Titash Ekti Nadir Naam or A River named Titash, film by Ritwik Ghatak

Titash Ekti Nadir Naam, translated to mean A River named Titash, is a Bengali, West Bengal, India film added to the world of Indian cinema in 1973. This film was directed by Ritwik Ghatak, with a screenplay inspired by the novel “Titash Ekti Nadir Naam” by Indian author Advaita Malla Burman.

A River named Titash tells the story of the lives of those who depend on its bounty to survive, and the wrath, mercy, and capricious grace it repays them with. Revered as both history and artwork, this piece shows an intimate side of the community of hindu fishermen and humble muslim peasants that coexisted peacefully together before the partition of Bengal between East Pakistan and India.

The film stars an intimate cast consisting of Golam Mustafa, Kabari Choudhury, Roushan Jamil, Prabir Mitra, Rosy Samad, Rani Sarkar, and Fakrul Hasan Bairagi.

This work was produced by Habibur Rahman Khan and Directed by Ritwik Ghatak, with a screenplay based on the original novel by author Advaita Malla Burman. The film's cinematography was provided by Baby Islam, edited by Basheer Hussain, and the music was composed by Ritwik Ghatak, Ahidul Haq, and Ustad Bahadur Khan.

Although the film was not given any true awards, it graced the top of the 10 best Bangladeshi films list of the British Film Institute.