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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 Ray's 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 died was also the house where I was born. My childhood was spent in this house and quite a bit of my g...

- 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 one of the few factors they would have had in common. It’s a pity that the Covid-19 pandemic, like s...

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 from it today. Satyajit Ray didn’t only focus on just the background score. He also created theme tra...

Apu in Pather Panchali. Photo: Collected from Satyajitray.org. The film's 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 filled with coded messages, musical elements, inspirational dialogues and quirky scenes, making i...