The Partition Trilogy

E-Flat

Komol Gandhar

A lyrical tale of exile, human connection and collective hope.

  • Director

    Ritwik Ghatak

  • With

    Supriya Choudhury, Abanish Bannerjee, Anil Chatterjee, Geeta De

  • India 1961. 133min

  • Digital 4K (restoration)

  • English subtitles

A semi-autobiographical work, set amid the factional infighting of the Communist theatre scene of Kolkata, E-Flat is a successful experiment with the form of epic-melodrama. Blending romance, politics, literature and music, Ghatak creates a lyrical meditation on displacement, collective memory and the unrelenting hope that culture may unite a people divided by the Partition.

The screening of E-Flat on Saturday 27 June will include a pre-recorded intro.