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Satyajit Ray - what members say

The Apu Trilogy review by JJTimothy from County Durham, England

Indian New Wave- Take Two 25 June 2007
...reat events- instead the films positively revel in the every day viewed through Satyajit Ray's affectionate eye for detail and character. If the social realism seems off-p... Read customer review

Abhijan review by othello from Nottingham

Correction 11 February 2008
...Great movie... One big mistake: This, along with most Satyajit Ray movies are in Bangla/Bengali, NOT in Hindi. So please correct that bit of information :=) ... Read customer review

The Adversary review by Savage from London, England

Not one of Ray's best-known, but one of his best 28 May 2008
...The first part of Satyajit Ray's 'Calcutta trilogy' (followed by 'Company limited' and 'The middleman') has long been out of circulation, so this release, even despite its ... Read customer review

Satyajit Ray - filmography

The Stranger on DVD (1991)
Starring: Dipankar Dey, Mamata Shankar, Utpal Dutt
Director: Satyajit Ray
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Satyajit Ray's final film is a deceptively simple modern fable about a mysterious and world-weary old man (Utpal Dutt), who comes to stay with a middle-class Calcutta family, claiming to be the wife's long-lost uncle, Manmohan Mitra. Anila (Mamata Shankar), the wife, wants to believe him, but her ..read more »

79% from 44 members

Shatranj Ke Khilari aka The Chess Players on DVD (1977)
Starring: Sanjeev Kumar, Amjad Khan, Richard Attenborough
Director: Satyajit Ray
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Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, sits on the throne of Avadh, in his capital Lucknow. The year is 1856. A patron of poetry and music, the Nawab is an indifferent ruler. Also in Lucknow are his two friends, Mirza Sajid Ali and Mir Roshan Ali, Their only occupation is to play chess. While Mirza’s neglected wife,..read more »

70% from 414 members

The Adversary on DVD (1971)
Starring: Mamata Chatterjee, Jayshree Roy, Dhara Roy
Director: Satyajit Ray
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In The Adversary a young man, newly graduated from college, is unable to find meaningful employment. He lives in a crowded apartment with his widowed mother, a revolutionary brother and a younger, employed sister. Family frictions, coupled with his mounting failure to find work, place an unbearable ..read more »

71% from 118 members

Company Limited on DVD (1971)
Starring: Sharmila Tagore, Barun Chanda
Director: Satyajit Ray
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Shyamalendu is a successful executive at a fan company where he is expecting a promotion. His life revolves around his work and socialising with colleagues. His sister-in- law Tutul (Sharmila Tagore) comes to stay with them for a few days. She is given a tour of the life they lead - in restaurants, ..read more »

73% from 23 members

Kanchenjungha (1962)
Starring: Chhabi Biswas, Erick Avari, Anil Chatterjee
Director: Satyajit Ray
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A wealthy family from Calcutta is on the last day of their vacation in Darjeeling, a hill station at the foot of Mount Kanchenjungha, the second highest peak of the Himalayas. Until now, they have been unable to catch a glimpse of the peak Kanchenjungha.The family members are dominated by the ..read more »

71% from 6 members
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Kanchenjunga (1962)
Starring: Chhabi Biswas, Karuna Bannerjee, Subrata Sen Sharma
Director: Satyajit Ray
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Chhabi Biswas plays a prominent Indian industrialist who takes his family on holiday to Darjeeling. In close contact with one another for the first time in months, the family members vent their various pet peeves. Efforts to solve the family's problems are often stymied by the schism between the ..read more »

60% from 3 members
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Abhijan on DVD (1962)
Starring: Soumitra Chatterjee, Waheeda Rehman, Rabi Ghosh
Director: Satyajit Ray
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Set on the Bihar-Bengal border, where Marwari businessmen and Rajputs of warrior caste have both settled. The central character of Narsingh (Soumitra Chatterjee), is a disillusioned, frequently drunken Rajput reduced in status to an ill-educated taxi driver. Proud and hot-tempered, with a passion ..read more »

71% from 252 members

Two Daughters on DVD (1961)
Starring: Chandana Banerjee, Nripati Chatterjee, Anil Chatterjee
Director: Satyajit Ray
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The 'third daughter' in this excellent, intended trilogy by acclaimed Indian director Satyajit Ray got axed in the final cut. The first story in the set, both based on tales by Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore is titled 'The Postmaster' and relates how Ratan (Chandana Bannerjee) an orphan, is ..read more »

74% from 65 members

Goddess - Devi on DVD (1960)
Starring: Shamila Tagore, Chhabi Biswas, Soumitra Chatterjee
Director: Satyajit Ray
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In Goddess (aka: Devi), Doyamoyee is left alone with her husband's ageing father-in-law, a devoted follower of the goddess Kali. One evening, the aging widower she cares for has a dream that she is an avatar of Kali, and must be worshipped. Word spreads, and others come to believe that she is an ..read more »

71% from 60 members

Parash Pathar (1958)
Starring: Tulsi Chakraborty, Ranibala, Kali Bannerjee
Director: Satyajit Ray
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Better known as The Philosopher's Stone, Parash Pathar was Satyajit Ray's immediate follow-up to his celebrated Aparajito. The film bears the heavy (but never oppressive) influence of Ray's idol, French filmmaker Jean Renoir. Tulsi Chakravetry plays Parresh Dutt, an elderly clerk who comes into ..read more »

66% from 3 members
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Satyajit Ray Collection Vol.3 (3 discs) on DVD
Starring: Om Puri, Soumitra Chatterjee, Subhendu Chatterjee
Director: Satyajit Ray
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This collection brings together threefilms from master filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Includes: DELIVERANCE, THE HOME AND THE WORLD and THE PUBLIC ENEMY.

73% from 39 members

Satyajit Ray Collection - Vol.1 (3 discs) on DVD
Starring: Madhabi Mukherjee, Anil Chatterjee, Jaya Bhaduri
Director: Satyajit Ray
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Satyajit Ray is internationally acknowledged as one of the great masters of world cinema. His films - many of them masterpieces - have won him legions of admirers, among them Akira Kurosawa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, V.S. Naipaul and Martin Scorsese. Mahanagar (Aka: The Big City) (1963): Set in the ..read more »

74% from 310 members

The Apu Trilogy (3 discs) on DVD
Starring: Karuna Banerjee, Kanu Banerjee, Pinaki Sen Gupta
Director: Satyajit Ray
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The Apu trilogy is the most celebrated work of Satyajit Ray, the greatest filmmaker ever to have emerged from Indian cinema. Pather Panchali (1955), Ray's extraordinarily accomplished debut feature, begins the story of Apu, a young boy born into a poor but loving family in rural Bengal, and ..read more »

74% from 3,025 members

The Satyajit Ray Collection Vol.2 (3 discs) on DVD
Starring: Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Haradhan Bannerjee
Director: Satyajit Ray
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Three more critically-acclaimed films from master Indian filmmaker, Satyajit Ray. Includes KAPURUSH, MAHAPURUSH and JOI BABA FELUNATH.

75% from 117 members

Satyajit Ray facts

5 most recent films

The Stranger - 4.0 stars
Shatranj Ke Khilari aka The Chess Players - 3.5 stars
The Adversary - 3.5 stars
Company Limited - 3.5 stars
Kanchenjungha - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Satyajit Ray Collection Vol.2 - 4.0 stars
Two Daughters - 3.5 stars
The Apu Trilogy - 3.5 stars
Satyajit Ray Collection - Vol.1 - 3.5 stars
Goddess - Devi - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Kanchenjunga - 3.0 stars
Parash Pathar - 3.5 stars
Kanchenjungha - 3.5 stars
Company Limited - 3.5 stars
Satyajit Ray Collection Vol.3 - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Soumitra Chatterjee - 9 times - show films
Dhritiman Chatterjee - 5 times - show films
Chhabi Biswas - 4 times - show films
Sharmila Tagore - 4 times - show films
Anil Chatterjee - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Satajit Ray - 1 times - show films