a faceless inspiration

Ghatak is born

Influence of Manik Banerjee

1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1939 1940 19411937 1938 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1949 19501947 1948 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1959 19601957 1958 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1969 1970 1967 1968 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976

Ghatak’s familyshifts to Calcutta

Enters Communist Party of India

Ghatak graduates fromBerhampur College

Joins IPTAJoins IPTA

Madhumita is shotMarries IPTA activistSurama Devi

Script for Madhumita gets nominated for the

6th film fare awards

Ajantrik gets specialentry in Venice film fest

Starts teaching atFTII, Pune

Ghatak passes away

National Film AwardsRajat Kamal Award,

Jutki, Takko aur Gappo

Padma Sri for arts

Ghatak is hospitalised

Thesis “On TheCultural Front”

Directoral assistantand actor in Chinnamul

Civil Disobidience Movement

Dandi March

Flood in Bengal

World War 2begins IPTA is formed

Quit India Movement

Bengal Famine

World War 2ends

Partition ofBengal

Parallel Cinemain India

Bengali LanguageMovement begins

Bengali LanguageMovement ends Bengladeshi Liberation

War

Jalwa, his last play

Baedeni, firstdirectoral

Nagarik

Wrote script ofMadhumati for Bimal Roy

Oraon, documentary

Ajantrik

Bara Thikey Paliye

Meghe Dhaka Tara

Komal Gandhar

Ustad Allauddin Khan

Fear and Rendezvous

Subaranarekha

Scientists of Tomorrow

Chhou, documentary

Aamar Lenin Titash Ekti Nadir Naam

Jukti, Takko aur Ghappo

Revival of Nabannawith Bijon Bhattacharya

Writes his first playKalo Sayar

Ghatak gets introducedto the IPTA

bengal’s historylife and a few events

his cinema