Satyajit Ray and His films

1. College: SIES College, Sion (W)
Department: Mass Media
Course: Film Communication I
Topic: Satyajit Ray and his Films

2. • Born in an illustrious family of writers
• progressive outlook of the Brahmo Samaj strongly influenced
• Interested in watching movies and listening to Western
classical music
• movie fanatic
• Read Picturegoer and Photoplay
• attend Santiniketan Art school
• first encounters with rural India during sketching trips
• Noticed small details in Indian art to signal greater importance
• deeply influenced by the novel Aam Antir Bhepu
• Inspired by Vittorio De Sica's neorealist film Ladri di biciclette
• Calcutta Film Society 1947
Satyajit Ray- early life and the factors that influenced his
film making career

3. • The production of the film Pather Panchali took
5 years
• difficulty in finding a producer
 Seasonal difficulties
 Government funding procedures were time
consuming
 premiered at MOMA well received by audiences
 Renowned sitar master Pandit Ravi Shankar
composed the
• Box office hit in Calcutta
• nominated at the Cannes Film Festival in 1956.
• Best Human Documentary
• Ray quit advertising and pursue film as a full-
time career.
The Story behind Pather Panchali: Ray’s debut

4. • In his life Ray made 29 feature
films (36 including shorts and
documentaries).
• His films were made in many
genres and were mostly realistic
• he mastered everything he
supervised
• Script, casting, the handling of
the camera, editing, composition
of the music.
• drew the sets and costumes
• Films shown in International film
festivals
Satyajit Ray Films

5. • cinematic legacy
• films show remarkable humanism, careful observation
• subtle handling of characters and situations.
• rare mix of intellect and emotions
• evokes deep emotional reactions from the audience.
• fine sensitivity without using melodramas
• Great choice of subject.
• brought to the screen real concerns of real people.
• cinema belongs not to a specific category or style but a
timeless meta-genre
• films are cinematic and literary
• a simple narrative, usually in a classic format
• timeless and universal cinema.
Satyajit Ray- the master storyteller
Characteristics of a Satyajit Ray Film

6. • Poor health kept him away for cinema for four
years.
• Agantuk (1991) was last his last film
• Presented with Honorary Academy Award and
called it "The Best achievement of his movie-
making career.“
• Recipient of Lifetime Achievement Oscar and
Bharat Ratna
• Satyajit Ray died on April 23, 1992, 9 days before
his 71st birthday.
• Ray is a cultural icon in India and in Bengali
community
• “Top 10 Directors" of all time
• Best Director India has ever seen
Final Years and Awards

7. NAME: Tirtha Kale
Roll Number: SMM2122028