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Satyajit Ray

Satyaji Ray at 104: In this horror story for children, a ghost finds a friend after 32 lonely years

An excerpt from ‘Ghosts, Supernatural and Tales of the Uncanny’, written and illustrated by Satyajit Ray, translated from the Bengali by Gopa Majumdar.

Satyajit Ray
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Gopa Majumdar
· May 02, 2025 · 01:30 pm
How Satyajit Ray filmed the ‘Sonar Kella’ scene of the actors chasing a train on camelback

An excerpt from ‘Feluda in the Golden Fortress’, by Satyajit Ray.

Satyajit Ray
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Bijaya Ray
· Dec 11, 2024 · 08:45 am
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.

Satyajit Ray
· Feb 08, 2023 · 05:30 pm

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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.

Satyajit Ray
· Apr 17, 2018 · 08:15 am