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All Stories for Charulata
On Satyajit Ray’s death anniversary, looking at his uncompromisingly strong female protagonists
Vinayakc • 3 years agoThe Ray heroine is as significant as the hero of any screenplay but never needs to engage in a contest of gender supremacy or undermine his presence in her world
Saluting the Father of Indian filmmaking Satyajit Ray on his death anniversary
Subhash • 3 years agoIn his illustrious career, Satyajit Ray bagged 36 Indian National Film Awards, a Golden Lion, a Golden Bear, 2 Silver Bears and an Academy Honorary Award in 1992.
Bela Sheshe to Asukh, celebrating Soumitra Chatterjee's iconic performances beyond the Satyajit Ray universe
Poulomi Das • 4 years agoChatterjee’s body of work, spanning over 300 films, is vast, versatile, and defining. He became representative of the educated Bengali middle-class in a way that was both accessible and aspirational.
Inside Satyajit Ray's little known corner of life as an aficionado of board games, from Scrabble to chess
Ashoke Nag • 3 years ago“Father was deeply interested in word games, quizzes, and anagrams. These were just purely private preoccupations, and known to only an inner circle of family members. Sporadically, his deep interest had also entered his films," says Sandip Ray in an exclusive interview.
Aparna Sen and Madhabi Mukherjee on Satyajit Ray, the man, and his enduring legacy
Arshia • 4 years agoOn Satyajit Ray's 100th birth anniversary, his leading ladies Aparna Sen and Madhabi Mukherjee weigh in on the political significance of the man and his legacy, even 29 years since he breathed his last.
Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee passes away at age 85
Fp Staff • 4 years agoSoumitra Chatterjee passed away at the age of 85 due to covid-19 complications, after being hospitalised for 40 days.
Kishore Kumar's letter to 'Manik mama' Satyajit Ray from November 1963 dug up by filmmaker-son Sandip Ray
Fp Staff • 5 years agoThe letter was written by Kishore Kumar, explaining to Satyajit Ray why he won't be able to come down to Kolkata from Mumbai at that point in time for recording a song for the iconic film Charulata
Remembering Satyajit Ray's best films on his 97th birth anniversary, from the Apu trilogy to Aranyer Din Ratri
Fp Staff • 7 years agoA look at Satyajit Ray's nine most important cinematic masterpieces.
As Bioscopewala comes to theatres, a look at other films inspired by Rabindranath Tagore's works
Fp Staff • 7 years agoDeb Medhekar's upcoming film Bioscopewala is based on Rabindranath Tagore's short story Kabuliwala.
Sujoy Ghosh's short film Anukul demonstrates Satyajit Ray's influence on the Kahaani director
Suryasarathibhattacharya • 7 years agoSujoy Ghosh's short film Anukul is based on a short story of the same name, written by Satyajit Ray back in the year 1976.