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The film presents the life and work of the writer Sukumar Ray, Satyajit Ray’s father. Ray made this film as a tribute to celebrate the centenary of his birth. The film comprises still photographs and readings from Sukumar Ray’s writings.
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- Bala
This short documentary film is portrait of a dancer of...
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- Documentary on Tagore
- ‘Bala’
- ‘Sikkim’
- ‘The Inner Eye’
- Sukumar Ray
- Short Films
One would have normally expected Ray’s documentary on Tagore to be a gift of gratitude to be savoured, considering the director’s admiration for the poet and his knowledge of practically everything worth knowing about the great man. But unfortunately, it did not turn out that way. While the film went down well with the larger audience, it was savag...
In 1976, Ray directed a documentary on the celebrated Bharatanatyam exponent Balasaraswati, which is commonly counted as being of little, if any, consequence whether in cinematic terms, or in terms of bringing to the fore the uniqueness of the subject and the discipline in which she excelled. Practically no one in the film fraternity or in classica...
Ten years afterRabindranath , in 1971, Ray directedSikkim , which was to cause him considerable trouble with the censors. With a certificate of exhibition denied for political reasons, the film remained unseen for long. When released for public exhibition after a lapse of many years, the film aroused a certain amount of interest but not enough to m...
BetweenSikkim andBala , Ray directed what is commonly regarded to be his most outstanding work in the genre of documentary.The Inner Eye (1972) is a fulsome tribute to Benode Behari Mukhopadhyay, who had been Ray’s teacher at Kala Bhavan, Tagore’s art school. The film was a stroke of genius in that Ray succeeded in entering with confidence and mast...
It was in 1987 that Ray made his last documentary film—on his father, the inimitable, irrepressible Sukumar Ray, who died young at the height of his literary, artistic and intellectual powers. His early death shattered a generation of admiring contemporaries and caused deep anguish to Tagore. Sukumar Ray is remembered with awe even today in countle...
It is generally agreed that Ray made three short films, not counting the Teen Kanyastories, at least two of which explored child psychology and behaviour.Two(1964, a.k.a. The Parable of Two), commissioned by the oil company Esso, is about two little boys, one belonging to a rich family and the other poor, and their unlikely friendship after initial...
Sukumar Ray FRPS (Sukumār Rāẏ ⓘ; 30 October 1887 – 10 September 1923) [ 3 ] was a Bengali writer and poet from British India. He is remembered mainly for his writings for children. He was the son of children's story writer Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury and the father of Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray.
Sukumar Ray is a 1987 Bengali short documentary film made by Satyajit Ray on his father, Sukumar Ray. It was released during the birth centenary year of Sukumar Ray, who was born on 30 October 1887. The thirty minutes documentary features the life and some of the works by Sukumar Ray in the form of paintings, photographs and readings.
Dec 3, 2017 · In the year 1987, on the occasion of the birth centenary of Sukumar Ray, his son Satyajit Ray made a documentary film on his life and works, as a tribute to a father he only knew through his writings, sketches and letters.
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Jun 28, 2021 · The ensuing film, a meditation upon one cultural giant by another, played at the 1961 Locarno International Film Festival and won a Golden Sail. Ray’s father, the author Sukumar Ray, was a close associate of Tagore’s, and they were both strong advocates of the Brahmo Samaj, the monotheistic reformist movement within Hinduism.
Oct 30, 2017 · Satyajit Ray's father, Sukumar Ray, was a master illustrator and a powerful satirist in Bengali literature whose works including 'Abol Tabol' and 'Ha Ja Ba Ra La' showcased India's pioneering works in illustration, printmaking and satirical poetry.
