{"product_id":"unmechanical-ritwik-ghatak-in-50-fragments","title":"Unmechanical: Ritwik Ghatak in 50 Fragments","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shamya Dasgupta\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Westland Non-Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 20-10-2025\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e About the Book\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFIFTY ESSAYS ON ONE OF INDIA'S MOST CONSEQUENTIAL AND CONTROVERSIAL FILM-MAKERS-A MAN UNDERAPPRECIATED IN HIS TIME AND UNDERSTUDIED AT HOME.\u003cbr\u003e\nWho said\u003cbr\u003e\nyou cannot wound flowing water?\u003cbr\u003e\nHere the river itself was the weapon\u003cbr\u003e\nto break a big home.\u003cbr\u003e\n— Jayant Kaikini\u003cbr\u003e\nRitwik Ghatak died a broken, ravaged man. Almost every film he made failed at the box office at the time-if they were released at all-and his life and family were in a shambles, his partitioned Bengal was no closer to healing, no rapprochement with the left parties was in sight. But Safdar Hashmi describes the day he died, 6 February 1976, thus: hundreds of people thronged the hospital he lay in, and as the funeral procession began in the afternoon, thousands joined in, singing all the way to the burning ghat.\u003cbr\u003e\nIf he wasn't feted in his time, Ghatak's relevance has only grown globally since: the bold innovations of his humanist cinema, the depth of his engagement with the lives of the people and his uncompromising vision for true revolution steeped in the history and culture of the land. And all the while, the mystique that had always surrounded him only swirled more fiercely.\u003cbr\u003e\nUnflinching and even ruthless, alcoholic and irresponsible, an irrepressible genius, a master of the craft of film-making and a relentless innovator: these fifty essays-by his collaborators and family, academics who study him and writers who admire him-celebrate Ghatak on his centenary through reflections and expressions of love.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAbout the Editor\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nShamya Dasgupta is a sports journalist by profession, currently working as deputy editor with ESPNcricinfo, and a cinema enthusiast. He's the author of Don't Disturb the Dead: The Story of the Ramsay Brothers (2017), and two books on sports, Bhiwani Junction: The Untold Story of Boxing in India (2012) and Cricket Changed My Life: Stories of Hope and Despair from the IPL and Elsewhere (2014). He translated Mahasweta Devi's Laayl-e Aasmaner Aayna into the English (Mirror of the Darkest Night, 2019). He lives and works in Bangalore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789371971645\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.7 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Westland Non-Fiction","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51195403534640,"sku":"9371971649","price":638.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/71KdzDoSG7L.jpg?v=1773758320","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/unmechanical-ritwik-ghatak-in-50-fragments","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}