62 Years of Satyajit Ray’s Devi
The film stays relevant for its depiction of religious dogmatism and collective hysteria
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How Barun Chanda Wooed Satyajit Ray Into Casting Him As His Hero
Advertising, 60s Calcutta, and a magazine interview that did the trick, former adman, actor, and writer of crime thrillers Barun Chanda on how he impressed Ray.
Satyajit Ray's Seemabaddha: A Lesson On The Price of Ambition
The film is a meditation on our definitions of success, the cost of ambition and the slow degeneration of humanity as a result of these factors
Ray Is An Anthology Too Uneven To Do Satyajit Ray's Stories Justice
Like most anthologies, Ray is a mix of dazzling and mediocre. The master deserves more sparkling filmmaking.
My Journey Discovering Art Cinema With Satyajit Ray
Ray gave the mental strength to me as a viewer to watch more art cinema from India and abroad
Satyajit Ray’s Two: The Two Ways To Look At Happiness
The rich child is caged in his big house at an elevation, looking down upon the poor one, who is grounded and free
Ray Trailer Talk: Ray’s Short Stories Get A Post-Ray Aesthetic
Manoj Bajpayee, Ali Fazal, Kay Kay Menon & Harshvarrdhan Kapoor, the anthology premieres on June 25
The Ghar Ki Lakshmi Goes To Work In Satyajit Ray’s Mahanagar, On MUBI
Set in Calcutta during the mid-1950s, Mahanagar explores the evolving independence of middle-class women of the city
Revisiting Satyajit Ray’s Nayak: The Hero
They say the eyes are the windows to the soul. Arindam Mukherjee’s dark glasses are a thinly veiled attempt to hide what lies beyond.
Baradwaj Rangan’sTop 10 Satyajit Ray’s Films | Film Companion
For his 100th birthday, we decided to do a countdown of his Top 10 films. His films have a classical elegance that make them timeless. Watch this video to know…
Satyajit Ray's Top 10 Films
To celebrate the filmmaker’s centenary, here are his Top 10 films. As always, these lists are subjective.
How Soumitra Chatterjee Modelled Feluda on Satyajit Ray
In many ways, the character, in Sonar Kella and Joi Baba Felunath, is the perfect embodiment of the Ray-Chatterjee partnership
Hirak Rajar Deshe: A Perpetual Fable Of Fascism, Freedom And Farce
The progressiveness and visionary dystopia of the film must not go unnoticed today
The Sharp, Sensitive And Anguished: Revisiting Pratidwandi
As I watch Siddhartha, the protagonist, grapple with the changing urban landscape of Kolkata, I can relate to his predicament
Ray on Streaming: Where to Find Every Satyajit Ray Film Online
Ray’s filmography spans feature films, short films, telefilms, and documentaries. Here is a comprehensive guide on how to find them
How Satyajit Ray & Soumitra Chatterjee Took Feluda From Page To Screen
Satyajit Ray turned two of his Feluda stories into films that masterfully adapted his ideas in the stories on screen. Both Sonar Kella and Joi Baba Felunath starred Soumitra Chatterjee, who breathed life into the Feluda between the pages, and gave him a unique identity in the world of fictional detectives.
Quiz: How Well Do You Know Satyajit Ray?
Over the years, Ray’s films have been dissected so much that it leaves little trivia that is not known to the cinephile. We created a quiz that, hopefully, goes beyond the obvious
Photographer Nemai Ghosh’s Iconic Photos From Satyajit Ray Sets And More
Fifty years after he first clicked a photograph on location for Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969), Ghosh talks about some of his favourite photographs
50 Years of Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne: The Story Of Satyajit Ray’s Biggest Box Office Suc...
We look back at the time Raj Kapoor almost produced the film, the casting challenges, initial reviews, and the film’s lasting cultural significance
Posterphilia: The Poster Designs of Satyajit Ray
On his 98th birth anniversary, we look at some of the auteur’s most iconic and memorable film poster designs
