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A bold, transnational interpretation of Ritwik Ghatak's cinema that invites readers to encounter his films as meditations on history, migration, and collective survival.
The cinema of Ritwik Ghatak (1925-76) continues to resonate across borders and generations. His films—largely shaped by the 1947 Partition of Bengal and the experience of displacement—probe the fractured human condition through bold formal experimentation, unforgettable soundscapes, and a profound sense of myth and memory. Though his body of work was modest in size, Ghatak's influence has steadily expanded, securing his place as a major figure in world cinema. This distinctive volume, which marks the centenary of this visionary filmmaker, gathers essays by important scholars and thinkers from around the world.
Moving beyond conventional film criticism and area studies, the collection stages new, transnational encounters with Ghatak's films—approaching them as world texts, as sonic and visual experiments, and as meditations on migration, collectivity, and social existence.
Contents
Foreword by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Chapter 1. "A River Called Titas: A Mirror of Our World Today" by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Chapter 2. "Ghatak's Alluvial Forms" by Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb
Chapter 3. "Homeless Intensities: Notes on Narration and the Image in Subarnarekha" by Udaya Kumar
Chapter 4. "Old Sound and New Noise: Listening to Ghatak" by Nora Alter
Chapter 5. "Feet moving in Ghatak: Cinematic Gesture, Political Emergence, and the Subconscious of Migration" by Stefan Jonsson
Chapter 6. "The Quest for Gold: Exploring Bari Theke Paliye" by Surya Parekh
Chapter 7. "Komal Gandhar, Autobiography, Performance" by Moinak Biswas
Chapter 8. "Reverberations of Discord and Harmony in the key of E-Flat: Ritwik Ghatak's Komal Gandhar" by Dudley Andrew
Chapter 9. "Ghatak's Ajantrik" by Richard Peña
Chapter 10. "'A River Never Lied': Entangled Agencies in Ritwik Ghatak's Films" by Gabriele Schwab
Chapter 11. "The Final Dialogue" by Hari Vasudevan and Satoshi Ukai
