Sandip Ray

Ray-esque | Throwback to thirty years ago when Satyajit Ray became the first Indian to receive the Oscar award

Ashoke Nag recollects the day maestro Satyajit Ray received the Oscar trophy in Calcutta from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which was an unprecedented gesture in the history of the Oscars.

The Feluda legacy: Why and how Satyajit Ray’s fictional super sleuth survives changing times

Feluda hasn’t had the need to undergo drastic changes over the decades unlike James Bond or Sherlock Holmes

Kolkata International Film Festival 2022: Satyajit Ray's illustrations and Mitchel camera from 'Pather Panchali' at display

The exhibition at the Kolkata Film Festival showcases the synthesiser used by Ray for composing the music of 'Ghare Baire' and the Mitchel camera used for making 'Pather Panchali'.

Sandip Ray's new Feluda film based on Satyajit Ray's Hatyapuri to go on floors in May

Sandip Ray will start the production of Hatyapuri in May end. The makers are planning the film during the Christmas weekend.

In appreciation of Satyajit Ray's mastery over film posters: Individual characteristics bound by a thread of unity

What survives of Satyajit Ray’s posters reflect the sheer artistic level to which the master filmmaker lifted this facet of his movie-making exercise.

Sandip Ray on working with Shashi Kapoor on Satyajit Ray Presents telefilm: 'He was a thorough perfectionist'

“Shashi Kapoor is a very adept actor, and a thorough professional," Satyajit Ray told son Sandip when the latter expressed his apprehension of directing a huge Mumbai star for their Doordarshan telefilm.

Exploring a lesser known aspect of Satyajit Ray: The masterful filmmaker was also a science fiction enthusiast

From founding the Sci-Fi Cine Club in Kolkata to plans to direct a Hollywood sci-fi film, and developing the character of Professor Shanku, Satyajit Ray enjoyed an almost umbilical connect with the science fiction genre.

On Soumitra Chatterjee's birth anniversary, Sharmila Tagore, Sandip Ray remember actor's 'ineradicable legacy'

Sharmila Tagore who co-starred in Soumitra Chatterjee’s several films, including Apur Sansar and Devi, says she doesn’t know of anyone as erudite as him: "He could talk about any subject under the sun"

Inside Satyajit Ray's little known corner of life as an aficionado of board games, from Scrabble to chess

“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.

'Watching Satyajit Ray edit was where I learnt to be ruthless in doing away with flab in a film': son Sandip Ray

Sandip Ray talks about working under the shadows of his legendary father, his learnings as a filmmaker and editor, and getting exposed to international cinema through Satyajit Ray.