Satyajit Ray filmography

A portrait of Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray (2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian filmmaker who worked prominently in Bengali cinema and who has often been regarded as one of the great directors of world cinema.^[4] Ray was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata) to a Bengali family and started his career as a junior visualiser.^[5] His meeting with French film director Jean Renoir, who had come to Calcutta in 1949 to shoot his film The River (1951), and his 1950 visit to London, where he saw Vittorio De Sica's Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves) (1948), inspired Ray to become a film-maker.^[6][7] Ray made his directorial debut in 1955 with Pather Panchali and directed 36 films, comprising 29 feature films, five documentaries and two short films.

Although Ray's work generally received critical acclaim,^[8][9] his film Pather Panchali and Ashani Sanket (1973) were criticised for "exporting poverty" and "distorting India's image abroad".^[8][10] His Apu Trilogy (1955–1959) appeared in Time's All-Time 100 Movies in 2005.^[11] Aside from directing, Ray composed music and wrote screenplays for films, both his own and those by other directors.^[12] Often credited as a fiction writer, illustrator, and calligrapher; Ray authored several short stories and novels in Bengali, most of which were aimed at children and adolescents.^[13][14] Some of his short stories have been adapted into films by other directors, including his only son, Sandip Ray. Considered a cultural icon in India and acknowledged for his contribution to Indian cinema,^[15] Ray has influenced several filmmakers around the world, including Martin Scorsese,^[16][17] James Ivory,^[18] François Truffaut^[19] and Carlos Saura.^[20]

Ray intended to make various other films, including The Alien which inspired Steven Spielberg's 1982 film E.T.;^[21][22] a documentary on Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar;^[23] an adaptation of the ancient Indian epic, the Mahābhārata; and an adaptation of E. M. Forster's 1924 novel, A Passage to India. However, none had been started when he died in 1992.^[24]

Ray received numerous awards at international film festivals and elsewhere, including several Indian National Film Awards and an honorary Academy Award at the 64th Academy Awards in 1992.^[25] Ray was awarded India's highest award in cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, in 1984 and India's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, in 1992.^[26][27]

Filmography

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Directed by Ray

List of films directed by Satyajit Ray^{[lower-roman 1][lower-roman 2][lower-roman 3][lower-roman 4][lower-roman 5][lower-roman 6][lower-roman 7][lower-roman 8]}

Year	Original title	International release title	Language(s)	Producer	Music	Screenplay	Writer	Other
1955	Pather Panchali	A Song of the Little Road	Bengali			Yes
1956	Aparajito	The Unvanquished	Bengali	Yes		Yes
1958	Parash Pathar	The Philosopher's Stone	Bengali			Yes		Dialogue
1958	Jalsaghar	The Music Room	Bengali	Yes		Yes		Distributor
1959	Apur Sansar	The World of Apu	Bengali	Yes		Yes		Distributor
1960	Devi	The Goddess	Bengali	Yes		Yes		Distributor
1961	Teen Kanya  • The Postmaster  • Monihara  • Samapti	Three Daughters / Two Daughters[upper-alpha 1]  • The Postmaster  • The Lost Jewels  • The Conclusion	Bengali	Yes	Yes	Yes		Distributor
1961	Rabindranath Tagore	Rabindranath Tagore	English			Yes		Narrator
1962	Kanchanjangha	Kanchanjangha	Bengali		Yes	Yes
1962	Abhijan	The Expedition	Bengali		Yes	Yes
1963	Mahanagar	The Big City	Bengali		Yes	Yes
1964	Charulata	The Lonely Wife	Bengali		Yes	Yes
1964	Two	Two	No spoken language		Yes	Yes
1965	Kapurush-O-Mahapurush  • Kapurush  • Mahapurush	• The Coward  • The Holy Man	Bengali		Yes	Yes
1966	Nayak	The Hero	Bengali		Yes	Yes
1967	Chiriyakhana	The Zoo	Bengali		Yes	Yes		Lyricist
1968	Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne	The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha	Bengali		Yes	Yes		• Costume designer  • Lyricist
1969	Aranyer Din Ratri	Days and Nights in the Forest	Bengali		Yes	Yes
1970	Pratidwandi	The Adversary	Bengali		Yes	Yes
1971	Seemabaddha	A Company Limited	Bengali		Yes	Yes
1971	Sikkim	Sikkim	English		Yes	Yes		• Narrator  • Sound designer
1972	The Inner Eye	The Inner Eye	Bengali		Yes	Yes		• Narrator  • Sound designer
1973	Ashani Sanket	The Distant Thunder	Bengali		Yes	Yes
1974	Sonar Kella	The Fortress	Bengali		Yes	Yes	Yes
1975	Jana Aranya	The Middleman	Bengali		Yes	Yes
1976	Bala	Bala	English		Yes	Yes		Narrator
1977	Shatranj Ke Khilari	The Chess Players	• Hindi  • Urdu  • English		Yes	Yes		Dialogue
1979	Joi Baba Felunath	The Elephant God	Bengali		Yes	Yes	Yes
1980	Hirak Rajar Deshe	The Kingdom of Diamonds	Bengali		Yes	Yes		• Art director  • Costume designer  • Lyricist
1980	Pikoo	Pikoo's Day	Bengali		Yes	Yes	Yes
1981	Sadgati	The Deliverance	Hindi		Yes	Yes		Dialogue
1984	Ghare Baire	The Home and The World	Bengali		Yes	Yes
1987	Sukumar Ray	Sukumar Ray	Bengali		Yes	Yes
1990	Ganashatru	An Enemy of the People	Bengali		Yes	Yes
1992	Shakha Proshakha	The Branches of the Tree	Bengali	Yes	Yes	Yes		Distributor
1992	Agantuk	The Stranger	Bengali		Yes	Yes	Yes

Contributions by Ray

List of films contributed to by Satyajit Ray^{[lower-roman 1][lower-roman 2][lower-roman 3][lower-roman 4][lower-roman 5][lower-roman 6][lower-roman 7][lower-roman 8]}

Year	Original title	Language(s)	Director	Composer	Screenplay	Writer	Other
1948	A Perfect Day	English	Harisadhan Dasgupta		Yes
1951	The River	• Bengali  • English	Jean Renoir				Assistant director[upper-alpha 2]
1960	Our Children will Know Each Other Better	English	Harisadhan Dasgupta		Yes
1960	The Tidal Bore	English	Vijaya Mulay				Narrator
1961	The Story of Tata Steel #	English	Harisadhan Dasgupta		Yes
1963	Creative Artists of India: Satyajit Ray	English	B. D. Garga		Yes		Narrator
1965	Shakespeare Wallah	English	James Ivory	Yes
1967	Glimpses of West Bengal	English	Bansi Chandragupta	Yes
1967	Quest for Health #	English	Harisadhan Dasgupta	Yes
1969	House that Never Dies	English	Tony Meyer	Yes
1970	Baksa Badal	Bengali	Nityananda Datta	Yes	Yes
1970	Gangasagar Mela	Bengali	Bansi Chandragupta	Yes
1973	Max Mueller	English	Jorn Thiel	Yes			Narrator
1974	Darjeeling: Himalayan Fantasy	English	Bansi Chandragupta	Yes
1978	The Brave Do Not Die	English	Harisadhan Dasgupta		Yes
1983	Phatikchand	Bengali	Sandip Ray	Yes	Yes	Yes
1983	The Music of Satyajit Ray	English	Utpalendu Chakrabarty	Yes			Illustrator
1985–86	Satyajit Ray Presents I	Bengali	Sandip Ray	Yes	Yes	Yes
1986–87	Satyajit Ray Presents II	Bengali	Sandip Ray	Yes	Yes	Yes
1991	Goopy Bagha Phire Elo	Bengali	Sandip Ray	Yes		Yes	Lyricist
1994	Uttoran	Bengali	Sandip Ray		Yes	Yes
1995	Target	Bengali	Sandip Ray		Yes	Yes
1996	Baksho Rahashya	Bengali	Sandip Ray			Yes
1996–97	Feluda 30	Bengali	Sandip Ray			Yes
1998	Parvaz-e zanbur	Tajik	• Boung-hun Min  • Jamshed Usmonov	Yes[upper-alpha 3]
1999	Satyajiter Gappo	Bengali	Sandip Ray			Yes
2000	Dr. Munshir Diary	Bengali	Sandip Ray			Yes
2001	Satyajiter Priyo Galpo	Bengali	Sandip Ray			Yes
2001	Eker Pithe Dui	Bengali	Sandip Ray			Yes
2003	Bombaiyer Bombete	Bengali	Sandip Ray			Yes
2006	Bankubabur Bandhu	Bengali	Kaushik Sen			Yes
2007	The Darjeeling Limited	English	Wes Anderson	Yes[upper-alpha 4]
2007	Kailashey Kelenkari	Bengali	Sandip Ray			Yes
2008	Tintorettor Jishu	Bengali	Sandip Ray			Yes
2010	Gorosthaney Sabdhan	Bengali	Sandip Ray			Yes
2011	Royal Bengal Rohosso	Bengali	Sandip Ray			Yes
2011	Some Maana[28]	Kannada	Abhishek Iyengar			Yes
2012	Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy	Bengali	Sandip Ray			Yes
2013	Bombay Talkies[29]	Hindi	Dibakar Banerjee			Yes

See also

• List of awards conferred on Satyajit Ray
• Literary creations of Satyajit Ray

Notes

References

Filmography, contributions and credits

Bibliography

• Robinson, Andrew (1989). Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye. I. B. Tauris. ISBN 1-86064-965-3. 
• Ganguly, Keya (2010). "Introduction: The Light of the New Moon". Cinema, Emergence, and the Films of Satyajit Ray. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26216-4. 

External links

• Satyajit Ray at the Internet Movie Database