Satyajit Ray is widely regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Akira Kurosawa, the great Japanese filmmaker declared, “Not to have seen Cinema of Ray means existing in the ...

To live without seeing the films of the Indian director Satyajit Ray, said Akira Kurosawa in 1975, “means existing in the world without seeing the sun or the moon.” Though Ray was 11 years his junior, ...

In the history of cinema, there are a number of great pictures, but only a few miracles. One of those miracles is “Pather Panchali,” the late filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s brilliantly executed, ...

“Apur Panchali” is an above average Indian Bangla film that retells the saga of Apu, an iconic character created by author Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, and immortalised by three films collectively ...

Today, following the news of Uma Dasgupta's passing, Subir Banerjee, the famed face of young Apu, expressed his deep sorrow and respect. She died early this morning, around 8am, in a private hospital ...

When Kolkata-born-and-raised Devapriya Sanyal is not teaching her undergraduate and postgraduate students at Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, she is writing, or watching world cinema. Her latest book ...