Ritwik Ghatak

Niranjan Mondal's appearance at Cannes in a dhuti-bandhgala sparked both pride and conflict in Bengal, highlighting a tension between its rich cinematic heritage and the commercial realities of the attention economy. While his presence was a brand activation, it represented a cultural identity to a wide audience, even if it didn't advance Bengali cinema's global standing.

Kolkata Centre for Creativity's third Baithakkhana festival, themed 'Border', explored creative boundaries across literature, cinema, and thought. From children's engagement with language to discussions on art, history, and identity, the event fostered deep conversations. The festival also featured an artist's book showcase and handcrafted décor, blending craft with intellectual exchange.

Four filmmakers and activists from Bangladesh and India have been selected for the Ritwik Ghatak Honorary Awards this year.

Shubhankar Bhowmick’s upcoming film ‘Alokkhye Ritwik’, a biopic of Ritwik Ghatak, sees singer-actor Silajit Majumder playing the iconic filmmaker. The film which promises to reveal many untold stories of Ritwik will also see Paayel Sarkar playing Ritwik Ghatak's wife Surama Ghatak. Shotting for the film has already started in South Kolkata.

Marking the birth centenary of late filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak, a special tribute has been organised for him.

Did you know Ritwik Ghatak was the co-writer of Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s ‘Musafir’?

Ritwik Ghatak’s works are still a testament to the social, personal and political turmoil he faced in life.

A portion of Ritwik Ghatak’s ancestral home now stands as a makeshift cycle garage at the Rajshahi Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital. The incident has already received criticism in Bangladesh and they are already distributing memorandums and planning to form human chains calling for immediate action.

It raised a few eyebrows during its release as Ritwik Ghatak’s name was absent on the credits section.

Ghatak’s works are still a testament to the social, personal and political turmoil he faced in life. But how many of you know he had directed a documentary?

Samhita Ghatak, elder daughter of filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak, passed away early morning on Monday. She was 60.

The ancestral home of the renowned filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, was demolished, causing dismay among film admirers. Ghatak's house, previously suggested to be preserved as a heritage site, was destroyed amid a wave of unrest. Efforts are being made to identify and hold accountable those responsible for this act.

In the third episode, we will discuss Ritwik Ghatak’s one of the most underrated films ‘Jukti, Takko Aar Gappo’, a cinematic autobiography of Ghatak himself.

The National Film Archive of India (NFAI) can now boast of having almost the entire collection of master filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak’s works after the recent acquisition of his three unfinished Bengali films.

He never made films for money, and he used to see filmmaking as an important tool of mass media that could serve far-reaching goals of change.

Many believe the seed of partition-oriented films was reaped at that time when Ritwik Ghatak appeared in Nemai Ghosh’s critically acclaimed ‘Chinnamul’ (The Uprooted) in 1950.

Federation of Film Societies of India will now campaign for preserving these three homes of Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen in Bangladesh with immense historical significance to attract the attention of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage and UNESCO.

a film archivist looking for movie posters at a scrap shop suddenly came across a treasure trove of extremely rare photographs of music legend Ravi Shankar along with a poem written by the revolutionary filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak.

Who owns the film rights of Ritwik Ghatak now? On Sunday, documentary photographer and author of ‘Life after Ritwik Ghatak’ Nabarupa Bhattacharjee posted on FB that she is the new settlor of the Ritwik Memorial Trust, which owns the rights of films and unfinished works of the filmmaker. According to her, these rights were legally transferred to her in 2017 by Ghatak’s wife, Surama.

The Partition trilogy of one of the Bengal’s most celebrated film director, Ritwik Ghatak, is now going to feature in the BJP’s promotional video on the Citizenship Amendment Act.

Family members of Ritwik Ghatak, the legendary filmmaker whose repertoire is referred to in the same breath as Satyajit Ray and Mrinal Sen,

Films and other material from the personal collection of Mahendra Kumar, a close associate of legendary director Ritwik Ghatak, have been acquired by the National Film Archive of India (NFAI).

Each of his films represents a landmark achievement, movingly reflecting the social realities of a nation trying to revise its identity in the aftermath of British colonial rule.

The Federation of Film Societies of Bangladesh (FFSB) recently organized a human chain calling for government initiative to protect and preserve ancestral homes of Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen in different parts of Bangladesh.

The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2025 will honor Ritwik Ghatak's centennial with a retrospective of his films. The festival aims to introduce his groundbreaking work to global audiences, featuring panel discussions and academic tributes. Ghatak's films explored themes of partition, social upheaval, and displacement, leaving an enduring legacy on Indian cinema.

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