Shatrughan Sinha Regrets Not Being Able To Work With Satyajit Ray, Lauds Rich Legacy Of Bengali Cinema
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Shatrughan Sinha Regrets Not Being Able To Work With Satyajit Ray, Lauds Rich Legacy Of Bengali Cinema

ABP News  

Veteran Bollywood actor and MP Shatrughan Sinha on Wednesday said the iconic trio of Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen had shaped his vision about films, world cinema and India's new wave cinema. Shatrughan Sinha on being inspired by Bengali cinema Speaking at the inauguration of the 30th Kolkata International Film Festival, Sinha credited his time at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune for deepening his understanding of the rich legacy of Bengali cinema. "Ghatak’s discussions on the 'Apu Trilogy' and 'Charulata' were insightful, and I consider myself fortunate to have been introduced to the rich legacy of Bengali cinema through his teachings," he said. Bengali cinma's legacy Bengal’s cinema legacy was also acknowledged by Sourav Ganguly, the brand ambassador for Bengal, who spoke about contemporary filmmakers like Srijit Mukherji and Kaushik Ganguly carrying the torch of the region’s rich cinematic heritage.

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Sharmila Tagore speaks about Satyajit Ray's ‘Nayak’, re-released in theatres
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Sharmila Tagore speaks about Satyajit Ray's ‘Nayak’, re-released in theatres

Live Mint  

Satyajit Ray’s 1966 film Nayak is about a superstar taking a train to collect a National Award. The film feels both timeless and strikingly modern—the opening credits pull out from the back of the hero’s head, for starters—and Nayak, along with Shyam Benegal’s Bhumika, deconstructs movie stardom like few films can. “Everyone on the train is affected by the stardom …

‘Satyajit Ray is one of the few filmmakers I looked up to’: German director Wim Wenders on his India tour
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Satyajit Ray is one of the few filmmakers I looked up to’: German director Wim Wenders on his India tour

The Hindu  

German filmmaker Wim Wenders, known for classics such as Paris, Texas, Wings of Desire, and Perfect Days, shared his deep admiration for India and filmmaker Satyajit Ray at a masterclass here, where he described the country as a “beautiful myth.” On his maiden trip to India as part of the five-city King of the Road – India Tour, which features …

I wish I could have worked in Satyajit Ray's films, says Shatrughan Sinha
3 months, 2 weeks ago

I wish I could have worked in Satyajit Ray's films, says Shatrughan Sinha

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata, Veteran Bollywood actor and MP Shatrughan Sinha on Wednesday said the iconic trio of Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen had shaped his vision about films, world cinema and India's new wave cinema. I wish I could have worked in Satyajit Ray's films, says Shatrughan Sinha Speaking at the inauguration of the 30th Kolkata International Film Festival, Sinha …

‘I absolutely loved his films’: Hugo Weaving on how Satyajit Ray introduced him to Indian cinema
3 months, 3 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 …

Shoojit Sircar Reflects on the Legendary Filmmaker Satyajit Ray's Influence on His Work
5 months ago

Shoojit Sircar Reflects on the Legendary Filmmaker Satyajit Ray's Influence on His Work

ABP News  

National Award-winning filmmaker Shoojit Sircar expresses deep admiration for legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray, considering him his cinematic guru. Sircar acknowledges the significant influence of Ray's films on his own work, citing specific examples like Mumbai films and Bergman and Buñuel classics. He also mentions his admiration for Oliver Stone, Fellini, and other filmmakers.

Varun Grover Interview: 'Satyajit Ray Put His Strongest Themes in That One Film'
8 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 …

Satyajit Ray: The script and track of a master storyteller
1 year, 10 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 …

When Deewaar and Sholay first came to Shatrughan Sinha: 'I had so many films that I couldn't do it'
2 years, 1 month ago

When Deewaar and Sholay first came to Shatrughan Sinha: 'I had so many films that I couldn't do it'

Hindustan Times  

Shatrughan Sinha has shared that he was supposed to act in the 1975 films Deewaar and Sholay but had to refuse both since he didn't have any dates. Both films ended up going to his friend, actor Amitabh Bachchan, and further cemented his status as a star in the Hindi film industry. While the veteran actor revealed he regretted that …

Ray-esque | Remembering Satyajit Ray's chief assistant director Ramesh Sen
2 years, 1 month ago

Ray-esque | Remembering Satyajit Ray's chief assistant director Ramesh Sen

Firstpost  

Film virtuoso Satyajit Ray ’s chief assistant director and virtually a member of the Ray family, Ramesh Sen, who passed away on October 6th, 2020, was naturally mentioned by his fair name in the opening titles of Ray’s movies. “This is the juncture when Bansi Chandragupta roped me in to work in Manikda’s 1965 film Nayak as chief assistant director. …

Ray-esque | Sandip Ray’s Feluda film Hatyapuri to crown Christmas season
2 years, 3 months ago

Ray-esque | Sandip Ray’s Feluda film Hatyapuri to crown Christmas season

Firstpost  

The great Satyajit Ray’s iconic literary sleuth, Feluda, is back. Ray’s son, Sandip Ray is all poised to unfurl his cinematic Feluda creation, Hatyapuri on big screens on December 23rd virtually on Christmas eve. To complete Satyajit Ray’s famous triumvirate of Feluda, Topshe and Lalmohan Ganguly, Sandip has gone for Ayush Das as Topshe and director-actor Abhijit Guha who will …

Review: The Cinema of Satyajit Ray by Bhaskar Chattopadhyay
2 years, 3 months 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, 6 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, 6 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 …

Satyajit Ray's Work Inspires Projects From Big Bazaar, Roadshow At Cannes
2 years, 9 months ago

Satyajit Ray's Work Inspires Projects From Big Bazaar, Roadshow At Cannes

ABP News  

New Delhi: A restored version of Indian maestro Satyajit Ray's 1970 film 'Pratidwandi' is playing at Cannes Classics this year and films inspired by his works are being planned. Kolkata-based Indian producer-director Aritra Sen's Roadshow Films and Los Angeles-based British writer-director Alex Harvey's Big Bazaar Films are producing two films this year, which take their inspiration from Ray's life and …

National Museum of Indian Cinema to host film festival on Satyajit Ray’s birth anniversary
2 years, 10 months ago

National Museum of Indian Cinema to host film festival on Satyajit Ray’s birth anniversary

The Hindu  

On the 101st birth anniversary of Satyajit Ray, the National Museum of Indian Cinema, Mumbai under the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry will host a three-day film festival at various venues across India to screen films made by the legendary filmmaker. National Museum of Indian Cinema, Mumbai in association with the National Film Development Corporation, Films Division, National Film Archives …

Satyajit Ray birth anniversary What Akira Kurosawa Said After Watching Pather Panchali
2 years, 10 months ago

Satyajit Ray birth anniversary What Akira Kurosawa Said After Watching Pather Panchali

ABP News  

Satyajit Ray birth anniversary: It has been more than six decades since Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali was released. Nothing Irrelevant Or Haphazard In Ray’s Cinematographic Technique: Kurosawa Pather Panchali went on to win 11 international awards, and is still considered a masterpiece. … I feel that he is a “giant” of the movie industry…Not to have seen the cinema of …

The Flawed Nayaks of Satyajit Ray
2 years, 10 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, 10 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….” …

Sandip Ray's new Feluda film based on Satyajit Ray's Hatyapuri to go on floors in May
2 years, 11 months ago

Sandip Ray's new Feluda film based on Satyajit Ray's Hatyapuri to go on floors in May

Firstpost  

Sandip Ray will start the production of Hatyapuri in May end. Filmmaker Sandip Ray on Tuesday said that he has completed recee for his next upcoming movie ‘Hatyapuri’ of the Feluda series and shooting will begin in May end. Ray had earlier cast actor Sabyasachi Chakraborty as Feluda in movies such as ‘Bombaiyer Bombete’, ‘Kailashey Kelenkari’ and Abir Chatterje e …

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

Satyajit Ray's documentaries: A mixed bag
3 years, 5 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, …

‘We need criticism, not hagiography’: Dhritiman Chaterji on Satyajit Ray's relevance in today's world
3 years, 5 months ago

‘We need criticism, not hagiography’: Dhritiman Chaterji on Satyajit Ray's relevance in today's world

The Hindu  

Dhritiman Chaterjiburst uponthe screen as the iconic young Siddhartha Chaudhuri in Satyajit Ray’s Pratidwandi, the first of the Calcutta trilogy. Excerpts: When the Calcutta trilogy happened 50 years ago, a lot of people were saying that Satyajit Ray had become overtly political; but what is often overlooked is that Ray had just entered what is called the middle age in …

Sharmila Tagore on working with Satyajit Ray
3 years, 5 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, 5 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 …

‘Ray’s vision is universal’: Girish Kasaravalli on Satyajit Ray
3 years, 5 months ago

‘Ray’s vision is universal’: Girish Kasaravalli on Satyajit Ray

The Hindu  

Girish Kasaravalli, Kannada film director, is one of the pioneers of ‘parallel cinema’ in India. I do not think that the films of Ray had such a huge impact on India’s mainstream cinema, for the simple reason that his films, which were in Bengali, were not accessible to film practitioners of other languages, especially those from the south. Ray’s cosmopolitan …

Cinema, for Satyajit Ray, was all about salvation
3 years, 5 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: …

How Satyajit Ray foregrounded modernity and enlightenment throughout his career
3 years, 5 months ago

How Satyajit Ray foregrounded modernity and enlightenment throughout his career

The Hindu  

Satyajit Ray was of the world, as were Chaplin and Bunuel and Renoir and Mizoguchi and Eisenstein and De Sica and Kurosawa and Godard and Pasolini, not to speak of other twentieth century masters, but he was of the breed who belonged to a particular developed culture and carried out the transfer of technology into a freshly evolved form. Children’s …

‘He lived life cinema’: Adoor Gopalakrishnan on Satyajit Ray
3 years, 5 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, 8 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, 8 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 …

Ray review: Netflix India's attempted love affair with Satyajit Ray is painfully one-note, sans any nuance
3 years, 8 months ago

Ray review: Netflix India's attempted love affair with Satyajit Ray is painfully one-note, sans any nuance

Firstpost  

In an attempt to intellectualise Satyajit Ray through a contemporary lens, Netflix India’s Ray completely alienates his humanism and effortlessness in portraying people’s vulnerabilities “I’ve written all types of stories, but I usually like to write about lonely people and things happening to them.” ~ Satyajit Ray. And thus begins Netflix’s attempted love affair with the auteur’s short stories in …

Tracing Satyajit Ray's influence on Hindi cinema; Netflix anthology on auteur's short stories is only a drop in the ocean
3 years, 8 months ago

Tracing Satyajit Ray's influence on Hindi cinema; Netflix anthology on auteur's short stories is only a drop in the ocean

Firstpost  

In one of the most famous quotes to emerge from the world of cinema, Akira Kurosawa once said, “Not to have seen the cinema of Ray means existing in the world without seeing the sun or the moon.” Satyajit Ray, the auteur from Bengal, whose centenary year we continue to celebrate, put Indian cinema on the world map in the …

Srijit Mukherji on Adapting Satyajit Ray's Short Stories for Netflix: Expecting Backlash from Purists
3 years, 8 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, 8 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 …

Aparna Sen and Madhabi Mukherjee on Satyajit Ray, the man, and his enduring legacy
3 years, 10 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 …

Hundred years of Satyajit Ray, and his brand of visceral cinema that mirrored the politics of Bengal across decades
3 years, 10 months ago

Hundred years of Satyajit Ray, and his brand of visceral cinema that mirrored the politics of Bengal across decades

Firstpost  

As his birth centenary coincides with the counting day of West Bengal polls, Satyajit Ray would surely like to know whether the people of his home state have voted or not for the lofty ideals for which he had lived and toiled all his life. Fish, football, films… and politics “Fish, football, and films” may be said to capture the …

Shikha Mukerjee | Revisiting the legend @100: Ray's iconic role to endure
3 years, 10 months ago

Shikha Mukerjee | Revisiting the legend @100: Ray's iconic role to endure

Deccan Chronicle  

Cultural power surpasses the transient aggregation of political heft in West Bengal. When Ray died in 1992, even manufacturers of objects as entirely mundane as shovels and construction equipment offered their tribute through It is revealing of West Bengal’s unusual ethos that even the BJP, with its claim to being the world’s largest party, scrambled to deploy Satyajit Ray to …

Satyajit Ray's Feluda and Professor Shonku to be incorporated in a film on director's centenary
4 years, 5 months ago

Satyajit Ray's Feluda and Professor Shonku to be incorporated in a film on director's centenary

Firstpost  

Bankrolled by SVF Films, Satyajit Ray’s iconic characters Feluda and Professor Shonku will feature in a yet-to-be-titled film directed by his son Sandip Ray. The film industry along with the rest of the country will observe the 100th birth anniversary of veteran filmmaker Satyajit Ray in 2021. To make the centenary of the director memorable, Bengal’s media and entertainment house …

On Satyajit Ray 99th birth anniversary, Madhur Bhandarkar, Parambrata Chatterjee remember the filmmaker
4 years, 10 months ago

On Satyajit Ray 99th birth anniversary, Madhur Bhandarkar, Parambrata Chatterjee remember the filmmaker

Firstpost  

A man of many talents, Satyajit Ray is considered to be one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. Writing for the Calcutta Film Society, Ray had said Bicycle Thieves “creates a norm which few films aspire to, let alone attain.” On the filmmaker’s 99th birth anniversary, a number of well-known personalities posted messages on Twitter remembering him. West Bengal …

This Satyajit Ray film deeply impacted KV Anand
5 years, 6 months ago

This Satyajit Ray film deeply impacted KV Anand

The Hindu  

KV Anand was a photojournalist before taking the plunge into the world of films. Jalsaghar I am a big fan of Satyajit Ray’s movies. Jalsaghar was one of Ray’s films that kept running in my head even after exiting the cinema hall. At a time when Tamil cinema gave in to a stereotypical portrayal of women, showing them as humble …

Remembering Satyajit Ray: An Incredible Storyteller
5 years, 10 months ago

Remembering Satyajit Ray: An Incredible Storyteller

India TV News  

Born in Calcutta, now Kolkata, Satyajit Ray was an Indian director famous for his perfection in the craft of filmmaking. Recognized as one of the masters of world cinema, Satyajit Ray made films in the Bengali language. Ray's other films like Charulata, Jalsaghar, Teen Kanya, Abhijan and so on introduced the parallel cinema in the 20th century. Apart from writing …

Legendary Mrinal Sen always bucked the trend in films and life, say prominent filmmakers
6 years, 2 months ago

Legendary Mrinal Sen always bucked the trend in films and life, say prominent filmmakers

India TV News  

Padmabhushan awardee Mrinal Sen often considered being one of the greatest ambassadors of Bengali parallel cinema on the global stage. Mrinal relished bucking the trend, and his films were silver screen adaptations of his firm social and political beliefs, eminent personalities and close associates said at the auteur's memorial meeting here on Saturday. He could have taken the simplistic path …

Satyajit Ray never made us memorise dialogues: Sharmila Tagore
6 years, 10 months ago

Satyajit Ray never made us memorise dialogues: Sharmila Tagore

The Quint  

New Delhi, May 15 Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore, who began her career with Satyajit Ray's 1959 Bengali film "Apur Sansar" at the age of a mere 13, says the late legendary filmmaker never made child artistes memorise dialogues. Hailing Ray as a man of ideas who was "not at all influenced by the market driven world", Sharmila also shed light …

Srijit Mukherjee to direct web series based on Satyajit Ray's short stories
6 years, 10 months ago

Srijit Mukherjee to direct web series based on Satyajit Ray's short stories

India TV News  

National Award-winning director Srijit Mukherjee will helm a web series based on short stories by iconic filmmaker and writer Satyajit Ray. X Ray - Selected Satyajit Shorts, a 12-part web series, will be produced by Viacom 18's digital content arm, Tipping Point, along with Mukherji. Ray, known for his iconic films Pather Panchali and Charulata, also wrote several short stories …

Apur Sansar: Satyajit Ray's famed Apu Trilogy ends with a fascinating study of love and loss
7 years ago

Apur Sansar: Satyajit Ray's famed Apu Trilogy ends with a fascinating study of love and loss

Firstpost  

Editor’s note: In a prolific career spanning nearly four decades, Satyajit Ray directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries and shorts. Satyajit Ray’s fascination with Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay’s immortal creation Apu lasted across three films, collectively known in the world of cinema as the Apu trilogy. As the beautiful Aparna — the vermillion dot on her forehead now slightly smudged — …

Nayak: Easily one of Satyajit Ray’s most incisive and detailed studies of human nature
7 years, 2 months ago

Nayak: Easily one of Satyajit Ray’s most incisive and detailed studies of human nature

Firstpost  

Editor’s note: In a prolific career spanning nearly four decades, Satyajit Ray directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries and shorts. Told in free style, punctuated with the occasional humour and smart wit, running back and forth thanks to flashbacks and dream sequences, and taking its time to denude the protagonist of his external garb of casual indifference, Nayak is …

Ghare Baire: A rare Satyajit Ray film which is not just weak, but also a tragic loss of opportunity
7 years, 4 months ago

Ghare Baire: A rare Satyajit Ray film which is not just weak, but also a tragic loss of opportunity

Firstpost  

Editor’s note: In a prolific career spanning nearly four decades, Satyajit Ray directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries and shorts. And finally, there’s Nikhilesh’s friend Sandip Mukherjee — a charismatic revolutionary waging war against British rule in India through the Swadeshi movement. More than anything else, Ghare Baire is perhaps the first film in which Ray seemed to have …

My Adventures with Satyajit Ray: The Making of Shatranj Ke Khilari is a must-read for movie lovers
7 years, 4 months ago

My Adventures with Satyajit Ray: The Making of Shatranj Ke Khilari is a must-read for movie lovers

Firstpost  

Amongst other things, filmmaking suffers from a debased tradition where egos of people big or small often stand in the way of something ordinary translating into great art. But his greatest achievement undoubtedly is Shatranj Ke Khilari, which was Satyajit Ray’s only Hindi film. While there have many books about the making of great films such as Casablanca, Citizen Cane …

Sadgati: Based on Premchand’s story, Satyajit Ray took a scathing look at the tragic lives of untouchables
7 years, 5 months ago

Sadgati: Based on Premchand’s story, Satyajit Ray took a scathing look at the tragic lives of untouchables

Firstpost  

Editor’s note: In a prolific career spanning nearly four decades, Satyajit Ray directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries and shorts. In order to have the almanacs read and an auspicious date and time announced for the marriage, Dukhi goes to the village priest’s house and invites him back to his hut. When the brahmin priest reprimands him for not …

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