Satyajit Ray: Master adapter
3 years, 2 months ago

Satyajit Ray: Master adapter

The Hindu  

Satyajit Ray needs no introduction as a film-maker and a writer. The glorious abandoning of sense in Sukumar Ray’s Abol Tabol, the posthumous collection of his nonsense poems generally believed to have been inspired by Edward Lear, has delighted and enthralled generations of Bengali children. “Each word spoken in a play is like a fruit in a tree,” says a character in Ray’s short story Patolbabu, Film Star. Translating Upendrakishore If Ray’s translations of Sukumar Ray’s poems are primarily his own interpretations, his translations of grandfather Upendrakishore’s retelling of Bengali folk tales could not have been closer to the originals. The inspiration for that first Shonku story was Sukumar Ray’s Heshoram Hoshiarer Diary, which Ray translated as The Diary of Professor Heshoram Hoshiar.

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‘I absolutely loved his films’: Hugo Weaving on how Satyajit Ray introduced him to Indian cinema
4 weeks ago

‘I absolutely loved his films’: Hugo Weaving on how Satyajit Ray introduced him to Indian cinema

Hindustan Times  

Hugo Weaving, renowned for his portrayal of the iconic villain Agent Smith in the 'Matrix' franchise, spoke about his latest film The Rooster and shared how legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray introduced him to Indian cinema. The Matrix star also shared how Satyajit Ray influenced his appreciation for Indian cinema. The Rooster is an Australian comedy-drama directed by Mark Leonard Winter …

Varun Grover Interview: 'Satyajit Ray Put His Strongest Themes in That One Film'
5 months, 1 week ago

Varun Grover Interview: 'Satyajit Ray Put His Strongest Themes in That One Film'

The Quint  

At that time, the restored prints of Ray’s films were not available. Back then I didn’t see the Goopy Gyne films and the Feluda films like Shonar Kella. When one sees Ray’s work, there’s a general view that his later films, especially the last ones he made, are weak films. So, I think Ray put his strongest themes in that …

Ray-esque | Satyajit Ray's Favourite Shooting Locations
1 year ago

Ray-esque | Satyajit Ray's Favourite Shooting Locations

Firstpost  

When world famous film maker Satyajit Ray decided to make Pather Panchali, he would go on location scouting. The village finally ended up turning into Pather Panchali’s pivotal outdoor location The camera zooms into Satyajit Ray’s favourite shooting locations. Of course, the city has seen vast changes ever since father shot there.” After Aparajito, Ray made two films back to …

Ray-esque | A look at Satyajit Ray's fascinating domestic life
1 year, 4 months ago

Ray-esque | A look at Satyajit Ray's fascinating domestic life

Firstpost  

Movie legend Satyajit Ray’s life at home was chock-a-block from early morning to late night. But, if it happened to be important or formal, father would write out a draft and key into the typewriter,” informs Sandip, Ray’s son. In fact, one of the attractions for well-known writers to contribute to Sandesh is that they could use father’s illustrations when …

From Devi to Nayak, Al posters of Satyajit Ray's masterpieces will make your day
1 year, 7 months ago

From Devi to Nayak, Al posters of Satyajit Ray's masterpieces will make your day

Firstpost  

It was legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s 102nd birth anniversary on 2 May, 2023. A person appreciated the AI interpretation saying, “Very vivid ones…still… Pratiddwandi my choice….” while another said, “Wow…that’s really very interesting interpretation of the maestro’s movie posters but I loved AI interpretation of Goopy & Bagha” https://twitter.com/sardarbuddha/status/1653283872841539584 https://twitter.com/meinhunkabi/status/1653288339351691266 On the other hand, a section of users seemed unhappy …

Satyajit Ray: The script and track of a master storyteller
1 year, 7 months ago

Satyajit Ray: The script and track of a master storyteller

The Hindu  

Satyajit Ray, director, script writer, documentary film-maker, author, illustrator and composer, to name a few, had a flair for sketching from his childhood. Decades later, in an interview with the film critic, Iqbal Masud, on Shatranj Ke Khilari, Ray said, “One can well imagine a treatment of annexation with Wazid painted whiter and General Outram blacker, which would automatically enhance …

Review: The Cinema of Satyajit Ray by Bhaskar Chattopadhyay
2 years ago

Review: The Cinema of Satyajit Ray by Bhaskar Chattopadhyay

Hindustan Times  

Bhaskar Chattopadhyay’s The Cinema of Satyajit Ray is divided into two parts - the first analyses all 39 of Ray’s films, including his feature films and the controversial documentaries Sikkim and Bala, that he made over 36 years while the second part comprises in-depth interviews with 17 personalities who have been deeply impressed by the auteur’s cinema. Satyajit Ray Vikramaditya …

Ray-esque | From Pandit Ravi Shankar to the Mahabharata; Satyajit Ray’s unrealised films
2 years, 3 months ago

Ray-esque | From Pandit Ravi Shankar to the Mahabharata; Satyajit Ray’s unrealised films

Firstpost  

Movie maestro Satyajit Ray had once contemplated making a short film on virtuosic sitarist Pandit Ravi Shankar. “Interestingly, if one flips through the pages of Ashani Sanket’s script, you will discover the unfinished script of Ekti Jibon,” says Sandip. “In wake of Ashani Sanket’s thumping success, father had mulled making a short film, Drobomoyeer Kashibash, based on a writing by …

Satyajit Ray’s Agantuk to be showcased at Toronto film festival
2 years, 3 months ago

Satyajit Ray’s Agantuk to be showcased at Toronto film festival

Hindustan Times  

TORONTO: Less than a month after staging a retrospective of the legendary Indian filmmaker’s work, the Toronto International Film Festival will be showcasing Satyajit Ray’s final feature, Agantuk or The Stranger, at its main event. A still from Satyajit Ray’s final feature, Agantuk. We hope it will appeal to audiences less familiar with Ray’s body of work and also be …

Ray-esque | Satyajit Ray’s French Connection
2 years, 4 months ago

Ray-esque | Satyajit Ray’s French Connection

Firstpost  

Sandip Ray, Satyajit Ray’s son narrates his father’s relationship with renowned French filmmaker Jean Renoir and how the French equation in Ray’s life took off when he finished making Pather Panchali Renowned French film director Jean Renoir arrives in Calcutta to carve out a new movie creation, his well-known, The River. Thus, he readily embraced the idea of father keeping …

A Ray hero looks back
2 years, 5 months ago

A Ray hero looks back

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 26, 2022 18:00 IST The “Ray Hero” can be perceived as one of the most exclusive clubs in the world of cinema and culture. Dub my voice himself.” Incidentally, Chanda was working in the creative department of Clarion Advertising, the same agency where Ray worked from 1943 to 1956, and while working on the script of Seemabaddha, …

Ray-esque | Sandip Ray on shooting Satyajit Ray’s novel Hatyapuri (The House of Death)
2 years, 6 months ago

Ray-esque | Sandip Ray on shooting Satyajit Ray’s novel Hatyapuri (The House of Death)

Firstpost  

Audiences, please await the cinematic version of maestro Satyajit Ray ’s novel, Hatyapuri. This was simply because the last Feluda movie created by me dates back to 2016.” Hatyapuri, according to Sandip, was not only one his favourite Feluda novels, but his legendary father had expressed “tremendous satisfaction” after penning this detective title. Together with these factors, Sandip’s zeroing in …

Satyajit Ray wrote 52 letters to ‘Jana’ over 16 years. Who was she?
2 years, 6 months ago

Satyajit Ray wrote 52 letters to ‘Jana’ over 16 years. Who was she?

The Hindu  

Published : May 30, 2022 06:00 IST At the age of eight, young Manik wrote a letter to his cousin Nini. Ray’s son, Sandip Ray, said: “He answered every letter that came in himself.” It is remarkable that Satyajit Ray managed to be such a prolific letter writer even as he was making films, scouting for locations, writing dialogues and …

The Flawed Nayaks of Satyajit Ray
2 years, 7 months ago

The Flawed Nayaks of Satyajit Ray

Firstpost  

Filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s vision of male characters in his movie stemmed from his own cinematic belief of creating realistic characters — in both his short stories, stacked to the brim with lonely men and his cinematic offerings. Much of the filmmaker’s vision of male characters in his movie stemmed from his own cinematic belief of creating realistic characters — in …

Ray-esque | Late actor Tom Alter’s interaction with ‘Manik da’ aka Satyajit Ray who altered his life
2 years, 8 months ago

Ray-esque | Late actor Tom Alter’s interaction with ‘Manik da’ aka Satyajit Ray who altered his life

Firstpost  

I had chanced to meet well-known actor Tom Alter, who left us in 2017, in November of 2012, when he had come across to Calcutta from Mumbai as a delegate at the Kolkata International Film Festival. And, he said, “Now, you will believe Tom that I haven’t forgotten,” Manikda drove home. “Then, he asked, “Who’s this producer.” I said, “Manikda….” …

On Satyajit Ray’s death anniversary, looking at his uncompromisingly strong female protagonists
2 years, 8 months ago

On Satyajit Ray’s death anniversary, looking at his uncompromisingly strong female protagonists

Firstpost  

The Ray heroine is as significant as the hero of any screenplay but never needs to engage in a contest of gender supremacy or undermine his presence in her world At a time when cinema, the world over is learning to look at women with an all-new gaze, Satyajit Ray’s films find relevance for the remarkable grasp of the female …

In appreciation of Satyajit Ray's mastery over film posters: Individual characteristics bound by a thread of unity
2 years, 9 months ago

In appreciation of Satyajit Ray's mastery over film posters: Individual characteristics bound by a thread of unity

Firstpost  

To celebrate the centenary year of Satyajit Ray, arguably the most remarkable filmmaker born on Indian soil, Firstpost will explore the lesser known aspects of his life in our column Ray-esque. But none have authored such an imaginative collection of posters for their own films as Indian director Satyajit Ray.” “Father revolutionised the entire concept of movie posters, hoardings, and …

Sandip Ray on working with Shashi Kapoor on Satyajit Ray Presents telefilm: 'He was a thorough perfectionist'
2 years, 9 months ago

Sandip Ray on working with Shashi Kapoor on Satyajit Ray Presents telefilm: 'He was a thorough perfectionist'

Firstpost  

To celebrate the centenary year of Satyajit Ray, arguably the most remarkable filmmaker born on Indian soil, Firstpost will explore the lesser known aspects of his life in our column Ray-esque. * Very few would probably recall today that famed actor Shashi Kapoor, who left us not too many years ago, and well-known director Sandip Ray, maestro Satyajit Ray’s son, …

Exploring a lesser known aspect of Satyajit Ray: The masterful filmmaker was also a science fiction enthusiast
2 years, 11 months ago

Exploring a lesser known aspect of Satyajit Ray: The masterful filmmaker was also a science fiction enthusiast

Firstpost  

From founding the Sci-Fi Cine Club in Kolkata to plans to direct a Hollywood sci-fi film, and developing the character of Professor Shanku, Satyajit Ray enjoyed an almost umbilical connect with the science fiction genre. Satyajit Ray and his friend Adrish Bardhan brought to life the Sci-Fi Cine Club. Significantly, the Sci-Fi Cine Club was born even before movie great …

Inside Satyajit Ray's little known corner of life as an aficionado of board games, from Scrabble to chess
3 years ago

Inside Satyajit Ray's little known corner of life as an aficionado of board games, from Scrabble to chess

Firstpost  

“Father was deeply interested in word games, quizzes, and anagrams. Of course, sporadically, his deep interest in pastimes like word games and alliteration had also entered his films," says Sandip Ray, filmmaker and Satyajit’s son. “It happens that Scrabble, which is an age-old invention, formed part of father’s life, too, in our earlier home on Lake Temple Road, and migrated …

Sandip Ray on how his father Satyajit Ray has shaped him as a filmmaker: 'He told me re-editing was the only learning process'
3 years, 1 month ago

Sandip Ray on how his father Satyajit Ray has shaped him as a filmmaker: 'He told me re-editing was the only learning process'

Firstpost  

Sandip Ray reveals he had “banned” his father Satyajit Ray from the sets of his directorial debut Fatikchand, but ended up re-editing the first cut on his father’s instructions after wrapping up production. We turn to the phase when Sandip whetted his skills in film music composition by drawing heavily on his father’s method of and mastery over penning notations. …

'Watching Satyajit Ray edit was where I learnt to be ruthless in doing away with flab in a film': son Sandip Ray
3 years, 1 month ago

'Watching Satyajit Ray edit was where I learnt to be ruthless in doing away with flab in a film': son Sandip Ray

Firstpost  

To celebrate the centenary year of Satyajit Ray, arguably the most remarkable filmmaker born on Indian soil, Firstpost will explore the lesser known aspects of his life. Sandip goes on to drive home that editing invariably turned out to be “an interactive session.” “While father was extremely charged during shooting, he was more relaxed while editing. When Dulal Uncle, who …

Satyajit Ray's documentaries: A mixed bag
3 years, 2 months ago

Satyajit Ray's documentaries: A mixed bag

The Hindu  

Between 1961 and 1987, Satyajit Ray directed five documentaries and six short films. In 1961, Ray observed the birth centenary of Rabindranath Tagore by making a documentary on the poet for the Films Division of the Government of India, and an omnibus feature film called Teen Kanya, which brought together three short films adapted from well-known Tagore short stories— Monihara, …

‘His eyes spoke everything’: Raghu Rai remembers Satyajit Ray
3 years, 2 months ago

‘His eyes spoke everything’: Raghu Rai remembers Satyajit Ray

The Hindu  

The first time Raghu Rai came up witha book, he did not pen it. So, here it is, ladies and gentleman, Raghu Rai’s Satyajit Ray, a book with a couple of insightful essays and photographs that speak a million words. Published by Raghu Rai Foundation for Art and Photography, the book comes in the centenary year of Ray, a man …

His creation, our inspiration
3 years, 2 months ago

His creation, our inspiration

The Hindu  

Watching Satyajit Ray’s films brought nothing but wonder. Following the release of the film, our relationship with the Ray family became more than just a professional relationship, and as our bond got stronger, we started planning our next film on Ray’s stories. Without their support we would never have been able to realise our dream of producing a film on …

Unlikely colleagues: Satyajit Ray and Gaston Roberge
3 years, 2 months ago

Unlikely colleagues: Satyajit Ray and Gaston Roberge

The Hindu  

IT was a unique friendship that developed between a French-Canadian priest and one of the world’s greatest film directors, and had a singular impact on Bengali films both academically and practically. To Roberge, the greatest mark of Ray’s appreciation for him was that he often addressed the French-speaking priest in Bengali, “in spite of my lack of elegance in that …

‘Films are pre-Satyajit or post-Satyajit’: Shyam Benegal remembers Satyajit Ray
3 years, 2 months ago

‘Films are pre-Satyajit or post-Satyajit’: Shyam Benegal remembers Satyajit Ray

The Hindu  

Often the mostenduring bonds in life are forged on freak incidents. Back in Hyderabad, he formed a film society, and in 1959 organised a screening of Ray’s films, notably the trilogy of Pather Panchali, Aparajito and Apur Sansar. The illustrious film-maker was wrapping up Nayak when Benegal went to the sets of the film and Ray invited him to a …

Sharmila Tagore on working with Satyajit Ray
3 years, 2 months ago

Sharmila Tagore on working with Satyajit Ray

The Hindu  

The fans of Hindi cinemarememberher for Kashmir ki Kali, Aradhana and Amar Prem. Excerpts from an interview with Ziya Us Salam : When you signed up for ‘Apur Sansar’ with Satyajit Ray, you had barely entered teenage. As Ray proceeds to unfold the doom that is now Doya’s fate, Doya is treated in big close-ups, lit beautifully by Subrata Mitra, …

Film time, family time: Sandip Ray on Satyajit Ray
3 years, 2 months ago

Film time, family time: Sandip Ray on Satyajit Ray

The Hindu  

Sandip Ray announcedhis arrival as a film-maker with the release of Phatik Chand in 1983. Excerpts: When you were growing up, Satyajit Ray was publishing one classic story for children after another in ‘Sandesh’. A fairy tale for children You were 13 when Satyajit Ray made ‘Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne’ in 1969, at a time when there were not many …

‘A man who knew too much’: Goutam Ghose on Satyajit Ray
3 years, 2 months ago

‘A man who knew too much’: Goutam Ghose on Satyajit Ray

The Hindu  

acclaimed film-maker Goutam Ghose shared a close personal relationship with Satyajit Ray. In a long, free-flowing conversation with Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay, Ghose spoke about his relationship with Ray, the master’s famous ‘k heror khata’, Ray’s use of music, his humour and his incredible time management. ‘Kheror khata’ I had the opportunity of going through Ray’s famous red books, his ‘k …

Cinema, for Satyajit Ray, was all about salvation
3 years, 2 months ago

Cinema, for Satyajit Ray, was all about salvation

The Hindu  

Age and decrepitude failed to dismay him, as did the vicissitudes of the box office. As he recounts in My Adventures with Satyajit Ray: The Making of Shatranj ke Khilari : “My first film, Rajnigandha, based on the story ‘Yehi Sach Hai’ by Mannu Bhandari, turned out to be the sleeper hit of the year. It came with a warning: …

A Century of Satyajit Ray
3 years, 2 months ago

A Century of Satyajit Ray

The Hindu  

In 1987, while researching my biographySatyajit Ray: The Inner Eye, I received a letter from the American film director John Huston. In 1954, on a visit to India in search of film locations, in Calcutta Huston saw some silent rough cut of Ray’s first film, Pather Panchali —including Apu and Durga’s first sight of a steam train—shown to him by …

Celebrating Satyajit Ray
3 years, 2 months ago

Celebrating Satyajit Ray

The Hindu  

About three months ago, when this Special Issue dedicated to Satyajit Ray was just an idea, in an unRayesque coincidence as it were, an email landed in my inbox, offering the first ray of hope. Apart from writing the lead article, he has been of great help in taking the idea forward by sending me the text of his conversations …

‘He lived life cinema’: Adoor Gopalakrishnan on Satyajit Ray
3 years, 2 months ago

‘He lived life cinema’: Adoor Gopalakrishnan on Satyajit Ray

The Hindu  

Adoor Gopalakrishnan, one of the most notable and renowned film-makers in India, pioneered the new wave in Malayalam cinema during the 1970s. Venkiteswaran on Satyajit Ray’s legacy: Satyajit Ray brought about a radical break in Indian cinema in terms of aesthetics, form, content and narrative style. Then came his comment, “Now I understand.” In the last three films of Ray, …

Satyajit Ray's son Sandip says he's 'hearing both praises and criticisms' for Netflix series, is yet to watch it
3 years, 5 months ago

Satyajit Ray's son Sandip says he's 'hearing both praises and criticisms' for Netflix series, is yet to watch it

Hindustan Times  

Sandip Ray, the son of writer-director Satyajit Ray, has said that he hasn't yet seen the four-part Netflix anthology based on his father's short stories, but is aware of the mixed reception that it has received. Ray, created by Sayantan Mukherjee, features four films directed by Srijit Mukherji, Abhishek Chaubey, and Vasan Bala. Ray's four chapters include Srijit Mukherji's Bahupriya …

’Ray’ review: Manoj Bajpayee dazzles in this tribute to Satyajit Ray
3 years, 5 months ago

’Ray’ review: Manoj Bajpayee dazzles in this tribute to Satyajit Ray

Live Mint  

Satyajit Ray did everything. Abhishek Chaubey directs Bajpayee in Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa, a Ghulam Ali-tinged adaptation of one of my most loved Ray stories, Barin Bhowmick’s Ailment. Much of Ray’s adventure takes place inside the hero’s head, something Chaubey handles brilliantly by letting Bajpayee not only talk to a mirror but to address an imaginary, admiring audience. Bala deviously …

Srijit Mukherji on Adapting Satyajit Ray's Short Stories for Netflix: Expecting Backlash from Purists
3 years, 5 months ago

Srijit Mukherji on Adapting Satyajit Ray's Short Stories for Netflix: Expecting Backlash from Purists

News 18  

Srijit Mukherji started what can be termed as a new era in Bengali cinema when he debuted as a director with Autograph in 2010. The movie is a tribute to Satyajit Ray’s 1966 film Nayak and yesteryear Bengali actor Uttam Kumar, who portrayed the title role in the film. The new Netflix anthology series, called Ray, is Srijit’s first attempt …

'Went in with reverence, never held back what we wanted to express': Ray directors, cast on adapting Satyajit Ray's works
3 years, 6 months ago

'Went in with reverence, never held back what we wanted to express': Ray directors, cast on adapting Satyajit Ray's works

Firstpost  

Directors Srijit Mukherji and Vasan Bala, and actors Kay Kay Menon, Harshvardhan Kapoor, and Akansha Ranjan Kapoor open up about their fears of adapting well-known texts, humanising their characters, and how they married style and substance. Ray, Netflix India’s upcoming Original anthology series, is filmmaker Srijit Mukherji, Vasan Bala, and Abhishek Chaubey’s ode to the legendary auteur’s short stories. Director …

Ray on Netflix on June 25. Which Satyajit Ray stories inspired the Manoj Bajpayee and Ali Fazal series?
3 years, 6 months ago

Ray on Netflix on June 25. Which Satyajit Ray stories inspired the Manoj Bajpayee and Ali Fazal series?

India Today  

Netflix dropped the trailer of Ray, an anthology series which is helmed by Abhishek Chaubey, Srijit Mukherji and Vasan Bala. The drama series is inspired by four of Satyajit Ray’s stories Spotlight, Bahurupi, Barin Bhowmik-er Byaram and Bipin Chowdhury'r Smritibhrom. FORGET ME NOT, INSPIRED BY BIPIN CHOWDHURY'R SMRITIBHROM If you have watched the trailer of Ray, you will be aware …

Aparna Sen and Madhabi Mukherjee on Satyajit Ray, the man, and his enduring legacy
3 years, 7 months ago

Aparna Sen and Madhabi Mukherjee on Satyajit Ray, the man, and his enduring legacy

Firstpost  

On Satyajit Ray’s 100th birth anniversary, his leading ladies Aparna Sen and Madhabi Mukherjee weigh in on the political significance of the man and his legacy, even 29 years since he breathed his last. Having spotted the actress in Mrinal Sen’s Baishey Shravana, and subsequently on several magazine covers, Satyajit Ray was “keen to see her performance”. “Mrinal’s film proved …

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