Tag: Satyajit Ray
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Season’s flavour: Calendar on Sandesh, graphic novel on Ray’s story
It is now time to explore his works in yet another unexplored medium, a graphic novel. One of Ray’s most powerful short stories, Khagam has been presented in a graphic novel in Bengali.
February 4, 2023 -
Discovering the Composer Satyajit
This year marks the birth centenary of Satyajit Ray.
September 30, 2022 -
New Wave Cinema and Its Impact on Film Making
Jean-Luc Godard has been an inspiration for many filmmakers through decades. An independent filmmaker, Amartya Bhattacharya, made his new Odia film ‘Adieu Godard’ in the honour of his role model, Jean-Luc Godard.
September 19, 2022 -
Remembering Ray
One should ask whether all these exhibitions, retrospectives, lectures and seminars, books and articles have succeeded in making Ray's treasure reach the unreached, and whether his luminous creativity is being subjected to questioning in the context of present times.
June 18, 2022 -
With focus on Ray’s sensibilities on 101st anniversary
More than 3,000 schools, colleges, universities and institutions were invited to participate in four categories of competitive events
April 22, 2022 -
Ray the artist
His innovations like Ray Roman, Daphnis, Bizarre, Holiday Script, and others are still revered today. The fonts using Bengali alphabets (notable ones on Sandesh and Anandamela) influenced a whole generation of young designers.
April 19, 2022 -
Online exhibition on Satyajit Ray as children’s magazine illustrator
Presented by India International Centre, the exhibition is titled 'Aap Kya Sandesh Laya'.
June 15, 2021 -
Ray’s works more relevant now as society battles pandemic plight
He felt, “Today’s screenplay writers do not have the luxury of time to conceptualize and flesh out their characters, adding a trait one day and a quirk another. How will such detailing happen? This affects the actors’ delivery as well.”
June 8, 2021 -
Cinema of Satyajit Ray in the time of pandemic
The truth is that the work of a genius will always echo in every coming generation, which is why such efforts stand the test of time.
June 6, 2021 -
Humming with restrained passion
Amitava Nags incredible book of conversations with Soumitra Chatterjee reads like an intimate close-up of the screen icons life.
May 28, 2021 -
Tribute to Bharat Ratna – Satyajit Ray
From coasters that are made on pre-sanitized ceramic plates with archival ink have his movie posters that depict his movie to colourful cushion covers that depict the fictional character Feluda created by the Maestro to original movie posters of movie like Pather Panchali are all going to be available at Baro Market. I
May 6, 2021 -
Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute holds 10th convocation, Diploma awarded to 13th batch of film wing
The graduates of the thirteenth batch of the Film Wing, the first batch of the Electronic and Digital Media wing and the first batch of the Animation Cinema gets their Post Graduate Diploma Certificate after pursuing different specializations and successfully completed their first films.
May 3, 2021 -
A Centennial Tribute
Ray was fond of the great Hollywood masters, and never encouraged the arty-arty film-makers with no audience focus and scant responsibility to get the financiers money back. The director expresses himself with others money and for him to remain creative, has to understand his primary audience and devise means within available resources, to reach that audience.
May 2, 2021 -
Exploring Ray’s ‘French connection’
Raju Raman, president, Cine Academy, meanwhile, recalled how the former President of France, François Mitterrand had to climb up a step at National Library to match the height of Ray so he could confer on him the prestigious Legion of Honour, the highest French order of merit.
May 2, 2021 -
Ray’s characters feature in Left digital campaign
The maestro of parallel cinema Ray’s political satire of 1980, ‘Hirak Rajar Deshe’ (In the land of the Diamond King) has once again drawn the attention with CPI-M using it for their digital campaign against the binary force of Trinamul Congress and the BJP.
March 11, 2021 -
IFFI to celebrate legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray
This was announced during the Golden Jubilee edition of IFFI in 2019, by Amit Khare, Secretary, Ministry of I&B, as part of the Centenary celebrations of Satyajit Ray.
January 13, 2021 -
Shoojit Sircar reminded of Satyajit Ray classic by protest against racism in the UK
Sircar on Monday reacted to a news piece and a video on Twitter, which shows residents of Bristol protesting against systemic racism.
June 9, 2020