# List of works by Ritwik Ghatak

Ritwik Ghatak was an Indian filmmaker and also a playwright poet and writer of short stories. Ghatak started his creative career as a poet and a fiction writer. Then he began writing for the theater and became involved with Gananatya Sangha and Indian People's Theatre Association. Later he moved to film direction. He also wrote more than 50 essays on film. Satyajit Ray wrote that these essays "cover(ed) every possible aspect of the cinema".

## Filmography
### Films
#### Director and scriptwriter

| Year | Film | English Title | Actors | Release Date |
| 1958 | Ajantrik | The Unmechanical / The Pathetic Fallacy | Kali Banerjee, Gangapada Basu, Satindra Bhattacharya, Kajal Gupta, Gyanesh Mukherjee Anil Chatterjee, Tulsi Chakrabarti | 23 May 1958 |
| 1959 | Bari Theke Paliye | The Runaway | Kali Banerjee, Master Parambhattarak Lahiri, Gyanesh Mukherjee, Keshto Mukherjee. Jahor Roy, Satindra Bhattacharya, | 24 July 1959 |
| 1960 | Meghe Dhaka Tara (Partition Trilogy) | The Cloud-Capped Star | Anil Chatterjee, Supriya Choudhuri, Bijon Bhattacharya, Gita Ghatak, Gyanesh Mukherjee, Dwiju Bhawal, Niranjan Roy, Gita Dey | 14 April 1960 |
| 1961 | Komal Gandhar (Partition Trilogy) | E-Flat | Supriya Choudhuri, Abanish Banerjee Gita Dey, Anil Chatterjee, Bijon Bhattacharya, Chitra Sen, Mantu Ghosh, Satindra Bhattacharya | 31 March 1961 |
| 1965 | Subarnarekha (Partition Trilogy) | Golden Line | Abhi Bhattacharya, Madhabi Mukherjee, Bijon Bhattacharya, Jahor Roy, Satindra Bhattacharya, Gita Dey, Ritwik Ghatak | 1 October 1965 |
| 1973 | Titash Ekti Nadir Naam | A River Called Titash | Rosi Samad, Kobori Sarwar, Rawshan Zamil, Fakirul Hasan Bairagi, Prabir Mitra, Ritwik Ghatak | 27 July 1973 |
| 1977 | Nagarik | The Citizen | Kali Banerjee, Prabha Devi, Satindra Bhattacharya, Shobha Sen, Gangapada Basu, Anil Chatterjee, Ketaki Dutta, Kesto Mukherjee, Gita Shome | Produced in 1952. Released on 20 September 1977 |
| 1977 | Jukti Takko Aar Gappo | Reason, Debate and a Story | Ritwik Ghatak, Tripti Mitra, Saoli Mitra, Bijon Bhattacharya, Gnanesh Mukherjee, Sugato Burman, Ananya Ray, Master Ritoban Ghatak, Jahar Roy, Utpal Dutt | 30 September 1977 |

#### Story & scriptwriter

| Year | Film | Director | Remarks |
| 1957 | Musafir | Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Script |
| 1958 | Madhumati | Bimal Roy | Story & Script |
| 1960 | Swaralipi | Asit Sen | Script |
| 1962 | Kumari Mon | Chitrarath | Script |
| 1963 | Deeper Nam Tiya Rong | Gurudas Bagchi | Script |
| 1965 | Rajkanya | Sunil Banerjee | Story & Script |
| 1968 | Heerer Prajapati (Hindi) | Santi P. Choudhury | Script |

#### Actor

| Year | Film | Director |
| 1950 | Tathapi | Manoj Bhattacharya |
| 1951 | Chinnamul | Nimai Ghosh |
| 1962 | Kumari Mon | Chitrarath |
| 1962 | Subarnarekha | Ritwik Ghatak |
| 1973 | Titash Ekti Nadir Naam | Ritwik Ghatak |
| 1974 | Jukti Takko Aar Gappo | Ritwik Ghatak |

#### Short films and documentaries

* The Life of the Adivasis (1955)
* Places of Historic Interest in Bihar (1955)
* Oraon (1957)
* Scissors (1962)
* Ustad Alauddin Khan (1963)
* Fear (1965)
* Rendezvous (1965)
* Civil Defence (1965)
* Scientists of Tomorrow (1967)
* Yeh Kyon (Why/The Question) (1970)
* Amar Lenin (My Lenin) (1970)
* Puruliar Chhau (The Chhau Dance of Purulia) (1970)
* Durbar Gati Padma (The Turbulent Padma) (1971)

#### Incomplete films and documentaries

* Bedeni (1951)
* Kato Ajanare (1959)
* Bagalar Banga Darshan (1964–65)
* Ronger Golam (1968)
* Indira Gandhi (1972)
* Ramkinkar (1975)

#### Films on Ritwik Ghatak

* Ekti Nadir Naam (The Name of a River) (2002) by Anup Singh.
* Meghe Dhaka Tara (2013) directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee.

#### Screenplays aborted before shooting

* Raja (1956)
* Amritokumbher Sandhane (1957)
* Akal Basonto (1957)
* Arjan Sardar (1958)
* Balidan (1962)
* Aranyak (1963)
* Nakshi Kanthar Math (1963)
* Elephant taming in Gouripur (1963)
* Shyam Se Neha Lagei (1964)
* Janmabhumi (Pandit Mashai) (1965)
* Chaturanga (1966)
* Hirer Prajapati (1966)
* Sansar Simante (1968)
* Echoes from Vietnam in Bengal (1968)
* Kumar Sambhaber Ashtom Swargo (1969)
* Sat Lahari
* Natun Phasal
* Ajay and Gabroo
* Those forgotte ones
* Shei Bishnupriya (1974)
* Mannequin (1974)
* Hath
* Princess Kalaboti
* Buddhu Bhutum (1975)
* Lojja (1975)

## Theatre

* Chandragupto (Dwijendralal Ray), actor
* Achalayoton (Tagore) (1943), director and actor
* Kalo Sayor (Ghatak) (1947–48), actor and director
* Kalonko (Bhattacharya) (1951), actor
* Dolil (Ghatak) (1952), actor and director
* Kato Dhane Kato Chaal (Ghatak)(1952)
* Officer (Gogol) (1953), actor,
* Ispaat (Ghatak) (1954–55), un-staged
* Khorir Gondi (Brecht)
* Galileo Chorit (Brecht)
* Jagoran (Atindra Mozumdar), actor
* Jalonto (Ghatak)
* Jwala (Ghatak)
* Dakghar (Tagore)
* Dheu (Biru Mukhopadhay)
* Dhenki Swarge geleo Dhan bhane (Ghatak/Panu Paul)
* Natir Puja (Tagore)
* Nabanna (Bhattacharya)
* Nildarpan (Dinabandhu Mitra), actor
* Nicher Mahal (Gorky), un-staged
* Netajike nie (Ghatak)
* Poritran (Tagore)
* Falguni (Tagore)
* Bidyasagar (Banaphool)
* Bisarjan (Tagore)
* Vangabandor (Panu Paul), actor
* Voter vet (Panu Paul), actor
* Musanfiro ke lie (Gorky), actor
* Macbeth (Shakespeare), actor
* Raja (Tagore)
* Sanko (Ghatak), actor
* Sei Meye (Ghatak), director
* Strir Patro (Tagore)
* Hojoborala (Sukumar Ray)
* Pashanda Pandit