MUMBAI, (IANS) – Filmmaker Anik Dutta, who has helmed ‘Aparajito’, which narrates the story of the struggles of Satyajit Ray during the making of his iconic film ‘Pather Panchali’, says that the ...

How Satyajit Ray Made Pather Panchali with No Money and Real Villagers” uncovers the remarkable story behind one of world cinema’s greatest debuts. With almost no budget, limited equipment, and a ...

Ritwik Ghatak was known for his distinctive directorial style, exceptional handling of actors, unparalleled musical sense, ...

The Apu collection is a trilogy consisting of three Bengali films directed by Satyajit Ray: Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), Aparajito (The Unvanquished) and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu).

It was Kolkata, India, in the 1950s. A man was working in advertising as a commercial artist. While illustrating a novel by a new author, the man recognized its powerful visual potential and felt ...

Satyajit Ray was ailing at the time the incident occurred. Recalled Sandip, “Twenty years ago when I wrote to Cinematheque Francaise about my father’s manuscripts, I was shocked to get a reply saying ...

Maybe that’s why the experience of watching Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy — movies adapted from two works by Indian novelist Bibhutibhushan Banerjee and set in a country many of us will never even visit ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Satyajit Ray’s 1955 classic ‘Pather Panchali’ was named the best Indian film of all time in a poll conducted by the Indian chapter of International Federation of Film Critics.

The Criterion Collection maintains that “Pather Panchali” (1955), “Aparajito” (1956), and “Apur Sansar” (1959), a set of films by the pioneering Indian writer and director Satyajit Ray, can be enjoyed ...

Three years in the making, the masterpiece that launched Satyajit Ray’s career tells a story, but it’s less a linear narrative than a series of rhyming incidents set in the cruel Eden of a Bengali ...

Explore Ritwik Ghatak's enduring legacy and influence on Bollywood, in the works of Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Vidhu Vinod Chopra ...

Even if you live in the same city or town your whole life, the place you came from is always a distant country: Old trees are cut down to be replaced, one hopes, by new ones; shops and businesses ...