Ritvik Gatak. file. , Photo Credit: By arrangement
It is a centenary year of the acclaimed filmmaker Ritvik Ghatak, and there is a society of Hindi speakers in the state to celebrate it in West Bengal, who claims that, unlike other Bengali filmmakers, who painted most Hindi-domons as “Damen or drivers”, Ghatak painted them as appropriate characters.
On June 8, Paschim Banga will organize the Hindi Bhashi Samaj (West Bengal Hindi Speakers Society), Ghatak’s film screening Subunarkha And there is also a memorial discussion on the director, born in November 1925 and died at the age of 50, most of his prestigious conditions were posthumously created.
“If you watch Satyajit Ray’s films or Mrinin Sen’s films, you will usually find Hindi speakers shown as a driver or doorman. Sonar bananaFor example, you find that Bengalis do not have much conversation with a Marwari’s co-passenger while traveling in a train in Rajasthan, but the same Bengalis are shown so comfortable in Rajasthan, ”said Ashok Singh, general secretary of the society and former Hindi department chief at Surendranath Evening College, said, Hindu,
“While you look at the Gatak Turn tiredYou will see that a boy was running away from a big city of Calcutta from his village Sattu On the way. Such a human depiction of the two migrants meeting! “Mr. Singh said,” Why the Ghatak did a lot for a Hindi -spoken society. “
Extended tribute
The 8 June will be held at the Rammohan Library and the attendees will include academics and filmmakers from Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai. Some of the names described are Kamleshwar Mukherjee, Sanjay Mukherjee, Sanchita Sanyal, Mohammad Salim (former MP), and Sonamani Tudu (Santhali lyricist and singer).
Why only Subunarkha“This is only to start. Our tribute will last for us for months and we will show all their films. We are starting Subunarkha Because it is very relevant today. It is an explosive experiment with mythology. The political questions raised in Ghatak’s films are more important than ever, ”said Mr. Singh.
Paschim Banga Hindi Bhashi Samaj was founded in March 1999, according to Mr. Singh, to promote educational and cultural development of Hindi speaking people in West Bengal and to preserve their democratic rights. The body has more than 1,000 members and district committees in Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly, West Bardhaman, South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas.
He said that even though the Hindi -speaking community creates 15% population in West Bengal, it has not been represented in the government for decades. “When the Congress was in power, there was a Hindi -speaking minister, but after the left front and since then, there has been no Hindi speaking minister in West Bengal. Even in Nandan, which is an important cultural center in Kolkata, he has stopped showing Hindi films completely,” Shree Singh said.
Published – June 06, 2025 08:53 AM IST
