Ritwik Ghatak won the 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.
10 Facts About Ritwik Ghatak
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Ritwik Ghatak has restored Ritwik's Bangalar Banga Darshan, Ronger Golam and completed his unfinished documentary on Ramkinkar.
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Ritwik Ghatak is working on adapting Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay's novel Ichhamati.
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In 1948, Ritwik Ghatak wrote his first play Kalo sayar and participated in a revival of the landmark play Nabanna.
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Ritwik Ghatak, who was a member of the Communist Party of India till he was expelled in 1955, was one of the main leaders behind the party's cultural wing, the Indian People's Theatre Association.
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Ritwik Ghatak was renowned for his partition trilogy Meghe Dhaka Tara, 1960; Komal Gandhar, 1961; and Subarnarekha, 1962.
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Ritwik Ghatak entered the film industry with Nimai Ghosh's Chinnamul as actor and assistant director.
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Chinnamul was followed in two years by Ritwik Ghatak's first completed film Nagarik, both major breakthroughs for the Indian cinema.
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Ritwik Ghatak moved briefly to Pune in 1966, where he taught at the Film and Television Institute of India.
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For example, Ritwik Ghatak's Nagarik was perhaps the earliest example of a Bengali art film, preceding Ray's Pather Panchali by three years but was not released until after his death in 1977.