Gita Ghatak

Gita Ghatak was an Indian actress and singer. She mainly acted in 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. She was also a teacher at South Point School, Kolkata. Her husband Anish Chandra Ghatak was the nephew of noted Bengali movie director Ritwik Ghatak and son of noted Bengali author Manish Ghatak.She is the eldest sister of Thumri and Ghazal maestro Padma Shri Rita Ganguly and Her Grand Niece is singer Nikhita Gandhi