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    SATYAJIT RAY

    The greatest film maker of all


    times
    Introduction and early life

    • an Indian filmmaker
    • known for his humanistic approach to cinema.
    • born on May 2, 1921, in an intellectual and affluent family in Calcutta, India.
    • 29 feature films (36 including shorts and documentaries).
    • Early education: Ballygunj Government School
    • joined Rabindranath Tagore’s Vishva-Bharati University at Shantiniketan
    • Trips to nearby villages- first encounters with rural India
    • April 1943 joined a British-run advertising agency as a junior visualiser.
    • became a full-time filmmaker after success of Pather Panchali.
    FILM-MAKING CAREER
    • Along with Chidananda Dasgupta founded the Calcutta Film Society in
    1947
    • befriended the American soldiers stationed in Calcutta during World
    War II (kept him informed about the latest American films showing in
    the city)
    • films are both cinematic and literary at the same time
    • simple narrative, classical format, greatly detailed, operating at many
    levels of interpretation.
    • His first film, Pather Panchali established his reputation
    • winning numerous awards including Best Human Document, Cannes,
    1956 and Best Film, Vancouver, 1958
    • wrote all the screenplays of his films, many of which were based on
    his own stories.
    • designed the publicity posters for his new releases
    • was a composer, a writer and a graphic designer. As a graphic designer,
    • an exhibition for his posters was held at British Film Institute in 2013.
    CHARECTERISTICS OF HIS FILMS
    • films demonstrate humanism, elaborate observation and subtle
    handling of characters and situations.
    • rare blend of intellect and emotions
    • depict a fine sensitivity without using melodrama or dramatic
    excesses.
    • unique choice of subjects.
    • brought real concerns of real people to the screen
    • diversity of moods, techniques, and genres – comedy, satire,
    fantasypreferred dialogues that were “realistic”
    • In 1961 revived Sandesh & started publishing and printing
    • significant contribution to children’s literature in Bengali.
    • stories are unpretentious and entertaining
    • Subjects- adventure, detective stories, fantasy, science fiction
    and even horror
    AWARDS, RECOGNITION, DEATH

    • was presented with an Honorary Academy Award by


    Audrey Hepburn via video-link; he was in a gravely ill
    condition (first and the only Indian to have received the
    award)
    • died on 23 April 1992, 9 days before his 71st birthday
    • Many other awards
    • cultural icon in India and in Bengali communities worldwide
    • In 2004 BBC poll, he ranked as "Greatest Bengali of all time
    ". In 1992, the Sight & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll ranked
    Ray at No. 7 in its list of "Top 10 Directors" of all time.
    • Satyajit Ray woke India up to what cinema could be.
    • made films without the dry intellectualism
    • never failed to move the audience
    THank you
    MADE BY: Tirtha Kale (FMM2021082)

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