Amjad Khan birth anniversary special: When Gabbar Singh moved Satyajit Ray to tears
From Gabbar Singh to Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, Amjad Khan's emotional performance in 'Shatranj Ke Khiladi' left even Satyajit Ray moved.
From Gabbar Singh to Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, Amjad Khan's emotional performance in 'Shatranj Ke Khiladi' left even Satyajit Ray moved.
Shoojit Sircar, acclaimed filmmaker, discusses the influence of Satyajit Ray on his work and shares insights on his upcoming film.
Shoojit Sircar celebrates Satyajit Ray's enduring influence on filmmaking and takes on the role of jury judge at the 2024 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne.
On a bright Sunday morning of 2 June, Kolkata vibed with the rhythms of western classical music under the auspices of the Southern School of Music (Garia) at the packed ICCR’s Satyajit Ray auditorium.
Satyajit Ray found himself at D.J. Keymer & Co, an esteemed British-owned advertising agency, where he cut his teeth as a junior visualiser
Raju Raman, president, Cine Academy, meanwhile, recalled how the former President of France, François Mitterrand had to climb up a step at National Library to match the height of Ray so he could confer on him the prestigious Legion of Honour, the highest French order of merit.
The maestro of parallel cinema Ray’s political satire of 1980, ‘Hirak Rajar Deshe’ (In the land of the Diamond King) has once again drawn the attention with CPI-M using it for their digital campaign against the binary force of Trinamul Congress and the BJP.
This was announced during the Golden Jubilee edition of IFFI in 2019, by Amit Khare, Secretary, Ministry of I&B, as part of the Centenary celebrations of Satyajit Ray.
Sircar on Monday reacted to a news piece and a video on Twitter, which shows residents of Bristol protesting against systemic racism.
The lifetime Oscar winners director son Sandip Ray told PTI on Saturday, the 99th birthday of the auteur, that it was no less than a goldmine containing hitherto unknown negatives capturing different still frames of his film shoots from the 50s till the early 90s.
