Education
During his year at FTII, he was involved in the making of two student films, viz., Fear and Rendezvous.
During his year at FTII, he was involved in the making of two student films, viz., Fear and Rendezvous.
In 1948, Ghatak wrote his first play Kalo sayar (The Dark Lake). He wrote, directed and acted in plays and translated Bertolt Brecht and Gogol into Bengali. In early 1970s, he wrote and directed his last play Jwala (The Burning). Ghatak entered the film industry with Nimai Ghosh's Chinnamul (1950) as actor and assistant director. Chinnamul was followed two years later by Ghatak's first completed film Nagarik (1952). Ghatak's first commercial release was Ajantrik (1958), a comedy-drama film with science fiction themes. Ghatak's greatest commercial success as a script writer was for Madhumati (1958), one of the earliest films to deal with the theme of reincarnation. Ritwik Ghatak directed eight full-length films. His best-known films, Meghe Dhaka Tara (The Cloud-Capped Star) (1960), Komal Gandhar (E-Flat) (1961), and Subarnarekha (Golden Lining) (1962). He financed the 1973 epic Titash Ekti Nadir Naam (A River Called Titas). His last film was the autobiographical Jukti Takko Aar Gappo (Reason, Debate And Story) (1974).