21/11/2025
"Art has to be beautiful, but before that, it has to be truthful."
This year marks the Birth Centenary(4th November) of Ritwik Ghatak. He said that filmmaking is a personal matter that starts from one's own vision, and avoiding the social responsibility of the artist is also a form of responsibility. Ritwik Ghatak's thoughts on film, politics and art were fundamentally politically conscious. He believed that politics and culture were inseparable from each other and his films were a powerful political medium to highlight the injustices of society and the pain of Partition. The main subject of his work was the tragedy caused by Partition, the daily struggles of displaced refugees and the common people. He saw art not just as an artistic medium, but as a way of expressing and protesting the plight and suffering of the people.
To discuss his work on the experience of partition and his emotional portrayal of people enduring displacement Art Against Oppression welcomes one and all to our Panel Discussion on " DISPLACEMENT AND MIGRATION THROUGH THE LENS OF RITWIK GHATAK", with the speakers : Anindya Sengupta, Debalina Majumdar, and Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay, to be held during Ulgulan â an anti-fascist anti-imperialist cultural festival.
26th November, 3 pm
Anita Bannerjee Memorial Hall
Jadavpur University
