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Ray 100: Satyajit Ray on his grandfather Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, whom he never saw May 2, 2021 is Satyajit Ray’s 100th birth anniversary. 3 hours ago Satyajit Rays drawings of his grandfather Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury and of the family house in Garpar, Calcutta. I have no personal memory of Upendrakishore; and it’s not possible to have any because he passed away six years before my birth. The house which he had built on 100 Garpar Road and the same house where he die...

- Martin Scorsese ‘‘Not to have seen the cinema of Ray means existing in the world without seeing the sun or the moon.’’ - Akira Kurosawa One is an American master and the maker of timeless Hollywood classics like ‘Taxi Driver’ or ‘Goodfellas,’ the other the Japanese auteur who is regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century. The sense of respect and admiration for Ray, the man who was responsible for taking Indian cinema to the global audience, was on...

Irrespective of the election results, Bengal, which once prided itself in intellectual heritage and broadmindedness, has got mired in a vortex of narrow identity politics.

Kanika Majumdar in Teen Kanya (1961) | Satyajit Ray Productions Satyajit Ray’s birth centenary will be celebrated on multiple fronts. Some will remember his movies, others his delightful stories for youngsters and adults, and yet other his film scores. Ray began composing his own music with Teen Kanya Shakespeare Wallah (1965) and Baksha Badal (1970). Contemporary composer Alokananda Dasgupta tells Scroll.in about what made Ray’s music unique and what can we learn fro...

Apu in Pather Panchali. Photo: Collected from Satyajitray.org. The films memorable six-minute dance sequence by a group of ghosts, Bhooter Nach, made history by using special effects at a time when it was unheard of in Indian cinema. It was shot using a stop-motion effect in combination with a watery reel. As the dance appealed hugely to children, it also represented class dynamics in Bengal. "Hirak Rajar Deshe", the sequel to "Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne", came out in 1980. It was another hit film ...

Ray, a hundred years on: This film auteur gave us a spectacular oeuvre which distilled contemporary times April 28, 2021, 9:17 PM IST The writer is a historian and writer. She edits the journal South Asian History and Culture. She is the author of Bengali Cinema: An Other Nation. Her first fiction is Menoka has Hanged Herself. LESS... MORE In a recent interview marking the 100th birth centenary of Satyajit Ray, three days from today, his son Sandip Ray stated that if his fath...

There’s been no escaping  pishi and  pishi — not so much  bhaipo — remains one of the few surviving sentinels guarding the citadel of a pluralist Bengal. Those at Bengal’s doors —  pishi’s detractors — think otherwise: the pair, they allege, represents nepotism and corruption that they would get rid of with a few lusty blows of their (majoritarian) broom. The depravity of politics — Bengal’s politics is not an exception — is such that it often forces viewers to turn t...

Do we really have to mankey about? SECTIONS Last Updated: Apr 23, 2021, 09:00 AM IST Share iStock Unlike Lewis Carroll’s half-lion, half-eagle gryphon, or Sukumar Ray’s hansjaru (duck+porcupine=duckupine), bokkochhop (stork+tortoise=stortoise) and other amalgams such as the half-giraffe, half-grasshopper and half-cow, half-rooster, the birth of the ‘mankey’ may pose ethical and legal implications. Hanuman kasam, a US-Chinese team of scientists has created the world’s first human-monk...

Suvendu alleges rigging, says Mamata pressurised officials to defeat BJP in Arambagh LS election ANI | Updated: Apr 01, 2021 22:45 IST Purba Medinipur (West Bengal) [India], April 1 (ANI): BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of electoral malpractices and said she had "pressurised" district officials in Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency in the 2019 general elections so that "votes in 16 EVMs are not cou...

Not a single health centre or health clinic run by the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation  administered Covid-19 vaccines to those above 60 years or older and those aged between 45 and 59 with comorbidities till Sunday. The only vaccination centre run by the government for all the 41 wards under Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation  is at the Bidhannagar Sub-Divisional Hospital near City Centre. On Sunday, a senior civic official said that they were planning to open vaccination centres at several...