Here's another DVD review from Screenjabber, this time of Satiyajit Ray's Devi (Goddess). Bengali auteur Satyajit Ray followed up his ambitious, landmark Apu Trilogy in 1960 with Devi (Goddess), a relatively low-key, hemmed-in affair that exhibits a sharper edge to the filmmaker's art. Adapted from a story by Prabhat Kumar Mukherjee, which was in turn inspired by the work of Nobel Prize-awardee Rabindranath...
Soorya's ‘Meet the Master- Satyajit Ray' and ‘Mainstream Indian cinema' film festival. November 21: Chandni Chowk to China; November 22: Pather Panchali , Rab Ne Bana De Jodi; November 23: Aparajito, Luck By Chance; November 24: ...
‘Bollywood directors are losing track’ You got to make way for youngsters, avers film director Mahesh Bhatt in a chat with S. SANDEEP KUMAR Mahesh Bhatt He began his journey in Bollywood during the 70’s at a young age of 21. Ever since, he has donned many hats of a film director, writer, producer and civil rights activist. Meet, Mahesh Bhatt, a film director who made films like Daddy,...
Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974) .. Jacques Rivette Gertrud (1964) .. Carl Theodor Dreyer The Green Ray (1986) .. Eric Rohmer Chimes at Midnight (1965) .. Orson Welles Early Summer (1951) .. Yasujiro Ozu Late Spring (1949) .. Yasujiro Ozu Sans Soleil (1983) .. Chris Marker L'Atalante (1934) .. Jean Vigo The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) .. Victor Erice Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) .. Robert Bresson...
Ray - The complete Man "Speaking of Films" is a book by Gopa Majumdar which is basically an English translation of Satyajit Ray 's "Bishay Chalachitra", a collection of articles/lectures over a period of time. I am simply amazed by Mr. Ray's vision, his thought process and his keen observation. It goes without saying that Mr. Ray brought " neorealism " in Indian movies...
Kamalini Mukherji is worthy to be ennobled with a dignified term something more than an actress. Hailing from Kolkata, Kamalini has been well-versed with acting as she went through training before stepping into filmdom as well her poetries are far-famed across the globe.She made her debut in tinsel town with Revathi’s ‘Phir Milenge’ and won several awards for her spellbinding performance...
He took Indian cinema to the world stage. But very few know that Oscar-winning film director Satyajit Ray while being a perfectionist was almost an 'autocrat' when it came to filmmaking, right from scripting to camera handling to direction.
Westminster Wisdom Machiavelli thought of politics as a sinister art, filled with treachery and ruled by fear, not by love. Satyajit Ray in his Chess Players creates an image of politics that is similar in many ways. He deals with the events of 1856 in the Kingdom of Oudh. That kingdom was one of the last not to be incorporated into British India, an ancient treaty bound Oudh and Britain together in...
Satyajit Ray Bibhitibbushan Bandyopadhyay and Satayajit Ray (writers), Satyajit Ray (director) Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road) / 1955 Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay and Satyajit Ray (writers), Satyajit Ray (director) Aparjito (The Unvanquished) / 1957 Bibhuitbhusan Bandopadhaya and Satyajit Ray (writers), Satyajit Ray (director) Apur Sansar (The World of Apu) / 1959 In 2000 or even earlier...
India Feature Film Original Title: Aranyer Din Ratri Director: Satyajit Ray Writers: Satyajit Ray, Sunil Ganguly Cinematographers: Purnendu Bose, Soumendu Roy Composer: Satyajit Ray Cast: Sharmila Tagore, Kaberi Bose, Soumitra Chatterji, Samit Bhanja, Subhendu Chatterji, Rabi Ghosh, Aparna Sen, Pahadi Sanyal Four middle-class, twentysomething men from Calcutta head for the countryside for a week’s...
Machiavelli thought of politics as a sinister art, filled with treachery and ruled by fear, not by love. Satyajit Ray in his Chess Players creates an image of politics that is similar in many ways. He deals with the events of 1856 in the Kingdom of Oudh. That kingdom was one of the last not to be incorporated into British India, an ancient treaty bound Oudh and Britain together in common allegiance...
Veteran showman Hugh Jackman pulled out all the stops in his first stint as Oscar host, gamely singing and dancing his way through the night’s five best picture nominees with rarely seen Broadway flair. In the musical number that traditionally kicks off the awards ceremony, Jackman — deadpanning that the Academy had cut back on the glitz this year because of the recession — pranced between cut-outs...
Videos
