Pather Panchali

Rayesque | Satyajit Ray's relationship with children in his films

A look at how children were important characters in Satyajit Ray’s narratives.

Ray-esque | Remembering Satyajit Ray's chief assistant director Ramesh Sen

The legendary Satyajit Ray’s chief assistant director Ramesh Sen was the master’s and the Ray family’s one of the closest lieutenants till his last days.

Three movies which spell out childhood joys like nothing else

This Children’s Day, we’ll look at movies which explore the ‘lost joys’ of childhood.

Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali declared best Indian film by International Federation of Film Critics

Based on Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's 1929 Bengali novel of the same name, "Pather Panchali" was Ray's directorial debut. It starred Subir Banerjee, Kanu Banerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Uma Dasgupta, Pinaki Sengupta and Chunibala Devi.

Ray-esque | Satyajit Ray: The Illustrator and his love affair with drawing and sketching

Satyajit Ray singlehandedly and unflaggingly turned out countless covers which spanned across calligraphy, designs, layouts, techniques and the gamut of graphic art.

Ray-esque | From Pandit Ravi Shankar to the Mahabharata; Satyajit Ray’s unrealised films

Here is a look at Satyajit Ray’s unreleased films and the stories behind them.

From Nehru to New India: Five films that capture Hindi cinema’s 75-year journey

Nothing can be a bigger testimony of New India in cinema than ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’ (2019), and the reaction of the critics and audiences sums up the 75-year journey

On Satyajit Ray's birth anniversary, revisiting the magical world of legendary filmmaker's Kheror Khata

To mark Satyajit Ray's 101st birth anniversary, let's take a sneak peek into the legendary filmmaker's magical world of Kheror Khata

On Satyajit Ray’s death anniversary, looking at his uncompromisingly strong female protagonists

The 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

In 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.