100 years of Satyajit Ray: Interesting facts about the Godfather of Indian cinema
Some of Satyajit Ray's best works include The Apu Trilogy, The Music Room, The Big City and Charulata
Satyajit Ray was a popular Indian film director, scriptwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher and music composer.
He was born in Calcutta which is now known as Kolkata. Ray is widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers in film history.
His best works include
Charulata.
Here are some lesser-known facts about the legendary filmmaker:
1. Satyajit Ray designed book covers for Signet Press. Some of his notable covers include the ones for Jim Corbett's classic Man-Eaters of Kumaon and Jawaharlal Nehru's Discovery of India.