RITWIK GHATAK ETROSPECTIVE

�Titash Ekti Nadir Naam� to be screened at Nat�l Museum today

‘Titash Ekti Nadir Naam’ (A River Called Titas), a 1973 Bangladeshi film directed by Ritwik Ghatak, will be screened today at 4pm at the ongoing six-day event titled ‘Ritwik Ghatak Retrospective’ at the main auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum, Shahbag in the city. Based on a novel by the same name, written by Advaita Malla Burman, the film explores the life of the fishermen on the bank of the Titas River in Brahmanbaria of Bangladesh.
The story of the film revolves around a fisherman, Kishore, marries a young girl accidental, when he visits a nearby village. After their wedding night (during which the couple is almost too shy to speak), she is kidnapped on the river. Kishore became mad. She fights with the bandits, jumps into the river and is saved by some strange villagers. But she does not know her new husband’s name or what he looks like, she only remembers the name of his village. Ten years pass before she attempts to find him with their son, who sees his mother as a goddess. Some residents of Kishore’s village refuse to share food with her and her son because of the ever-present threat of starvation. A young widow, whose name is Basanthi giving consideration to the mother and child. Kishore was the lover of Basanthi on childhood. Director Ghatak appears in the film as a boatman, and Basanti’s story is the first of several melodramatic tales. The cast of the film includes Rosy Samad, Golam Mostafa, Kobori, Prabir Mitra and Roushan Jamil in the main roles. Besides, Ritwik Ghatak’s another two film titled ‘Durbar Goti Padma’ and ‘Jukti, Tokko ar Goppo’ will be screened today at 6:30pm at the same venue. Bangladesh National Museum, in association with Chalacchitram Film Society, has organised the event on celebrated filmmaker Ritwik Kumar Ghatak that kicked off on January 12 and will end tomorrow.

 

RITWIK GHATAK ETROSPECTIVE

�Titash Ekti Nadir Naam� to be screened at Nat�l Museum today

Titash Ekti Nadir Naam (A River Called Titas), a 1973 Bangladeshi film directed by Ritwik Ghatak, will be screened today at 4pm at the ongoing six-day event titled Ritwik Ghatak Retrospective at the main auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum, Shahbag in the city. Based on a novel by the same name, written by Advaita Malla Burman, the film explores the life of the fishermen on the bank of the Titas River in Brahmanbaria of Bangladesh. The story of the film revolves around a fisherman, Kishore, marries a young girl accidental, when he visits a nearby village. After their wedding night (during which the couple is almost too shy to speak), she is kidnapped on the river. Kishore became mad. She fights with the bandits, jumps into the river and is saved by some strange villagers. But she does not know her new husbands name or what he looks like, she only remembers the name of his village. Ten years pass before she attempts to find him with their son, who sees his mother as a goddess. Some residents of Kishores village refuse to share food with her and her son because of the ever-present threat of starvation. A young widow, whose name is Basanthi giving consideration to the mother and child. Kishore was the lover of Basanthi on childhood. Director Ghatak appears in the film as a boatman, and Basantis story is the first of several melodramatic tales. The cast of the film includes Rosy Samad, Golam Mostafa, Kobori, Prabir Mitra and Roushan Jamil in the main roles. Besides, Ritwik Ghataks another two film titled Durbar Goti Padma and Jukti, Tokko ar Goppo will be screened today at 6:30pm at the same venue. Bangladesh National Museum, in association with Chalacchitram Film Society, has organised the event on celebrated filmmaker Ritwik Kumar Ghatak that kicked off on January 12 and will end tomorrow.