Shorts and Documentaries

A selection of shorts that were directed and supervised by Ritwik Ghatak.

  • Total running time 68min

Rendezvous

India 1965. Director Rajendra Nath Shukla. 13min. Digital 4K (restoration). With English subtitles

Ghatak supervised this diploma film made by students at the Film Institute of India.

Courtesy of Film and Television Institute of India.

Film and Television Institute of India

The Chhau Dance of Purulia

Puruliar Chhou Nritya

India 1970. Director Ritwik Ghatak. 13min. Digital 4K (restoration). With English subtitles

A folk-cultural form, Purulia’s Chhau fuses myth and martial rhythm.

The Question

Yeh Kyun

India 1970. Director Ritwik Ghatak. 20min. Digital 4K (restoration). With English subtitles

The film speaks against religious fundamentalism and favours intercommunal harmony.

Where the Padma Flows

Durbar Gati Padma

India 1971. Director Ritwik Ghatak. 22min. Digital 4K (restoration). With English subtitles

This documentary was made in support of Bangladesh Liberation War.