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Uma Dasgupta death: 'Durga' from Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali passes away. Remembering the 'Golden Era' star's legacyUma Dasgupta, the iconic actress who portrayed Durga in Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali (1955), has passed away at the age of 84 after battl...
Boral, the village where young art director Satyajit Ray met 'Pather Panchali'Ghosh met Ray at age eight, and played a small part as a student at the village school in 'Pather Panchali', shot over from 1952 to 1955.
'Pather Panchali' declared best Indian movie by FIPRESCI"Pather Panchali," Ray's first film as a director, was based on the 1929 Bengali novel of the same name by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay. Th...
Aamir Khan's 'Laal Singh Chaddha', 'Jai Bhim' part of Indian Film Festival of Melbourne line-upThe IFFM will showcase movies across categories.
Restored classics may feature in film-maker Satyajit Ray centenary film festivalRay, who was born on this day in 1921 in Kolkata, died in 1992.
Remembering Satyajit Ray, the writer. ‘Feluda’ series, ‘Indigo’ & other iconic books by the film-maker that should be in your TBR listOn the birth anniversary of Satyajit Ray, here's a look at his written works.
'In my films, I try to adapt Satyajit Ray's expressions.' Shoojit Sircar on how the auteur film-maker influenced himSircar said he cannot work with someone who has not watched the works of the legend.
With 'Tomare Selam - 100 Years of Satyajjit Ray', Kolkata Literature Festival pays tribute to iconThe festival has dedicated an entire session to Ray's life and work.
Anik Datta begins shooting of 'Aparajito'; Jeetu Kamal to essay the role of Satyajit Ray in tribute filmThe film is inspired by the making of Ray's 'Pather Panchali'.
Soumitra Chatterjee and the idea of a sensitive manIn cinema, the ‘idea of a sensitive man’ acquires different meanings at different points for viewers. When a viewer is very young, the idea...
Obit: Legendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee was often referred to as Satyajit Ray's 'alter ego'Chatterjee became an integral part of Bengal's art and cultural life with his movies.
Soumitra Chatterjee passes away at 85 after month-long hospitalisationThe legendary Bengali actor's health had been 'critical' for a while.
Soumitra Chatterjee remains critical, dialysis to be conducted on alternate daysThe actor is on minimal ventilatory support.
In Kolkata, drive-in darshan concept to combat COVID-19 crisis this Durga pujaThree Durga puja committees in the city, all crowd- pullers and located within one-km stretch in south Kolkata, have joined hands to introd...
Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee's health better, but he's still under observationThe actor was suffering from respiratory tract infection, and is out of danger.
Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' is only Indian movie to feature in BBC's 100-best foreign language filmsThe film which released in 1955, was the first in the 'Apu' trilogy.
Google doodle celebrates Ravi Shankar's 96th birth anniversaryThe legendary musician who passed away in 2012 at the age of 92 has been conferred with a Bharat Ratna, the Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhush...
I copy Satyajit Ray: Shoojit Sircar"You won't notice what I am copying but I know what I am copying. I do it in whatever film I do. It is the Bible of my life."
Google doodle celebrates Satyajit Ray's 92nd birthdayThe doodle showed a famous scene from the movie where Apu, the protagonist, runs along with his sister Durga across the Kash-reed fields to...
- Emami buys hair oil co Lakshmibilas
FMCG major Emami Group has acquired Lakshmibilas, a century-old hair oil brand that was popular enough to have found place in Satyajit Ray’...