A River Called Titas
Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project
Directed by Ritwik Ghatak • 1973 • Bangladesh
Starring Kabari Choudhury, Roushan Jamil, Prabir Mitra
The Bengali filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak’s stunningly beautiful, elegiac saga concerns the tumultuous lives of people in fishing villages along the banks of the Titas River in pre-Partition East Bengal. Focusing on the tragic intertwining fates of a series of fascinating characters—in particular, the indomitable widow Basanti—Ghatak tells the poignant story of an entire community’s vanishing way of life. Made soon after Bangladesh became an independent nation, the elliptical, painterly A RIVER CALLED TITAS is a grand epic from a director who has had a devoted following for decades.
Restored in 2010 by the Cineteca di Bologna /L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in association with the Ritwik Memorial Trust, the National Film Archive of India, and The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project. Additional film elements provided by the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv. Restoration funded by Doha Film Institute.
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A River Called Titas
Directed by Ritwik Ghatak • 1973 • Bangladesh
Starring Kabari Choudhury, Roushan Jamil, Prabir MitraThe Bengali filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak’s stunningly beautiful, elegiac saga concerns the tumultuous lives of people in fishing villages along the banks of the Titas River in pre-Partition East Benga...
Extras
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Martin Scorsese on A RIVER CALLED TITAS
The following introduction to A RIVER CALLED TITAS by filmmaker Martin Scorsese, founder of the World Cinema Project, was produced in 2013.
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Kumar Shahani on A RIVER CALLED TITAS
In this 2013 interview, filmmaker Kumar Shahani (KHAYAL GATHA), a former student of Ritwik Ghatak’s, shares his appreciation for Ghatak’s 1973 film A RIVER CALLED TITAS.
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Jhumpa Lahiri on A RIVER CALLED TITAS
