Cinema as a weapon: the films of Ritwik Ghatak

Document author(s):

Susan Oxtoby

Document source:

Cinematheque Ontario/a division of Toronto International Film Festival Group

Publication date:

2001 Jun 15

Document language:

English

Document type:

program note

Number of pages:

2

Document name subject:

Ritwik Ghatak

Document contains:

production co

Related films:

• Meghe dhaka tara (The cloud-capped star) — Ghatak, Ritwik — India — 1959
• Komal Gandhar (E-Flat) — Ghatak, Ritwik — India — 1961
• Subarnarekha (The golden line) — Ghatak, Ritwik — India — 1965
• Titas ekti nadir nam (A river called Titash) — Ghatak, Ritwik — India — 1973
• Jukti, takko aar gappo (Reason, debate, story) — Ghatak, Ritwik — India — 1974

Film country(ies):

India

Film language(s):

Bengali

Film production company:

J. J. Films

Film genre(s):

Social problem

Film subject(s):

• Bengal (India) -- Social life and customs -- Drama
• Bengal -- History -- Partition, 1947 -- Drama
• Calcutta (India) -- Social conditions -- Drama
• Daughters -- India -- Drama
• Family life -- India -- Drama
• India -- History -- Partition, 1947 -- Drama
• Intellectuals -- India -- Drama
• Naxalite movement -- Drama
• Refugees -- India -- Drama
• Theater -- Political aspects -- India -- Drama

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