Tag: Satyajit Ray

Ray’s film posters illustrate the story concept aptly: Aparna

Filmmaker Aparna Sen says the posters of Satyajit Ray's films are perfect examples of how a movie's art work can communicate the theme. “Think about Manik da's (as the maestro is fondly called by his admirers) Devi'. There is no third eye between the two brows. There is nothing in between two eyes,” Sen told...

March 26, 2017

Browse Satyajit Ray’s notes on National Digital Library app

Auteur Satyajit Ray's "Kheror Khata" (red books or manuscripts), where he jotted down minute details associated with his films, are now being made available by National Digital Library of India on your phones or tablets through an Android app. NDL is sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource Development and co-ordinated by Indian Institute of Technology,...

March 15, 2017

Reflections on a master craftsman

For a long time, the world had conveniently divided Indian cinema between Satyajit Ray and Bollywood. That there was nothing in between as was evident from Penelope Houston’s famous observation that as long as someone didn’t come along to make a difference, “Ray’s Bengal will be cinema’s India”. That was around the time creative young...

February 19, 2017

Bright spots amid the gloom

Bengali filmmakers appear to be trying everything possible to reverse the miserable trend that has gripped the industry in recent times. The market crunch has made things worse but insiders confess in private that the elimination of projects, which ought not to have been launched in the first place, is not a bad thing after...

December 3, 2016

An enduring classic radiantly retold

Soumitra Chatterjee’s brilliant translation of Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts coupled with astute direction from Kaushik Sen and heart-felt performances from a great cast made Bidehi delightful on almost every front.

November 25, 2016