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  • The book about Satyajit Ray’s ‘The Alien’ tells the story of the movie that wasn’t, in every sense

    The book about Satyajit Ray’s ‘The Alien’ tells the story of the movie that wasn’t, in every sense

    Sandip Roy
    · May 05, 2018 · 05:30 pm
  • We may never watch it but a new book lets us read the script of Satyajit Ray’s unmade sci-fi film

    We may never watch it but a new book lets us read the script of Satyajit Ray’s unmade sci-fi film

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