‘At KIFF, Adoor Gopalakrishnan and I will talk about Ghatak's transformational impact and influence on us’

KOLKATA: The 31st Kolkata International Film Festival kicks off two days after Ritwik Ghatak turns 100. The festival is going to celebrate Ghatak’s centenary with the screening of his “Ajantrik”, “Bari Theke Paliye”, “Meghe Dhaka Tara”, “Komal Gandhar”, “Titas Ekti Nodir Naam”, and “Subarnarekha”. A special screening of Geneva-based Anup Singh’s “Ekti Nadir Naam” (ENN) – a love story between a man and a woman crossing landscapes reminiscent of Ghatak’s cinema and playing characters from the icon’s films but in new circumstances – has also been organized on Nov 8. On Nov 12, KIFF has organized the Ritwik Ghatak Memorial Conversation featuring director Adoor Gopalakrishnan with Singh. Ghatak had joined the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) as the vice principal and professor