
  • Jalonto (Ghatak)
  • Jwala (Ghatak)
  • Dakghar (Tagore)
  • Dheu (Biru Mukhopadhay)
  • Dhenki Swarge geleo Dhan bhane (Ghatak/Panu Paul)
  • Natir Puja (Tagore)
  • Nabanna (Bhattacharya)
  • Nildarpan (Dinabandhu Mitra), actor
  • Nicher Mahal (Gorky), un-staged
  • Netajike nie (Ghatak)
  • Poritran (Tagore)
  • Falguni (Tagore)
  • Bidyasagar (Banaphool)
  • Bisarjan (Tagore)
  • Vangabandor (Panu Paul), actor
  • Voter vet (Panu Paul), actor
  • Musanfiro ke lie (Gorky), actor
  • Macbeth (Shakespeare), actor
  • Raja (Tagore)
  • Sanko (Ghatak), actor
  • Sei Meye (Ghatak), director
  • Strir Patro (Tagore)
  • Hojoborala (Sukumar Ray)
  • Pashanda Pandit

Literary works

Books

  • Ritwik Ghatak stories ISBN 81-87075-55-4
  • Galileo Charit (Bengali translation of Brecht's Life of Galileo)
  • Chalachitra, Manush Ebong Aro Kichu Dey's publishers ISBN 81-295-0397-2
  • Cinema and I, Ritwik Memorial Trust, Kolkata
  • On the cultural "Front", Ritwik Memorial Trust
  • Rows and Rows of Fences: Ritwik Ghatak on Cinema, Seagull Books Pvt. Ltd, Kolkata ISBN 978-81-7046-178-4
  • Ritwik Ghatak Stories, Translated from Bengali by Rani Ray, New Delhi, Shrishti publishers and distributors ISBN 978-81-87075-55-4

Short stories

  • Akashgangar srot dhore
  • Ezahar
  • Shikha
  • Ecstasy
  • Rupkotha
  • Raja
  • Parashpathar
  • Bhuswarga Achanchal
  • Sphotik Patro
  • Chokh
  • Comrade
  • Sarak
  • Prem
  • Jhankar
  • Mar

Articles and essays on film

ArticleFirst publishedYear
A New Chapter in ActingChalachitra, Autumn issue, Page 93–1011950
A Draft on Cultural LineIndian People's Theatre Association1 June 1951
A Film Festival in Calcutta" Soviet Film Grand Concert: Bicycle ThiefParichay, March, Year 21, Vol–2, No–3 Page 70–791952
Soviet Film In BengaliParichay November, Year 24, No–5, Page 517–5261954
About Oraons (Chotonagpur)Ritwik, October 1977, Page 189–2011954–1955
Some Thoughts on AjantrikIndian Film Reviews, Page 22–23December, 1958
One Long Boundary WallChalachitra, Annual number, Page 117–1191959
Various Weapon: EditingRitwik Page 183–187Unknown
Speech About Cinema; Artists of BengalChitrabikshan Jan–Apr, 19761958–60
A Book review: Theory of FilmIndian Film Culture, Vol–1, No–1, Page 47–50April–June, 1962
Music in Indian Cinema And The Epic ApproachArtist, January–March, Vol–1, No–1, Page 37–381963
An Interview On Film ScriptChalachitra Autumn issue, Vol III, Page 47–501963
Human Society, Our Tradition, Film Making and my EffortsChalachitra Autumn issue1963
Art and IntegrityDainik Basumati Autumn issue1963
EditorialArtist July–September, Vol–1 No–31963
Nazarin and Louis BuñuelChalachitra Winter Page 41–441963
The Film and IMontage Vol–II No–31963
Nazarin– a reviewKino Vol–I No–1, Page 23–26January, 1964
Experimental CinemaAmrita, Autumn issue1964
The Mother Land and Artist's DutyParichay Autumn issue1964
Assessing a FilmChalachitra Autumn issue, page 18–201964
Experimental CinemaLecture, Film and Training Institute16 September 1964
On Komal GandharChitrapat, Vol–I, No–I, Page 23–241965
The Director's Message in Bengali CinemaChirakalpa Summer issue, Vol–I, No–I1965
Understanding CinemaAngik, Summer issue1965
A Book review: Theory of Film– An Attitude to Life and an Attitude to Art1965
It is not possible to accept what Box Office demandsStatement column, Jugantar13 August 1965
The Past and Present of Bengali Films, InterviewChalachitra Page 24–25October 1965
A Book Review: Theory of Film; Nature of FilmLecture F.T.I.I of Pune30 September 1965
Bengali Cinema, Literary InfluenceFilm Fare1965
Sound in FilmParichay, Chatushkala issue, Year 351965
Plays and the Present AgeJatiya Sahitya Parishad, Page 9–1212 April 1966
On Subarna RekhaChitrapat Vol–2 No–2, Page 26–27August 1966
My FilmFilm, Autumn issue1966
Art, Cinema and the FutureAnanda Bazar Patrika1966
The Third International Film Festival in IndiaChitralekha Vol– I, No– 4, Page– 13–16Winter 1966
Experiment in Cinema and IUnpublishedUnknown
The Future of FilmMovie Montage Vol–1 No–1 Page–11967
My Coming into FilmsFilm Forum Festival, Souvenir, 17–20 July1967
Sound in FilmFilm Forum Festival, Souvenir, 17–20 July1967
From a StatementChitrayan Page–34
(August, 1977)
1967
What is the True Form of CinemaLecture29 September 1967
Experimental Film and IChitrabikshanOctober, 1967
Cinema and the Subjective FactorChitrakalpa Vol–2 No–1, Page 5–7October, 1967
Thinking about CinemaMovie Montage Special issue, Vol–I, No–2, Page 49–531967
InterviewMovie Montage Vol–I, No–2, Page 54–581967
Documentary FilmSahitya–Patra Sept–Nov issue, Page 117–1211967
The Position of Cinema in the SocietyMovie Montage Vol–I, No–3, Page 3–41967
Bengali Society and Bengali CinemaMadhyanya Oct–Dec issue, Vol–II, No–3, Page 147–1501967
Filmic Rhythm and StructureChalachitra Sept–Dec issue, Page 9–101967
Prognosis for Today's CinemaDesh December issue, Vol– 35, No–9, Page 885–8861967
The So-called Crisis in Bengali CinemaAbhinay-Darpan May–June issue, Page 32–341968
Some Stray Thought Some PerceptionsRitwik October 1977, Page 5–101968
The Film I Want to Make About VietnamWest Bengal Youth Festival, Commemorative Volume1968
Dance in CinemaNupur Dance Academy, Souvenir1968
On The People's Theatre MovementAbhinay Darpan, May–June issue, Page 2, 7–81969
If I Could Make Films AgainAntarjatik Angik1969
Obscenity and FilmsAssam Bani Patrika12 December 1969
The Present and Future of Indian Film MakingAbhinay March–April issue, Vol–I No–2 & 3, Page 138–148, 201–2041970
Interview by Ajay BasuAbhinay May issue, Vol–I, No–41970
What Ails Indian Film MakingAmrita Bazar Patrika, Sunday issue10 May 1970
InterviewChitrabhashJuly 1970
Our beloved Ganga–da, The Quite ManGangapada Basu Commemorative volume, page 44–383 Jan 1972
If There Be Any One Person In India Who Comprehends The Film Medium, Then He is Satyajit RayCine TechniqueMarch, 1972
InterviewChatrapat No–9, Page 37–381972
Thoughts about AjantrikAjantrik Angik Winter–spring issue, Page 55–60Unknown
Interview– Titash and others by Tulu DasUnknown1973
Ritwik Ghatak, an interviewChitrabikshan August–September, 6th year, No 11–121973
Brecht and OurselvesNatyachinta Volume–2, Page 91973
An Interview by Muhammed KhashruDhrupadi Vol–IV, Page 148–16913 May 1974
People I Have Seen Both The BengalUnknownSeptember, 1974
Dialectics in FilmsAmrita1974
My ViewsAmrita1974
Two Aspects, The Mind, Day Dreams, The Eye, Movement In FilmChalachitra Autumn issue, Page 14–231974
Face to Face with Ritwik GhatakChitrabikshanSeptember, 1974
Bijon Bhattacharya– Giver of New LifeNatyadarpan Vol–1, No–1, Page 13–15May 1975
An Interview by Prabir SenJalim Singh's Journal1975
Recent playsMoumachi1975
The Emergency– Ritwik Ghatak's Works at the Censor's MercyChitrabikshan July–Sept, 10th Year, No. 10–12, Page 9–101975
Let There Be SoundChitrabikshan Jan–Apr issue, Page 2161976
Film MakingChitrabikshan Jan–Apr issue, Page 225–2261976
SymbolShabdaUnknown
On DramaAgyatabas No–17, Page 49–501976
Cinema, Literature and My FilmsChitrabikshanNovember, 1976
La Dolce Vita and FeliniChitrapat, Special issue1976
On BergmanChitrapat, Special issue1976
My Thoughts on CinemaF.F.S.I Ritwik Retrospective Souvenir1976
What It Means To Make Films In IndiaUnknownUnknown
An Interviewby Kalpana Biswas1976
An InterviewFilm Miscellany1976
An InterviewSwarabarna1976
Excerpt of an ArticleMovie Montage No–18 Page– 57November 1976
On Memory of Pramathesh BaruaUnknownUnknown

References

Sources

Primary sources
  • Ghatak, Ritwik (1987). Cinema and I. Ritwik Memorial Trust. pp. 102–149.
  • Ghaṭaka, R̥tvikakumāra (2005). Calaccitra, mānusha ebaṃ āro kichu (1. De'ja saṃskaraṇa. ed.). Kalakātā: De'ja Pābaliśiṃ. pp. 347–368. ISBN 81-295-0397-2.
  • Ray, Translated by Rani (2001). Ritwik Ghatak stories. New Delhi: Srishti Publishers & Distributors. ISBN 81-87075-55-4.

Citations

  1. Ghatak, Ritwik (1987). Cinema and I. Ritwik Memorial Trust. pp. Foreword, 11–12.
  2. British Film Institute. "The Name of a River | British Film Institute". Bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
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