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{{infobox person<br />
| name = Gita Ghatak<br />
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| birth_date = 23 January 1931<br />
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| death_date = {{death-date and age|17 November 2009|23 January 1931}}<br />
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = Actress, singer <br />
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'''Gita Ghatak''' (Geeta Ghatak [[née]] Ganguly) (23 January 1931 – 17 November 2009<ref>{{cite web |title=Singer Gita Ghatak passes away (Press Trust of India) |url=http://geeta.theuniversalwisdom.org/singer-gita-ghatak-passes-away-press-trust-india-0 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130416012921/http://geeta.theuniversalwisdom.org/singer-gita-ghatak-passes-away-press-trust-india-0 |archivedate=16 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Singer Gita Ghatak passes away |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Kolkata/Kolkata/Article1-477422.aspx |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130411022720/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Kolkata/Kolkata/Article1-477422.aspx |archivedate=11 April 2013}}</ref>) was an Indian actress and singer. She mainly acted in [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali cinema]]. Gita Ghatak was also an exponent of ''[[Rabindra Sangeet]]''. She had her primary lessons in Tagore songs from celebrated artistes like Sailajaran Majumdar and Indira Debi Choudhurani, having a brief stint in [[Indian classical music]] too in her long music career of 65 years. She was closely associated with the [[All India Radio]], Kolkata.<br />
She was also a teacher at South Point School, Kolkata (where she taught all sorts of subjects including English, mathematics, as well as music). Her husband Anish Chandra Ghatak was the nephew of noted Bengali movie director [[Ritwik Ghatak]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Her notable works include [[Meghe Dhaka Tara]], [[Bari Theke Paliye]], [[Ekti Nadir Naam]].<br />
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==Selected filmography==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
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! Year!! Film!! English Title<br />
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| 1958 || ''[[Bari Theke Paliye]]'' || ''The Runaway''<br />
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| 1959 || ''[[Meghe Dhaka Tara]]'' || '' The Cloud-Capped Star''<br />
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| 2002 || ''[[Ekti Nadir Naam]]'' || '' The Name of a River''<br />
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| 2010 || ''Beyond Borders''<ref>{{cite web |title=Overload of outsourcing |url=http://screen.indianexpress.com/news/overload-of-outsourcing/597632/0 |website=Screen.Indianexpress.com |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130411033658/http://screen.indianexpress.com/news/overload-of-outsourcing/597632/0 |archivedate=11 April 2013}}</ref> ||<br />
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|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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*{{cite web |title='Ritwik Ghatak's protagonist still exists in modern-day woman' |url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/ritwik-ghataks-protagonist-still-exists-in-modern-day-woman_100459548.html |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130411233100/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/ritwik-ghataks-protagonist-still-exists-in-modern-day-woman_100459548.html |archivedate=11 April 2013}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb name|0315545/}}<br />
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[[Category:1931 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian film actresses]]<br />
[[Category:Actresses in Bengali cinema]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian women film singers]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali-language singers]]<br />
[[Category:Actresses from Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Ritwik Ghatak]]<br />
[[Category:Singers from Kolkata]]<br />
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