List of works by Ritwik Ghatak

Ritwik Ghatak was an Indian filmmaker and also a playwright poet and writer of short stories. Ghatak started his creative career as a poet and a fiction writer. Then he began writing for the theater and became involved with Gananatya Sangha and Indian People's Theatre Association. Later he moved to film direction. He also wrote more than 50 essays on film. Satyajit Ray wrote that these essays "cover(ed) every possible aspect of the cinema".

Short films and documentaries

 * The Life of the Adivasis (1955)
 * Places of Historic Interest in Bihar (1955)
 * Oraon (1957)
 * Scissors (1962)
 * Ustad Alauddin Khan (1963)
 * Fear (1965)
 * Rendezvous (1965)
 * Civil Defence (1965)
 * Scientists of Tomorrow (1967)
 * Yeh Kyon (Why/The Question) (1970)
 * Amar Lenin (My Lenin) (1970)
 * Puruliar Chhau (The Chhau Dance of Purulia) (1970)
 * Durbar Gati Padma (The Turbulent Padma) (1971)

Incomplete films and documentaries

 * Bedeni (1951)
 * Kato Ajanare (1959)
 * Bagalar Banga Darshan (1964–65)
 * Ronger Golam (1968)
 * Indira Gandhi (1972)
 * Ramkinkar (1975)

Films on Ritwik Ghatak

 * Ekti Nadir Naam (The Name of a River) (2002) by Anup Singh.
 * Meghe Dhaka Tara (2013) directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee.

Screenplays aborted before shooting

 * Raja (1956)
 * Amritokumbher Sandhane (1957)
 * Akal Basonto (1957)
 * Arjan Sardar (1958)
 * Balidan (1962)
 * Aranyak (1963)
 * Nakshi Kanthar Math (1963)
 * Elephant taming in Gouripur (1963)
 * Shyam Se Neha Lagei (1964)
 * Janmabhumi (Pandit Mashai) (1965)
 * Chaturanga (1966)
 * Hirer Prajapati (1966)
 * Sansar Simante (1968)
 * Echoes from Vietnam in Bengal (1968)
 * Kumar Sambhaber Ashtom Swargo (1969)
 * Sat Lahari
 * Natun Phasal
 * Ajay and Gabroo
 * Those forgotte ones
 * Shei Bishnupriya (1974)
 * Mannequin (1974)
 * Hath
 * Princess Kalaboti
 * Buddhu Bhutum (1975)
 * Lojja (1975)

Theatre

 * Chandragupto (Dwijendralal Ray), actor
 * Achalayoton (Tagore) (1943), director and actor
 * Kalo Sayor (Ghatak) (1947–48), actor and director
 * Kalonko (Bhattacharya) (1951), actor
 * Dolil (Ghatak) (1952), actor and director
 * Kato Dhane Kato Chaal (Ghatak)(1952)
 * Officer (Gogol) (1953), actor,
 * Ispaat (Ghatak) (1954–55), un-staged
 * Khorir Gondi (Brecht)
 * Galileo Chorit (Brecht)
 * Jagoran (Atindra Mozumdar), actor
 * Jalonto (Ghatak)
 * Jwala (Ghatak)
 * Dakghar (Tagore)
 * Dheu (Biru Mukhopadhay)
 * Dhenki Swarge geleo Dhan bhane (Ghatak/Panu Paul)
 * Natir Puja (Tagore)
 * Nabanna (Bhattacharya)
 * Nildarpan (Dinabandhu Mitra), actor
 * Nicher Mahal (Gorky), un-staged
 * Netajike nie (Ghatak)
 * Poritran (Tagore)
 * Falguni (Tagore)
 * Bidyasagar (Banaphool)
 * Bisarjan (Tagore)
 * Vangabandor (Panu Paul), actor
 * Voter vet (Panu Paul), actor
 * Musanfiro ke lie (Gorky), actor
 * Macbeth (Shakespeare), actor
 * Raja (Tagore)
 * Sanko (Ghatak), actor
 * Sei Meye (Ghatak), director
 * Strir Patro (Tagore)
 * Hojoborala (Sukumar Ray)
 * Pashanda Pandit 

Books

 * Ritwik Ghatak stories ISBN 81-87075-55-4
 * Galileo Charit (Bengali translation of Brecht's Life of Galileo)
 * Chalachitra, Manush Ebong Aro Kichu Dey's publishers ISBN 81-295-0397-2
 * Cinema and I, Ritwik Memorial Trust, Kolkata
 * On the cultural "Front", Ritwik Memorial Trust
 * Rows and Rows of Fences: Ritwik Ghatak on Cinema, Seagull Books Pvt. Ltd, Kolkata ISBN 978-81-7046-178-4
 * Ritwik Ghatak Stories, Translated from Bengali by Rani Ray, New Delhi, Shrishti publishers and distributors ISBN 978-81-87075-55-4

Short stories

 * Akashgangar srot dhore
 * Ezahar
 * Shikha
 * Ecstasy
 * Rupkotha
 * Raja
 * Parashpathar
 * Bhuswarga Achanchal
 * Sphotik Patro
 * Chokh
 * Comrade
 * Sarak
 * Prem
 * Jhankar
 * Mar