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All Stories for Satyajit Ray
Ami Kolkata: A museum housed within Metcalfe Hall re-imagines the City of Joy, reflects its democratic spirit
Roy • 6 years agoAmi Kolkata has its mandatory Tagore and Ray, but it also has a stairwell lined with quirky posters – old movie classics as well as vintage ads for Horlicks malted milk, Lily barley biscuits, and Firpo’s machine-made bread. It celebrates Kolkata biryani and Chinatown breakfasts as much as it honours its pioneers like Raja Ram Mohun Roy and Begum Roqeya.
Feluda: 50 Years of Ray’s Detective review — An impressive celebration of the iconic Bengali sleuth
Bhaskar Chattopadhyay • 6 years agoSagnik Chatterjee's documentary does a rather impressive job of celebrating the phenomenon called Feluda.
On Jawaharlal Nehru's death anniversary, reexamining his vision for Indian cinema, film institutions
Sahapedia • 6 years agoThe development of the Indian film industry is credited to the Film Enquiry Committee (FEC) set up by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1949. Ever the statesman, Nehru was also well-versed with the skill of using the appeal of film stars as a tool of diplomacy.
Bhobishyoter Bhoot pulled out of theatres: How Bengali cinema has always critiqued the politics of its times
Shreyapaul • 7 years agoBhobishyoter Bhoot draws inspiration from Bengali cinema’s rich history of dissent through craft, particularly Mrinal Sen and Satyajit Ray’s bodies of work.
Toon Cinema gets a Ray of Hope and Joy
Urmi Chanda Vaz • 7 years agoA new animation film that re-imagines Satyajit Ray’s evergreen Goopy-Bagha adventure might just be the affirmation that children’s cinema in India needs
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.
Madhur Bhandarkar denies 'remaking' Apu trilogy: Avijatrik only takes off from where Satyajit Ray left
Fp Staff • 7 years agoMadhur Bhandarkar clarified that the rights of Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay's novel had been bought by producer Gaurang Jalan from the late author's family.
Madhur Bhandarkar to take forward Satyajit Ray's Apu trilogy with his maiden Bengali production Avijatrik
Fp Staff • 7 years agoMadhur Bhandarkar's maiden Bengali production Avijatrik will delve into the 'sublime bond' between father and son; between Apu and his son Kajol.
Veteran Bengali filmmaker Mrinal Sen cremated in Kolkata; last rites ceremony attended by Nandita Das, Anjan Dutt
• 7 years agoMrinal Sen has directed films like Ek Din Achanak, Padatik, Baishey Shravana and Mrigayaa.
Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali is the only Indian movie to feature in BBC's list of Best Foreign Language Films
Fp Staff • 7 years agoAs per BBC, 27 of the highest-rated films were in French, which was followed by 12 in Mandarin and 11 each in Italian and Japanese.