Satyajit Ray

Famous quotes by Satyajit Ray:

"I learnt framing by watching him work on the camera. He would always encourage me and now I have a collection of 90,000 photos of Ray."

"Particularly in the final stages I always find that I'm rushed. It's dangerous when you're rushed in the editing stage, most of my early films are flawed in the cutting."

"There is a ban on Indian films in Pakistan, so that's half of our market gone."

"Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films at the same time, so they will give one director two hours and maybe shoot in Bombay in the morning and Madras in the evening. It happens."

"I wouldn't mind taking a rest for three or four months, but I have to keep on making films for the sake of my crew, who just wait for the next film because they're not on a fixed salary."

"Ever since Two Daughters I've been composing my own music."

"Well the Bombay film wasn't always like how it is now. It did have a local industry. There were realistic films made on local scenes. But it gradually changed over the years."

"The conception of background music is changing. You use less and less of it these days."

"I had developed this habit of writing scenarios as a hobby. I would find out which stories had been sold to be made into films and I would write my own treatment and then compare it."

"My films play only in Bengal, and my audience is the educated middle class in the cities and small towns. They also play in Bombay, Madras and Delhi where there is a Bengali population."

"The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves."

"I've made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation."

"When I'm shooting on location, you get ideas on the spot - new angles. You make not major changes but important modifications, that you can't do on a set. I do that because you have to be economical."

"My cameraman and I devised a method, which we started using from my second film, which applies mainly to day scenes shot in the studio, where we used bounced light instead of direct light. We agreed with this thing of four or five shadows following the actors is dreadful."

"What is attempted in these film is of course a synthesis. But it can be seen by someone who has his feet in both cultures. Someone who will bring to bear on the films involvement and detachment in equal measure."

"Sometimes a director is making three films. Perhaps he is shooting a film in Madras and a film in Bombay and he can't leave Madras as some shooting has to be done, so he directs by telephone. The shooting takes place. On schedule."

"You cannot go beyond a certain limit in your expenditure if you want to bring back money from your local market, which is very small after Pakistan."

"When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth century."

"At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music."

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Standing ovation for ‘Farming the Revolution’ documentary at Kolkata premiere

The Times of India 25 Mar 2025

A repeat screening was held at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) on Monday, leaving many overwhelmed by Jain's 'objectivity' while archiving 'one of the most important movements ...

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Bengali films rooted in social consciousness, literature: Guv Bose

Hindustan Times 22 Mar 2025

Kolkata, Paying his tribute to the director trio of Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen and Ritwik Ghatak, Governor C V Ananda Bose on Saturday said Bengali films have been rooted in social consciousness and literature.

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SRFTI alumna 1st woman from Hills to win international film award

The Times of India 22 Mar 2025

A film by a Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) student from Sikkim, who later studied in Darjeeling, has won the ‘HAF Goes to Cannes' award, presented to work-in-progress films by the ...

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Who is Justice Yashwant Varma, the Delhi HC judge in middle of ‘cash recovered at home’ row?

Financial Express 21 Mar 2025

... order ruling that director Satyajit Ray was the original copyright owner of the 1966 film Nayak ... Satyajit Ray and consequently the copyright therein would vest in the said individual alone\u201d.

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Tom Cruise Set to Be Honored With BFI Fellowship; U.K. Film Institute's Highest Honor Explained

Pinkvilla 20 Mar 2025

... Fellowship, positioning him among a rare category of cinematic icons, including Christopher Nolan, Satyajit Ray, Martin Scorsese, Tilda Swinton, Spike Lee, Akira Kurosawa, Ridley Scott, and more.

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Tom Cruise to receive BFI fellowship: ‘I’ve been making films in the UK for 40 years and have no plans to stop’

The Observer 20 Mar 2025

... Orson Welles, Thelma Schoonmaker, Derek Jarman, Martin Scorsese, Satyajit Ray, Yasujirō Ozu and, most recently, Tilda Swinton, Barbara Broccoli, Michael G Wilson, Spike Lee and Christopher Nolan.

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The Best Film of Every Year Since 1950, by Jung Freud

The Unz Review 20 Mar 2025

And, Satyajit Ray was more appreciated abroad than in his Bengali-speaking part of India ... Fear Eats the Soul – The Iceman Cometh – Love and Anarchy – Distant Thunder (Satyajit Ray) – Scenes from a Marriage.

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Satyajit Ray’s women constantly negotiated with modernity

Indian Express 19 Mar 2025

Though the film is called 'Nayak', it is the women I notice. .

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“Mr Mukherjee, you cannot die”: How a fleeting airport encounter shaped Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s legacy

The Times of India 16 Mar 2025

“I always viewed it as a first-world civilization.” He credits icons like Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, and Rabindranath Tagore for shaping his worldview, pushing him to present India’s artistry on a global stage ... .

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Bangla film releases now have competition from past masters

The Times of India 15 Mar 2025

Also in the pipeline is the re-release of Ray's ‘Joi Baba Felunath'.The struggle transcends beyond mere nostalgia ... 'There can't be any competition with institutions like Satyajit Ray and Uttam Kumar,' said ‘Dhrubor Aschorjo Jibon' actor Rishav Basu.

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A night of devotion and rhythm: A classical dance and music extravaganza

The Times of India 12 Mar 2025

A captivating evening of Indian classical dance and music unfolded at the Satyajit Ray Auditorium, ICCR as Mardala Manjeera – The Divine Rhythm took the centre stage ... .

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‘I’m all for strange’: Sister Midnight’s Karan Kandhari on his punk rock debut, two decades in the making

The Observer 12 Mar 2025

“I think Anderson and I are probably ripping off the same influences, like Satyajit Ray and Scorsese.” Other film-makers who left an imprint include Buster Keaton and Robert Altman, who, Kandhari ...

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Jio Studios continues glorious streak, tops 2025, wins big at IIFA

News India Times 11 Mar 2025

The studio now boasts eight OTT releases, including Mrs., a bold and conversation-starting film on ZEE5, Dhoom Dhaam on Netflix, The Storyteller, a masterful tribute to Satyajit Ray’s legacy and ...

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BIFFes 2025: Mainstream cinema is full of toxicity, says veteran film critic Maithili Rao

Deccan Herald 07 Mar 2025

... presented the Satyajit Ray Memorial Award to veteran film critic Maithili Rao.

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Simone Ashley and Hero Fiennes Tiffin make such a great pair: 'Picture This' director Prarthana Mohan and writer Nikita Lalwani - EXCLUSIVE

The Times of India 07 Mar 2025

Picture This was such a refreshing and vibrant rom-com ... I think rom-coms are definitely making a comeback, which makes me very happy ... Nikita ... Nikita ... Everything from Satyajit Ray to the '80s Bollywood films like Aashiqui and Dil He Juman Tanehi ... Nikita ... .

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Latest News for: Satyajit Ray

Standing ovation for ‘Farming the Revolution’ documentary at Kolkata premiere

Bengali films rooted in social consciousness, literature: Guv Bose

SRFTI alumna 1st woman from Hills to win international film award

Who is Justice Yashwant Varma, the Delhi HC judge in middle of ‘cash recovered at home’ row?

Tom Cruise Set to Be Honored With BFI Fellowship; U.K. Film Institute's Highest Honor Explained

Tom Cruise to receive BFI fellowship: ‘I’ve been making films in the UK for 40 years and have no plans to stop’

The Best Film of Every Year Since 1950, by Jung Freud

Satyajit Ray’s women constantly negotiated with modernity

“Mr Mukherjee, you cannot die”: How a fleeting airport encounter shaped Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s legacy

Bangla film releases now have competition from past masters

A night of devotion and rhythm: A classical dance and music extravaganza

‘I’m all for strange’: Sister Midnight’s Karan Kandhari on his punk rock debut, two decades in the making

Jio Studios continues glorious streak, tops 2025, wins big at IIFA

BIFFes 2025: Mainstream cinema is full of toxicity, says veteran film critic Maithili Rao

Simone Ashley and Hero Fiennes Tiffin make such a great pair: 'Picture This' director Prarthana Mohan and writer Nikita Lalwani - EXCLUSIVE

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