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SATURDAY, JULY 19, 2025
Int'l campaign to restore Satyajit, Ritwik, Mrinal’s ancestral homes in Bangladesh

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01 February, 2020, 10:40 am
Last modified: 01 February, 2020, 11:35 am

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Int'l campaign to restore Satyajit, Ritwik, Mrinal’s ancestral homes in Bangladesh

Directors in Bangladesh have welcomed FFSI’s initiative and signed a petition asking the government to save the ancestral homes of three legendary Indian filmmakers

TBS Report
01 February, 2020, 10:40 am
Last modified: 01 February, 2020, 11:35 am
Collage photo of the three legendary Indian filmmakers Satyajit Ray (L), Ritwik Ghatak (M), Mrinal Sen (R)
Collage photo of the three legendary Indian filmmakers Satyajit Ray (L), Ritwik Ghatak (M), Mrinal Sen (R)

An international campaign has been initiated by the Federation of Film Societies of India (FFSI) to restore the ancestral homes of three legendary Indian filmmakers- Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen and Ritwik Ghatak's in Bangladesh.

"The matter will be taken up at the international level so that the Bangladesh government gives due importance to preserve all the three ancestral homes of the great masters of world cinema. The issue will be brought to the notice of the Indian government's ministry of culture, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage and Unesco," said Premendra Mazumder, vice-president of FFSI and the Asia Pacific secretary of the International Federation of Film Societies (IFFS).

Directors in Bangladesh have welcomed FFSI's initiative, the Times of India reported.

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Ghatak's home in Rajshahi was leased by then military government of Hussain Muhammad Ershad to a private homoeopathy college in the 80s.

A recent plan to demolish the infrastructure to make way for a bicycle garage caused clamor among residents and intellectuals in Bangladesh and abroad, with protests being held in Dhaka, Rajshahi, and Toronto.

Film personalities of Bangladesh, including Tanvir Mokammel, Morshedul Islam, Nasiruddin Yousuff Bachchu and Shameem Akhtar, staged demonstrations and signed a petition, asking the government to save the ancestral homes of the three legendary Indian filmmakers.

The demolition plan was later stalled.

National award winning Bangladeshi filmmaker Nasiruddin Yousuff Bachchu told the Times of India, "The work on building the bicycle garage at Ghatak's home was stalled. We are now trying to convince the government to build a Ritwik Cultural Centre there. Ghatak's Dhaka-based niece, Aroma Dutta, an MP, is supporting the cause. We are happy with FFSI initiative."

However, Sen's ancestral house is in Faridpur's Jhiltuli, while Ray's home in Kishoreganj's Mashua now is in a dilapidated state.

"Film activists of Dhaka had appealed to the government through the district administration for its immediate renovation and preservation. Sen's ancestral house has a private owner. Restoring it might prove to be a challenge, unless the current owner cooperates. Most of the property has been demolished to build a new structure. But parts of the original house still remain and can be renovated," Mazumder added.

Ghatak's grandniece Ina Puri, who will visit Bangladesh soon, is equally happy: "Given that his twin, Pratiti Devi, died only weeks ago, the need to preserve the legacy of my granduncle's ancestral home becomes more important now, than ever before. It will be wonderful if his house is preserved, and perhaps, made into a museum."

The Ray family has also welcomed the move.

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