Speakers at a seminar on Wednesday commemorated iconic Bangla filmmaker Ritwik Kumar Ghatak, renowned for his transformative contributions to reshaping the course of Bangla cinema history, reports UNB.
As part of the 4th Cinemaking International Film Festival (CIFF), Megh Foundation arranged the seminar at its office near the Bachelor Gate of Jahangirnagar University, marking the birth centenary of Ritwik Ghatak.
Indian film director Sayak Mukherjee, CIFF jury board member and journalist Abdur Rahman Jahangir and CIFF jury board member and actor Shamim Hossain, among others, spoke at the seminar with CIFF founder and film director Monjurul Islam Megh in the chair.
CIFF jury board member and writer Rinat Sultana presented the keynote paper at the seminar moderated by Tohura Akhtar Tuli.
Sayak Mukherjee discussed various aspects of Ritwik Kumar Ghatak's films and his contributions to transforming Bangla films.
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