Nagarik
Sign in to saveNagarik (), also spelled as Nagorik (), was the first feature-length film directed by legendary Indian director Ritwik Ghatak. Completed in 1952, it preceded Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali as perhaps the first example of an art film in Bengali cinema, but is deprived of that honor, since it was released twenty-four years later, after Ghatak's death. On 20 September 1977, it finally premiered at the New Empire theatre in Kolkata, India. Ghatak directed only eight feature films, but is generally regarded as one of the auteurs of Indian cinema and virtually unsurpassed as a creator of powerful im
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8.0The sole dream of Ramu, eldest son a family of migrants, and Uma to build a happy life together is burdened by a pile of obstacles on their way due to economic upheaval in post-partition Calcutta.
Released: 1977-09-20112 minDir: Ritwik GhatakDrama
Cast
- Satindra Bhattacharya as Ramu Bagchi
- Prabhadevi as The Mother
- Sova Sen as Seeta Bagchi
- Ketaki Dutta as Uma
- Geeta Shome as Shefali
- Ajit Banerjee as Sagar
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Key dates
- Published
- 20 September 1977
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- Bangla
- Director
- Ritwik Ghatak
- Screenwriter
- Ritwik Ghatak
- Narrative location
- Kolkata
- Duration
- +127
- FilmAffinity ID
- 582090
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- Synopsis
- Credits
- Cast
- Crew
- Soundtracks
- Critical analysis
- Screening of Nagarik aka The Citizen in different festivals
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Nagarik (), also spelled as Nagorik (), was the first feature-length film directed by legendary Indian director Ritwik Ghatak. Completed in 1952, it preceded Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali as perhaps the first example of an art film in Bengali cinema, but is deprived of that honor, since it was released twenty-four years later, after Ghatak's death. On 20 September 1977, it finally premiered at the New Empire theatre in Kolkata, India. Ghatak directed only eight feature films, but is generally regarded as one of the auteurs of Indian cinema and virtually unsurpassed as a creator of powerful imagery and epic style by directors such as Satyajit Ray and of transcendental power and extraordinariness by critics such as Derek Malcolm.
== Synopsis ==