Ritwik Ghatak is mainly known as a filmmaker, but, he was also a playwright, poet, and writer of short stories. Ritwik Ghatak started his creative career as a poet and a fiction writer. Then he began writing for the theatre and becamne involved with Gananatya Sangha and IPTA. Later he moved to film direction. He also wrote more than 50 essays on film. Satyajit Ray wrote that these essays "cover(ed) every possible aspect of the cinema".
Short films and documentaries
The Life of the Adivasis (1955)
Places of Historic Interest in Bihar (1955)
Oraon (1957)
Scissors (1962)
Ustad Alauddin Khan (1963)
Fear (1965)
Rendezvous (1965)
Civil Defence (1965)
Scientists of Tomorrow (1967)
Yeh Kyon (Why/The Question) (1970)
Amar Lenin (My Lenin) (1970)
Puruliar Chhau (The Chhau Dance of Purulia) (1970)
Durbar Gati Padma (The Turbulent Padma) (1971)
Incomplete films and documentaries
Bedeni (1951)
Kato Ajanare (1959)
Bagalar Banga Darshan (1964–65)
Ronger Golam (1968)
Ramkinkar (1975)
Ekti Nadir Naam (The Name of a River) (2002) by Anup Singh.
Meghe Dhaka Tara (2013) directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee.
The Ritwik Ghatak Experience (2019) directed by Arin Paul.
Raja (1956)
Amritokumbher Sandhane (1957)
Akal Basonto (1957)
Arjan Sardar (1958)
Balidan (1962)
Aranyak (1963)
Nakshi Kanthar Math (1963)
Elephant taming in Gouripur (1963)
Shyam Se Neha Lagei (1964)
Janmabhumi (Pandit Mashai) (1965)
Chaturanga (1966)
Hirer Prajapati (1966)
Sansar Simante (1968)
Echoes from Vietnam in Bengal (1968)
Kumar Sambhaber Ashtom Swargo (1969)
Sat Lahari
Natun Phasal
Ajay and Gabroo
Those forgotte ones
Shei Bishnupriya (1974)
Mannequin (1974)
Hath
Princess Kalaboti
Buddhu Bhutum (1975)
Lojja (1975)
Chandragupto (Dwijendralal Ray), actor
Achalayoton (Tagore) (1943), director and actor
Kalo Sayor (Ghatak) (1947–48), actor and director
Kalonko (Bhattacharya) (1951), actor
Dolil (Ghatak) (1952), actor and director
Kato Dhane Kato Chaal (Ghatak)(1952)
Officer (Gogol) (1953), actor,
Ispaat (Ghatak) (1954–55), un-staged
Khorir Gondi (Brecht)
Galileo Chorit (Brecht)
Jagoran (Atindra Mozumdar), actor
Jalonto (Ghatak)
Jwala (Ghatak)
Dakghar (Tagore)
Dheu (Biru Mukhopadhay)
Dhenki Swarge geleo Dhan bhane (Ghatak/Panu Paul)
Natir Puja (Tagore)
Nabanna (Bhattacharya)
Nildarpan (Dinabandhu Mitra), actor
Nicher Mahal (Gorky), un-staged
Netajike nie (Ghatak)
Poritran (Tagore)
Falguni (Tagore)
Bidyasagar (Banaphool)
Bisarjan (Tagore)
Vangabandor (Panu Paul), actor
Voter vet (Panu Paul), actor
Musanfiro ke lie (Gorky), actor
Macbeth (Shakespeare), actor
Raja (Tagore)
Sanko (Ghatak), actor
Sei Meye (Ghatak), director
Strir Patro (Tagore)
Hojoborala (Sukumar Ray)
Ritwik Ghatak stories ISBN 81-87075-55-4
Galileo Charit (Bengali translation of Brecht's Life of Galileo)
Chalachitra, Manush Ebong Aro Kichu Dey's publishers ISBN 81-295-0397-2
Cinema and I, Ritwik Memorial Trust, Kolkata
On the cultural "Front", Ritwik Memorial Trust
Rows and Rows of Fences: Ritwik Ghatak on Cinema, Seagull Books Pvt. Ltd, Kolkata ISBN 978-81-7046-178-4
Ritwik Ghatak Stories, Translated from Bengali by Rani Ray, New Delhi, Shrishti publishers and distributors ISBN 978-81-87075-55-4
Akashgangar srot dhore
Ezahar
Shikha
Ecstasy
Rupkotha
Raja
Parashpathar
Bhuswarga Achanchal
Sphotik Patro
Chokh
Comrade
Sarak
Prem
Jhankar
Mar
List of works by Ritwik Ghatak Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA
