Subodh Ghosh shot into limelight as the author whose work inspired classic films such as Ritwik Ghatak's "Ajantrik" (1958) and Bimal Roy's "Sujata" (1959). While "Sujata" was the story of romance between a Brahmin young man (Sunil Dutt)and an outcaste woman (Nutan), "Ajantrik" was the story of a taxi driver in love with his out dated vehicle. Subodh Ghosh won the Filmfare Best Story Award for "Sujata". Both the films were made in the late fifties. Later, Subodh Ghosh won the Filmfare Best Story Award a second time, albeit posthumously, for Gulzar's "Ijaazat", which was based on "Jatugriho". The drama titled "Waiting Room" by noted Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki is also based on this story. Basu Chatterjee made a Hindi film "Chitchor" (1976), starring Amol Palekar on his story, "Chittachakor". Even a recent Sooraj R. Barjatya potboiler "Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon" picked up the story idea from Subodh Ghosh. Such was the vast expanse of his writing.