100 Years of Ritwik Ghatak

On the occasion of100 Years of Ritwik Ghatak (4 Nov 1925-6 Feb 1976)Join us for the first STUDY CIRCLE of Module 2, OSDA, 25.15:00 IST, 4 November 2025 with the screening ofAjantrik (Unmechanical / Not a machine / The Pathetic fallacy) followed byDiscussion & Tea 17:30Cinema & I (Select readings)at Auroville Film Institute (AVFI)1 OuterContinue reading “100 Years of Ritwik Ghatak”

Reading Ritwik Ghatak’s Ajantrik (The Pathetic Fallacy) 1958.

3rd & 4th September 2022; 14:30 to 18:30 IST_ ONLINE. What might be the relevance of studying a relatively unknown and unseen film made by Indian master Ritwik Ghatak, his first masterpiece Ajantrik (The Pathetic Fallacy, 1958), almost six and half decades later? Beyond historical curiosity, the study of this film may reveal that possiblyContinue reading “Reading Ritwik Ghatak’s Ajantrik (The Pathetic Fallacy) 1958.”

RITWIK GHATAK : CINEMA OF RUPTURE AND EPIC IMAGINATION

Film Analysis and Appreciation