June Special Subject – Ritwik Ghatak's Partition Trilogy

For June's Special Subject, we look at three films by Bengali filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak about the aftermath of the Partition of India: Meghe Dhaka Tara/The Cloud-Capped Star (1960), Komal Gandhar/E-flat (1961), and Subarnarekha/Golden Lining (1962). Refugee life, classism, intersectional analysis, melodrama, the confusion of familial and romantic relationships, and the possibility of hope within a despairing worldview are a few of the topics that come up for discussion.   Time Codes: 0h 01m 00s:          Brief prologue on Ritwik Ghatak 0h 13m 00s:          The Cloud-Capped Star (1960; dir: Ritwik Ghatak) [Meghe Dhaka Tara] 0h 49m 49s:          E-Flat (1961; dir: Ritwik Ghatak) [Komal Gandhar] 0h 58m 17s:          Golden Lining (1962; dir. Ritwik Ghatak) [Subarnarekha]     +++ * Check out our Complete Upcoming Episode Schedule * Catch up with Dave's fledgling Précis du cinema efforts on the Anagramsci Blog or on Letterboxd * Find Elise's latest film piece on Depression era film romance *And Read lots of Elise's Writing at Bright Wall/Dark Room, Cléo, and Bright Lights.* Follow us on Twitter at @therebuggy Write to us at [email protected] Theme Music: "What's Yr Take on Cassavetes?" – Le Tigre