Ustad Alauddin Khan (1963) Actually, in the truly creative sense, the documentary is an attitude. The truth lies in reality, and the camera is eminently capable and uniquely suited to recording physical reality in all its varied aspects. It becomes a duty and an onus on the artist to record them and present them in an artistic manner.  This is why the documentary is the most exciting and most valid and legitimate form of cinema. —“Documentary: The Most Exciting Form of Cinema” / Cinema and I by Ritwik Ghatak

Ustad Alauddin Khan (1963)

Actually, in the truly creative sense, the documentary is an attitude. The truth lies in reality, and the camera is eminently capable and uniquely suited to recording physical reality in all its varied aspects. It becomes a duty and an onus on the artist to record them and present them in an artistic manner. 

This is why the documentary is the most exciting and most valid and legitimate form of cinema.

—“Documentary: The Most Exciting Form of Cinema” / Cinema and I by Ritwik Ghatak

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