Uma Dasgupta, who played Durga in Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali, passes away
Nov 18, 2024, at 09:11 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Actress Uma Dasgupta, who played Durga in maestro Satyajit Ray's iconic film Pather Panchali, passed away at the age of 85 on Monday, media reports said.
Soumitra Chatterjee is the ultimate Feluda to me: Indraneil Sengupta ahead of Nayan Rahasya release
May 07, 2024, at 08:40 pm
Indian actor Indraneil Sengupta, who made his Feluda debut with Hatyapuri in 2022, is back as the popular fictional sleuth created by Satyajit Ray with Sandip Ray's Nayan Rahasya. In an interaction with IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh, Indraneil speaks on his journey as Feluda, Nayan Rahasya and more...
Feluda should be made in classical format: Sandip Ray
May 02, 2024, at 04:59 pm
After the reasonable success of Hatyapuri, director Sandip Ray brings back his same core team in Nayan Rahasya, the cinematic adaptation of maestro Satyajit Ray's Feluda novel of the same title. IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh interacts with Sandip Ray on casting Indraneil Sengupta as Feluda for the second consecutive time, shooting in Chennai, Satyajit Ray (whose 103rd birth anniversary is on May 2, 2024) and more.. Read..
Dec 28, 2022, at 03:16 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Veteran actor Dhritiman Chatterjee, who has featured in multiple films of legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray, will be conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award by the West Bengal Film Journalists Association (WBFJA) Awards in 2023.
IFFI: Spanish film director Carlos Saura honoured with Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement award
Nov 21, 2022, at 02:05 am
Panaji: Celebrated Spanish film Director Carlos Saura has been honoured with the prestigious Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement award at the gala opening ceremony of 53rd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa today, 20 November, 2022.
Ray made me a loner on Seemabaddha's shooting floor: Barun Chanda
May 28, 2022, at 06:11 pm
Veteran actor Barun Chanda was presumably not Satyajit Ray's first choice to play ambitious Shyamalendu Chatterjee in his 1971 Sharmila Tagore starring Bengali film Seemabaddha (titled Company Limited in English), which captures the vacuousness of an aspiring corporate executive's world. But with corporate background and Ray's direction, Chanda pulled off convincingly. Even after five decades since the film's release, Chanda cherishes the opportunity in an interaction with India Blooms correspondent Souvik Ghosh during the launch of the actor's book Satyajit Ray: The Man Who Knew Too Much at South City Starmark in Kolkata Thursday evening
May 03, 2022, at 04:03 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Veteran Bengali actor Ranjit Mallick, who had worked with late filmmaker Mrinal Sen at a very young age in Interview, had his luck to attract a role of a disillusioned Communist in late Satyajit Ray's 1990 film Shakha Proshakha.
Anusha Viswanathan connects to Durga's 'loneliness' and 'freedom' working for Anik Dutta's Aparajito
Apr 28, 2022, at 08:58 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Bengali actress Anusha Viswanathan was handed over the crucial role of Apu's sister Durga by director Anik Dutta in his upcoming film Aparajito, which is based on legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray's struggles to make his debut film Pather Panchali.
KIFF screens Rayscope, a tribute to Satyajit Ray by Premendu Bikash Chaki
Apr 27, 2022, at 06:35 pm
Premendu Bikash Chaki, a veteran cinematographer who is now also a successful director, has paid a 25-minute tribute to Satyajit Ray, which is being screened at the ongoing 27th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF).
Satyajit Ray is my Bible, his works more commercial to me: Filmmaker Shoojit Sircar
Apr 27, 2022, at 03:58 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The influence of legendary filmmaker late Satyajit Ray on director Shoojit Sircar was evident in one of the early scenes from Piku where Deepika Padukone rants about her date's complete ignorance of Ray's works.
I could not have made a better film on Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali struggle: Anik Dutta
Apr 26, 2022, at 04:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Bengali director Anik Dutta seems to have given all in his upcoming project Aparajito to capture legendary filmmaker late Satyajit Ray's struggle to make his debut film Pather Panchali, which later turned out to be a cult.
Aparajito trailer captures Satyajit Ray's struggle to make cult film Pather Panchali
Apr 24, 2022, at 02:54 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The trailer of director Anik Dutta's upcoming film Aparajito has captured legendary filmmaker late Satyajit Ray's struggle to make his first film Pather Panchali, which later turned out to be a cult movie.
Sandip Ray to direct new Feluda film based on Satyajit Ray's 'Hatyapuri'
Dec 25, 2021, at 08:50 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: SVF and Sandip Ray are all set to bring Bengal’s favourite detective Feluda and his two most reliable companion Topshe and Jatayu, to unravel a murder mystery set in the backdrop of Puri.
Satyajit Ray's movies opened a whole new world to me: Martin Scorsese
Nov 21, 2021, at 03:28 am
Panaji/UNI: Hollywood filmmaker Martin Scorsese, who was honoured with Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the 52nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI), said Satyajit Ray's films opened a whole new world for him.
India Post, Theism Group release special cover to commemorate Satyajit Ray's birth centenary year
Sep 24, 2021, at 05:29 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Theism Group in association with Department of Posts,( West Bengal Circle) released a special cover to commemorate the birth centenary year of illustrious filmmaker-author Satyajit Ray besides 66 years of his debut directorial venture Pather Panchali on Thursday.
Of sex work and Ray's women in the rough trade
May 10, 2021, at 02:39 am
The representation of the sex worker in Indian celluloid seldom displays attempt at non-voyeurism. Satyajit Ray, on the other hand, took a more nuanced look at the sex worker, finds Shoma A. Chatterji on the birth centenary year of the maestro
Satyajit Ray: A secret bond with children
Apr 21, 2021, at 06:16 pm
On the Birth Centenary Year of Satyajit Ray, the maestro’s work will be revisited again and again by admirers and critics. Among others, an area worth exploring is how the creative genius portrayed, and treated, children in his films and stories, writes Shoma A. Chatterji
51st IFFI: Dhritiman Chatterjee inaugurates special segment on celebrating 100 years of Satyajit Ray
Jan 21, 2021, at 11:30 pm
Goa/IBNS: The well-known Bengali actor Dhritiman Chatterjee inaugurated a retrospective of legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray at the 51st edition of IFFI in Goa on the second day of the film festival.
IFFI to pay tributes to legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray
Jan 13, 2021, at 11:05 pm
New Delhi: The 51st International Film Festival of India will pay tributes to legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray, official announced on Wednesday.
RIP Legend: Soumitra Chatterjee's last rites performed with full state honours
Nov 16, 2020, at 01:34 am
Kolkata: With full state honours, the last rites of Bengali acting legend Soumitra Chatterjee was performed in south Kolkata's Keoratola crematorium on Sunday.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee remembers Satyajit Ray on death anniversary
Apr 23, 2019, at 05:21 pm
Kolkata, Apr 23 (IBNS): West Bengal on Tuesday remembered its iconic filmmaker Satyajit Ray on his death anniversary as state CM Mamata Banerjee posted her tribute on Twitter mentioning the Oscar award winner.
Satyajit Ray's magic minstrels GOOGA -BABA to return on the silver screen
Jun 08, 2018, at 01:33 pm
Kolkata, June 8 (IBNS) Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne or Googa-Baba, Indian film history's most endearing and magical characters created by the legendary Satyajit Ray, is all set to make a comeback.
Kolkata: Dhakuria's Tarun Mahal felicitates filmmaker Mrinal Sen on his 95th birthday
May 18, 2018, at 10:17 pm
Kolkata, May 18 (IBNS): Dhakuria Tarun Mahal, one of the most popular and active social clubs in southern part of the city, felicitated veteran and internationally acclaimed film director Mrinal Sen on the occasion of his 95th birthday recently.
Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra remembers Satyajit Ray on death anniversary
Apr 23, 2018, at 09:18 pm
Mumbai, Apr 23 (IBNS): Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra remembered iconic Indian movie director Satyajit Ray on his 26th death anniversary.
Feeling much better now, tweets actor Dilip Kumar
Dec 07, 2016, at 04:20 pm
Mumbai, Dec 7 (IBNS): Bollywood's tragedy king Dilip Kumar, who was admitted at the Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai owing to his health, is feeling better now, the actor tweeted.