Uma Dasgupta, who played Durga in Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali, passes away
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
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
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..
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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'
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
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
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.