‘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, one can see a certain despair about society, polity and culture, and the cancerous spread of corruption in public life, erosion of scientific temper, dangerous ascent of communalism, and an all-pervasive degeneration of values. Three decades after his last film, ‘Agantuk’, how do you look at Ray’s apprehensions? Satyajit Ray while writing about the “Indian New Wave” was severely critical of some of the avant-garde film-makers of your generation like Mani Kaul and Kumar Shahani.

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Shyam Benegal, The Last Great Auteur of India’s Parallel Cinema Movement, Exits the Stage
19 hours, 47 minutes ago

Shyam Benegal, The Last Great Auteur of India’s Parallel Cinema Movement, Exits the Stage

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 23, 2024 23:10 IST - 7 MINS READ Shyam Benegal, who heralded a new era in Hindi cinema with the ‘parallel movement’ in the 1970s and 1980s with classics such as Ankur, Mandi and Manthan, died on Monday, December 23, after battling chronic kidney disease. Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur said Benegal created ‘new wave’ cinema and will always …

Shyam Benegal, Indian cinema’s Renaissance man
21 hours, 27 minutes ago

Shyam Benegal, Indian cinema’s Renaissance man

Live Mint  

Filmmaker Shyam Benegal died today in Mumbai at the age of 90. How telling can you make your images and how much can you pack into a film without using gimmicks.” Benegal’s filmmaking oeuvre—24 films over a period of 50 years, beginning with Ankur —can be viewed purely as sophisticated, politically and socially engaged meditations of matter over form, density, …

Shatrughan Sinha Regrets Not Being Able To Work With Satyajit Ray, Lauds Rich Legacy Of Bengali Cinema
2 weeks, 5 days 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 …

‘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 …

From HT Archives: Bharat Ratna for Indian cinema’s great global icon
9 months ago

From HT Archives: Bharat Ratna for Indian cinema’s great global icon

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi Renowned film producer and director Satyajit Ray was conferred with the country’s highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, a Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson announced on March 20, 1992 -- days after Ray became the first Indian filmmaker to be honoured with a lifetime achievement Academy Award. A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said the award was conferred on Ray, who is …

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 …

Martin Scorsese reveals he was inspired by Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali: 'Cinema opened to me'
1 year, 2 months ago

Martin Scorsese reveals he was inspired by Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali: 'Cinema opened to me'

Firstpost  

Martin Scorsese revealed that he was just a boy when he first saw Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali and from that point cinema opened to him. He also talked about Satyajit Ray’s cult classic Pather Panchali. Martin Scorsese on Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali When asked if his new movie Killers of the Flower Moon will resonate in countries such as India …

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 …

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 …

From Nehru to New India: Five films that capture Hindi cinema’s 75-year journey
2 years, 4 months ago

From Nehru to New India: Five films that capture Hindi cinema’s 75-year journey

Firstpost  

Nothing can be a bigger testimony of New India in cinema than ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’, and the reaction of the critics and audiences sums up the 75-year journey One of the most powerful communication tools, cinema, has long been used by powers across nations to craft the thinking of its people. Majrooh was imprisoned for an anti-Nehru line in …

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 …

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 …

National Museum of Indian Cinema to host film festival on Satyajit Ray’s birth anniversary
2 years, 7 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

‘Ray’s vision is universal’: Girish Kasaravalli on Satyajit Ray
3 years, 2 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, 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: …

How Satyajit Ray foregrounded modernity and enlightenment throughout his career
3 years, 2 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 …

How film societies fostered a culture of art cinema in India
3 years, 2 months ago

How film societies fostered a culture of art cinema in India

Live Mint  

What exactly did the film societies do? Dasgupta’s use of such words as “creative” cinema or “cultured” people indicates that film societies in the early years were fired with a sense of cultural superiority and aimed to create “value- distinctions,” in Pierre Bourdieu’s sense, among different kinds of films. Technology had not made a real impact, and the need had …

’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 …

Tracing Satyajit Ray's influence on Hindi cinema; Netflix anthology on auteur's short stories is only a drop in the ocean
3 years, 5 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 …

'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 …

Shikha Mukerjee | Revisiting the legend @100: Ray's iconic role to endure
3 years, 7 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 …

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