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...
18 Nov, 2024, 05.07 PM IST
Martin Scorsese credits Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' for opening his eyes to different culturesRenowned filmmaker Martin Scorsese has credited Satyajit Ray directorial 'Pather Panchali' for opening his eyes to different cultures and w...
10 Oct, 2023, 08.55 AM IST
'Taxi Driver' director Martin Scorsese reveals watching Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' gave him rare insight into lives of the marginalisedThe 80-year-old said he saw a dubbed English version of 'Pather Panchali' on television in New York as a youngster.
09 Oct, 2023, 06.04 PM IST
Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' and the song of the infrastructure'Pather Panchali' was released in 1955. India was embarking on its second Five-Year Plan that promised rapid industrialisation. It was a bi...
02 May, 2023, 04.09 PM IST
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.
02 May, 2023, 01.43 PM IST
General knowledge, a bellyful of audiobooksExtending this excellent idea, may we suggest that audiobooks of classic works of literature like Godaan, Pather Panchali (lest anyone thin...
06 Mar, 2023, 11.10 PM IST
Vi ties up with Atrangii to expand regional content catalogueAtrangii’s content library includes titles across genres such as thriller, mythology, crime, comedy, and romance like The Golden Harvest, P...
02 Mar, 2023, 05.55 PM IST
That feeling of guiltBibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, in his classic novel 'Aparajito', sequel to 'Pather Panchali', looks deep into the soul of Apu, a young man, ...
19 Dec, 2022, 11.33 PM IST
'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...
22 Oct, 2022, 04.08 PM IST
Satyajit Ray three-day film festival to be held next month, will celebrate life and work of Indian cinema legendThe festival will begin with the red carpet and inauguration of Ray's semi-permanent gallery.
29 Apr, 2022, 05.43 PM IST
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'.
12 Nov, 2021, 11.37 AM IST
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.
01 Nov, 2018, 02.58 PM IST
Manik Sarkar and wife now live in CPM officeSarkar’s wife owns real estate in the city but landed in a controversy after handing it to a builder. Construction of the building is yet t...
08 Mar, 2018, 11.47 AM IST
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."
30 Aug, 2015, 03.57 PM IST
'Pather Panchali' replay in US after 60 yrsSixty years after it hit the screen in the US and created ripples across the film world, 'Pather Panchali' will return to the Museum of Mod...
25 Apr, 2015, 02.16 PM IST
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...
02 May, 2013, 11.50 AM IST
- Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' in greatest films list
Filmmaker Satyajit Ray's 1955 classic 'Pather Panchali' has featured in the 50 greatest films of all time list, which was dominated by Alfr...
02 Aug, 2012, 02.09 PM IST