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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox writer <br />
| name = Ritwik Ghatak<br />
| image = Ritwik Ghatak (Young age photo).png<br />
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| caption = Photo of young Ritwik Ghatak<br />
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| birth_name = Ritwik Kumar Ghatak<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|11|4|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Dacca]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (now [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]])<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|2|6|1925|11|4|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]] (now [[Kolkata]])<br />
| occupation = [[Film director|Filmmaker]] and writer<br />
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| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
| citizenship = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
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| notableworks = ''[[Nagarik]]'', ''[[Ajantrik]]'', ''[[Subarnarekha (film)|Subarnarekha]]'', ''[[Meghe Dhaka Tara]]'', ''[[Titash Ekti Nadir Naam]]''<br />
| spouse = Surama Ghatak<br />
| children = Ritaban Ghatak (son)<br />Samhita Ghatak (daughter)<br />Suchismita Ghatak (daughter)<ref name="Jinxed legacy">{{cite web|title=Jinxed legacy |url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2420/stories/20071019507309300.htm |publisher=Frontline |accessdate=4 November 2012 |author=Partha Chatterjee |date=6–19 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502222425/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2420/stories/20071019507309300.htm |archivedate= 2 May 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref><br />
| relatives = [[Manish Ghatak]] (elder brother), [[Mahasweta Devi]] (niece),<br /><br />
[[List of Hindi film clans#Ghatak family|Ghatak Family Tree]]<br />
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br />[[National Film Award for Best Story|National Film Award's Rajat Kamal Award]] Best Story for [[Jukti Takko Aar Gappo]]<br />Best Director's Award from Bangladesh Cine Journalist's Association for [[Titash Ekti Nadir Naam]]<br />
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'''Ritwik Kumar Ghatak''' (4 November 1925 – 6 February 1976) was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] [[India]]n [[filmmaker]], [[scriptwriter]] and [[actor]]. He was born in [[Dhaka]] in [[Bangladesh#History|East Bengal]]. He wrote his first play, '' Kalo sayar'', in 1948. In 1951, Ghatak joined the [[Indian People's Theatre Association]] (IPTA). Ghatak acted in the 1950 film ''Chinnamul''. In 1952 Ghatak completed his first movie, ''Nagarik''. It was not released until 1977. Ghatak wrote the 1958 [[Hindi]] film ''Madhumati'' with [[Rajinder Singh Bedi]].<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Ghatak married Surama Devi. He had a son, [[Ritaban Ghatak]], and two daughters with her.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JS00vMjAwOS8xMi8xNyNBcjAyNjAw&pubname=&edname=&articleid=Ar02600&publabel=TOI&max=true|title=Error|website=epaper.timesofindia.com|access-date=2013-12-04|archive-date=2013-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184434/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JS00vMjAwOS8xMi8xNyNBcjAyNjAw&pubname=&edname=&articleid=Ar02600&publabel=TOI&max=true|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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Ghatak died in 1976<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/ritwik-reviewed/cid/287182|title=Ritwik reviewed|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> in India from [[tuberculosis]].<br />
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