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Satyajit Ray

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At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music.


— Satyajit Ray


#almost #bengali #classical #classical music #european

My films play only in Bengal, and my audience is the educated middle class in the cities and small towns. They also play in Bombay, Madras and Delhi where there is a Bengali population.


— Satyajit Ray


#audience #bengali #bombay #cities #class

I wouldn't mind taking a rest for three or four months, but I have to keep on making films for the sake of my crew, who just wait for the next film because they're not on a fixed salary.


— Satyajit Ray


#crew #film #films #fixed #four

The director is the only person who knows what the film is about.


— Satyajit Ray


#director #film #knows #only #person

Ever since Two Daughters I've been composing my own music.


— Satyajit Ray


#composing #daughters #ever #i #music

I had developed this habit of writing scenarios as a hobby. I would find out which stories had been sold to be made into films and I would write my own treatment and then compare it.


— Satyajit Ray


#compare #developed #films #find #habit

I mix Indian instruments with Western instruments all the time.


— Satyajit Ray


#indian #instruments #mix #time #western

I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music.


— Satyajit Ray


#classical #classical music #i #indian #interested

It was only after Pather Panchali had some success at home that I decided to do a second part. But I didn't want to do the same kind of film again, so I made a musical.


— Satyajit Ray


#again #decided #film #had #home

Particularly in the final stages I always find that I'm rushed. It's dangerous when you're rushed in the editing stage, most of my early films are flawed in the cutting.


— Satyajit Ray


#cutting #dangerous #early #editing #films






About Satyajit Ray

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Did you know about Satyajit Ray?

In the sixties Ray visited Japan and took particular pleasure in meeting the filmmaker Akira Kurosawa for whom he had very high regard. It had the first kiss fully portrayed in Ray's films. Ray studied at Ballygunge Government High School Calcutta and completed his B.

Starting his career as a commercial artist Ray was drawn into independent filmmaking after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir and viewing Vittorio De Sica's Italian neorealist 1948 film Bicycle Thieves during a visit to London. Ray's first film Pather Panchali (1955) won eleven international prizes including Best Human Documentary at the Cannes Film Festival.

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