Image: Indrani Mukhopadhyay in Ritwik Ghatak’s partially restored film ‘Bagalar Banga Darshan’ (1964), a still, courtesy: Ritwik Memorial...

Image: A close-up of one of Chittaprosad’s pen and ink sketches in Ritwik Ghatak’s short film ‘Durbargati Padma’ (1971). Chittaprosad was...

Ek Ruka Hua Faisla (A Pending Decision) is a 1986 Hindi language courtroom drama directed by Basu Chatterji. It is a remake of the Golden...

Image: Deepa has returned with her new-born baby Megha and her careerist husband, to Kolkata. It is ‘window’ that becomes the ‘pakad’ for...

Gopi Desai & Lalit Tewari in Kamal Swaroop's Om Dar-B-Dar(1988). During the lockdown period, I made a documentary titled What’s Your...

Image: A screenshot from the film by AG. The film ‘Ramkinkar Baij: A Personality Study’, 1975. The film shows Baij in different locations...

Mrinal Sen’s ninth film, his first Hindi film, Bhuvan Shome opens with shots of railway tracks speeding by, against the metallic sound of...

Image: Last close-up from Ritwik Ghaak’s film ‘Titash Ekti Nadir Naam’ (1973), screenshot by AG. [Titash is also often spelt as Titas –...

Shyam Benegal's Ankur (1974) Ankur (The Seedlings) was Shyam Benegal’s first feature film, released in 1974. It was also the debut film...

Image: Nargis as Mother Bangla / Bengal in Ritwik Ghatak’s short film ‘Durbar Gati Padma’, 1971, screenshot by AG. One of the greatest...

OmPuri in Govind Nihalani's Ardh Satya(1983) Ardh Satya (Half Truth) is a 1983 Hindi film directed by Govind Nihalani, his second after...

Image: A screenshot by AG from 'Scientists of Tomorrow', Dir. Ritwik Ghatak. Look straight into the eyes of this young boy, the scientist...

Image: Student-actor in acting students’ exercise-film ‘Fear’ (16 mins, 1964-65) directed by Ritwik Ghatak; screenshot by AG. “MY WORK AS...

Garima & Gurdeep Singh in Mani Kaul's Uski Roti(1969). Imagine you are inside an art gallery. There are many paintings on the walls:...

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Rang De Basanti (RDB), released in 2006, was well ahead of its time. The film has gained a cult following since...

Image: Sudha Rani and Subhash Ghai in ‘Fear’ scripted by Ritwik Ghatak based on his own story, he directed it and composed its music;...

Shabana Azmi & Naseeruddin Shah in Gautam Ghose's Paar(1984) Paar (The Crossing) is a 1984 Hindi film directed by Goutam Ghose, who also...

Great Lensing Philosopher Ritwik Ghatak filled darkness with sonority of an ocean, close-ups entered like the dancing waves, poetic...

NEELKANTHA (SIVA) IN HIS LAST MOMENTS UNITES WITH DURGA, HE HAD ALREADY HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH A YOUNG MILITANT. Image: a screenshot by...

Image: Towards the end of ‘Komal Gandhar’, Ritwik Ghatak ignites the flame of hope through a child, Anasuya returns to her lover Bhrigu,...