Ritwik Ghatak. The name may not mean much to many in this part of the space and time. Born as a son to the District Magistrate of Dhaka in 1925, he died wasted from tuberculosis, a pauper on the street in 1976. For the 51 years in between, he created poetry on celluloid. 

In his lifetime, he was ignored, abused, castigated, ostracized for his eccentricity and irreverence towards the intelligentsia. On its opening day, his film, Komal Gandhar, the second of a trilogy, had no audience on an opening day. 

After four decades, his film, Subarnarekha, is ranked 11th among the best movies ever made in the world cinema. Some rate his craft as a filmmaker higher than the legendary Satyajit Ray. 

With Ray and Mrinal Sen, he paved the way for the Bengali cinema into the international arena. His iconic influence among the student as the Vice Principal of Film Institute, Pune was borne forward by John Abraham (director), M S Sathyu, etc. 

This event is a homage to the life and times of this bohemian genius.

Narrator: Tapan Mozumdar is a storyteller and a short story writer. He was introduced to Ritwik and Satyajit by his eldest maternal uncle at an early age. He didn't understand the context and contents first, being separated from the timelines of Ritwik's movies by three decades at that time. Ritwik's camera and music keep haunting him and reminding him that cinema, like all art, at the end is poetry. 

He will be hosting the evening with the events from Ghatak's life and clippings of his films.