CHE#64 | Bangla Podcast | Ritwik Ghatak @100: The Radical Who Refused to Fade | ​Manas Ghosh

2025 marks Riwtik Ghatak’s birth centenary. To celebrating that we look back at different aspects of Rwitwik Ghatak’s work and life with. In this episode, Debarati and Pratyay engage in a discussion with Prof. Manas Ghosh from Jadavpur University's Film Studies Department, exploring key aspects of Ritwik Ghatak’s cinematic journey. They cover the significance of his first film "Nagarik," which remained unreleased at the time; his venture into Bollywood; his distinctive use of melodrama; his political and ideological departure from the Communist Party and IPTA; and how his influential teaching at FTII shaped filmmakers such as Mani Kaul, Kumar Shahani, and John Abraham, cementing his enduring legacy.

Hosted by: Debarati and Pratyay

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