- Ghatak is regarded as one of the best Indian directors of the 20th Century, together with Satyajit Ray and Mrinal Sen. Despite that, he is still largely unknown in and outside of India. Fortunately, this is slowly changing as his films become accessible again and can now be studied in detail.
- Ghatak was a professor at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), and among his students were John Abraham, Kumar Shahani and Mani Kaul.
- Ghatak wrote numerous short stories, plays, and articles about cinema.
- His later years were affected by severe alcoholism.
- Biography in John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985," pp. 387-392. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.
- Father of Ritaban Ghatak.
- Was hospitalised with schizophrenia in the 1970's.
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