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Satyajit Ray’s Professor Shonku stories remind us that he created a fictional scientist too
An excerpt from ‘The Tree with Golden Leaves’ from ‘The Best of Satyajit Ray: Volume 2.’ Translated from the Bengali by Indrani Majumdar.
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‘Subtle nuances of human relationships’: Why Satyajit Ray adapted ‘Postmaster’ and ‘Samapti’
The filmmaker based ‘Teen Kanya’ on stories by Rabindranath Tagore; the international version was released as ‘Two Daughters’ without ‘Monihara’.
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Ray 100: Satyajit Ray on his grandfather Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, whom he never saw
May 2, 2021 is Satyajit Ray’s 100th birth anniversary.
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Kannad, Keral, Karnatak: Why do Hindi speakers ‘mispronounce’ South Indian names?
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Swiss Open Super 300 final as it happened: Satwik-Chirag clinch first 2023 title with thrilling win
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What Rajasthan’s right to health law promises – and where it falls short
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Unable to find good jobs, youth in India are turning to scam call centres and online microwork
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‘Kanjoos Makhichoos’ review: Cheap thrills
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How Satyajit Ray found Indir Thakrun, the scene-stealer of ‘Pather Panchali’
The director coaxed the 80-year-old Chunibala Devi to emerge out of retirement – giving cinema one of its most delightful characters.
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Flashback: On the sets of Satyajit Ray’s ‘Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne’, all dressed up and nowhere to go
Edited excerpts from the legendary director’s memoir.
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‘Why are you fighting this war?’: Satyajit Ray’s famous anti-war song from ‘Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne’
‘For whom then are you fighting this war?’
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Earth Hour: From Howrah Bridge to Eiffel Tower, famous landmarks switch off their lights
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Watch: Rescue cat Lucy leads gym class for her human friends
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Watch: Lorry loses control, mounts divider, crashes into railing on a road in Hosur, Tamil Nadu
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Eco India: What is digital solar, and can it push urban Indians to switch from using fossil fuels?
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Watch: Zebra escapes from South Korean zoo, gallops through traffic for hours before getting rescued
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You may have seen Satyajit Ray’s classic film ‘Nayak’, but you can’t have read the book (yet)
A novelisation of the 1966 Bengali film now brings the timeless story of the inner life of a film star to readers.
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We may never watch it but a new book lets us read the script of Satyajit Ray’s unmade sci-fi film
In 1967, Satyajit Ray wrote the script for ‘Alien’, a film that was to be produced by Columbia Pictures in Hollywood. But the ill-fated movie was never made.
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