After TMC Protest, Kolkata School Shelves Screening of Ghatak Films
Sulagna Sengupta | 12 February 2025 | The New Indian Express
A school in South Kolkata was forced to halt the screening of renowned director Ritwik Ghatak’s two films, ‘Aamar Lenin’ (My Lenin) and ‘Komal Gandhar’, after a TMC councillor raised objections to them.
‘Aamar Lenin’ was a film made in the year 1970 to commemorate the birth of Vladimir Lenin. However, issues arose with the National Film Censorship Board of India, which banned the movie. Ghatak personally met with Indira Gandhi on this matter…