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3 days ago · Satyajit Ray, Bengali motion-picture director who brought the Indian cinema to world recognition with Pather Panchali (1955; The Song of the Road) and its two sequels, known as the Apu Trilogy. He was noted for his humanism, his versatility, and his detailed control over his films and their music.
Satyajit Ray Org has a mission of promoting discussion and study of Satyajit Ray’s films and filmmaking. Satyajit Ray (1921-1992), an Indian filmmaker and among the dozen or so great masters of world cinema, is known for his humanistic approach to cinema.
Aug 21, 2022 · Soumitra Chatterjee, who appeared in many of the best Satyajit Ray films, made his film debut in The World of Apu. Chatterjee’s performance as the wayward young-adult is regarded as one of the greatest in Indian cinema.
The Alumni of Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute have been successful in making the Institute’s presence felt in every aspect of the world of Indian cinema. Directors, cinematographers, editors, and sound recordists and designers have consistently won prestigious awards nationally and internationally in all major film festivals.
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Banerjee, Chunibala Devi
May 2, 2023 · Pauline Kael, the New Yorker critic had written, "Ray's films can give rise to a more complex feeling of happiness in me than the work of any other director…No artist has ever done more than Satyajit Ray to make us re-evaluate the commonplace."
Then he goes on to add a carefully noted epithet — “Unlike the two European masters, Satyajit Ray made ‘great’ and ‘near great’ films throughout his long career producing some thirty-seven features, documentaries and short films, an impressive accomplishment by any measure or standard.”
