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London’s BFI Southbank kicks off a month-long tribute to Indian maestro Ritwik Ghatak this June, celebrating his 100th birthday with stunning 4K restorations of all his feature films — a landmark effort by India’s National Film Heritage Mission. Known for his raw, emotionally charged explorations of Partition and famine, Ghatak’s visionary cinema, once overlooked, now commands global acclaim. With color grading by acclaimed cinematographer Avik Mukhopadhyay and restored from original Indian archives, these films are finally accessible to a worldwide audience — both in theaters and via the BFI Player. The retrospective, “Revolutionary Cinema: The Passion of Ritwik Ghatak,” brings together filmmakers and scholars to honor his legacy, offering a rare global platform for his profound, historically rooted storytelling.

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