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Satyajit Ray
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Satyajit Ray - what members say
review by JJTimothy from County Durham, England
Indian New Wave- Take Two 25 June 2007
review by othello from Nottingham
Correction 11 February 2008
review by Savage from London, England
Not one of Ray's best-known, but one of his best 28 May 2008
Satyajit Ray - filmography
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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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from 65 members
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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 »

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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 »

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from 3 members
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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 »

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