Portrait of Ritwik Ghatak

Directing

Ritwik Ghatak

Career

Active from 1955 to 1977, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score73/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Cloud-Capped Star
The Cloud-Capped Star
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ritwik Ghatak Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.0, average 4.8
  • Crime
    1.0, average 3.6
  • Violence
    2.3, average 4.1
  • Scare
    1.0, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 5
  • Bengali Cinema 4
  • Ritwik Ghatak 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Indian Cinema 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Class Struggle 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

25
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

8 titles ยท average score 72
The Citizen
The Citizen (1977)
GoodWatch score 78

Screenplay, Director

Ramkinkar Baij
Ramkinkar Baij (1975)

Production Design, Screenplay

Reason, Debate and a Story
Reason, Debate and a Story (1974)
GoodWatch score 68

as Nilkantha Bagchi

A River Called Titas
A River Called Titas (1973)
GoodWatch score 71

as Tilakchand

Where the River Padma Flows
Where the River Padma Flows (1971)

Director, Story

My Lenin
My Lenin (1970)

Writer, Director

Puruliar Chhau
Puruliar Chhau (1970)

Director

The Question
The Question (1970)

Director

1960s

10 titles ยท average score 73
Heerer Prajapati
Heerer Prajapati (1968)

Writer

The Knave of Trumps
The Knave of Trumps (1968)

Director

Scientists of Tomorrow
Scientists of Tomorrow (1967)

Director

The Golden Thread
The Golden Thread (1965)
GoodWatch score 73

as Music teacher

Portrait of a Princess
Portrait of a Princess (1965)

Dialogue, Story

Fear
Fear (1965)

Script, Music

Rendezvous
Rendezvous (1964)

Supervising Technical Director

Ustad Alauddin Khan
Ustad Alauddin Khan (1963)

Director, Screenplay

A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale
A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale (1961)
GoodWatch score 68

Producer, Screenplay

The Cloud-Capped Star
The Cloud-Capped Star (1960)
GoodWatch score 79

Director, Screenplay

1950s

7 titles ยท average score 74
Madhumati
Madhumati (1958)
GoodWatch score 73

Writer

Ajantrik
Ajantrik (1958)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer, Director

Runaway
Runaway (1958)
GoodWatch score 77

Director, Writer

Musafir
Musafir (1957)

Screenplay

Oraon
Oraon (1957)

Director

Places of Historic Interest in Bihar
Places of Historic Interest in Bihar (1955)

Director

The Life of the Adivasis
The Life of the Adivasis (1955)

Director