Ritwik Ghatak directed eight full-length films. His best-known films, Meghe Dhaka Tara ( The Cloud-Capped Star ) (1960), Komal Gandhar ( E-Flat ) (1961), and Subarnarekha ( Golden Lining ) (1962), a trilogy based in Calcutta and addressing the condition of refugee-hood, proved controversial and the commercial failure of Komal Gandhar