Kolkata, Nov. 12 -- Auteur Ritwik Ghatak completely reinvented the language of cinema, discarding traditional storytelling methods to create something deeply original, says noted filmmaker Ashoke Vishwanathan.
Speaking at a seminar "Centenary Tribute to Ritwik Ghatak & Beyond" during the 31st Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), Vishwanathan said "Ritwik Ghatak has dispensed with so-called narrative."Tracing Ghatak's tenure at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, he recalled that the master director initially joined as Vice Principal and taught there continuously for six months. "Even after that, he continued as a guest lecturer. He was invited to the institute around 1964, possibly through an initiative by the G...