Rituparno Ghosh, Calcutta’s cinematic genius, transformed Bengali and Indian cinema with stories that celebrated women, explored love, and honored Tagore’s legacy. From his early days at Jadavpur University to award-winning films, his vision left a mark on storytelling.
Founded in 2015 by a then-21-year-old Rahul Biswas, Ritu Rangam began as a platform of creativity, encompassing short films, plays, recitations, and audio dramas.
By the time Rituparno Ghosh showed up as a man grieving for his dead partner in Sanjay Nag’s Memories In March, released on 1 April 2011, he had turned cinema into a weapon of anguished anger about his sexuality.
Ghosh was one of the few celebrities to courageously reveal his sexual orientation and became an LGBT icon.
Directed by Ram Kamal Mukherjee, "A Tribute to Rituparno Ghosh: Season's Greetings" stars actresses Celina Jaitly Haag and Lillete Dubey in the lead.
Ghosh died of cardiac arrest at his residence on May 30, 2013.
Bengali film and television actress Rita Koiral died on Sunday after a three-month battle with liver cancer at a private…
