Hirok Rajar Deshe (Full Movie, With ST)

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Satyajit Ray films still the most popular in Bengal

Source: TOI

KOLKATA: Nineteen years after Satyajit Ray breathed his last in 1992 at the age of 70, cine buffs in the city continue to mourn the passing away of the legendary director. Though contemporary Bengali cinema has come of age in recent years with interesting scripts and competent direction, movie-goers continue to miss Ray's midas tough.

On the sidelines of a function organized by Ekhon Satyajit—a publication dedicated on Ray's films and film-making techniques—to commemorarte Ray's 90th birth anniversary, magazine editor Somnath Roy felt Ray would be a near impossible task to beat. Ray was as popular in India as abroad with his movies winning accolades at all major film festivals including Cannes. He was conferred an honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement in cinema a month before he died.

"What sets Ray apart from other film-makers like Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen is the simplicity of narrative form, consistency of subject choice and great cinematography. His frames were so powerful that they get etched in memory. Today's movies are technically a lot improved. Some of the alternate films have good scripts. Others have sparkling cinematography. But overall, the harmony that one gets to sense in a Ray movie is missing," said Roy.

During his career as a film-maker spanning 1955-1991, Ray made 26 feature films, 5 documentaries and 2 short films. Each of them is heralded as a classic and remain as popular today with audiences never failing to attend Ray retrospectives. Among them were the Apu trilogy (Pather Panchali, Aparajito and Apur Sansar ), Devi, Kanchenjungha, Mahanagar, Charulata, Nayak, Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne, Aranyer Din Ratri, Seemabaddha, Asani Sanket, Sonar Kella, Jana Aranya, Shatranj Ke Khilari, Ghare Baire and Agantuk.

Ace photographer Nimai Ghosh, whom Ray had called 'a Boswell working with a camera rather than a pen' and had captured the master in action from 1967 till his death in 1992, is still in awe of the film-maker. "I was in a trance all those years and did it purely out of my admiration for Ray. I was star-struck and in awe of him till the last. I would click him relentlessly and often I would be unhappy with the frames. But I would keep taking his photos for I couldn't stop myself," recalled Ghosh.

He took more than 80,000 photographs of Ray, which almost graphically depict his life and work. Like the one in which Ray is perched on a rock during an outdoor shoot and another which shows the master in an animated discussion with his actors at a script-reading session. Such is the popularity of Ray that Ghosh's book of black & white photographs on the maestro that was released a couple of days ago, has been a sell-out.

From the Diaries of Ray - 1

For all my lovely readers here comes a new series of articles, named 'From the Diaries of Ray'.
This articles will share the great director's personal thoughts and experiences.
The extracts are taken from the books written on & by him.

Coming soon

Another AudioBook based On Short Stories By Satyajit Ray

Another link to audio book based stories adapted from Ray's works.

Sunday Suspense - Audio-Book Based On Short Story Of Satyajit Ray. 
Weekly AIRED ON Radio Mirchi.
Voice : RJ Mir,Neel,Sree and Sabyasachi Chakborty and Others !!

NB- All the stories are in mp3 format (124kbps), and in Bengali Language. 

Click here to go to the download page

Thanks to Arindam Ghose who mailed me this link.

Album #8

Cover-design for Pramada Ranjan Ray's "BON'er KHOBOR"(news frm the Forest) by Ray.

Ray's costume-design for d character of 'Sobha-Kobi'(Court poet) fr HIRAK RAJAR DESHE.

Costume designs for the ministers in the court of HIROK RAJA..
Designed by Ray.

Ray with Kishore Kumar and Amit Kumar. Kishore Kumar's first wife, Mrs Ruma Guha Thakurtha was Ray's niece. Kishore shared a warm relationship with Ray and used to call him 'Manik Mama'. He sang in Ray's "CHARULATA" for the first time..a Tagore song(Ami chini go chini). Then Kishore's voice was again heard in Ray's GHARE BAIRE in 1984. This time he sang three songs..two of Tagore's and the other of Jyotirindranath's.

This picture shows Ray..wid his 6ft 4" height..removing the idol of Lord Ganesha from the entrance of the house in Lucknow..to make the house appear as a Muslim residence..for SHATRANJ KE KHILADI..(1977)

Ray's cover-design for Jibananada Das's "BONOLATA SEN".

Cover design for SANDESH..by Ray. The above issue was the 25th anniversary special number..published in May 1986

Unused title-card for JOY BABA FELUNATH. Jst c d artistic excellence..at a glance..it seems to be written in Hindi..bt the actual thing is dat Ray used the Devanagari script to write the titles in Bengali.

Cover-design by Ray for Abanindranath Tagore's autobiography in Bengali "Apon Kotha"..published by Signet Press

Ray's cover-design for Jibananada Das's "RUPOSI BANGLA".

Cover design for SANDESH..by Ray. For this issue..Ray also drew comics for the first time..!!

The colourful world of Ray..fascinates us even today..
Let us spread this colourful works through this group..
HAPPY HOLI..!!

The title-card of KANCHENJUNGA..designed by Ray.

Ray, arriving at the busy Howrah station to shoot the train-arrival scene for his swansong "Agantuk".

A page from the shooting-script of "Sonar Kella"...the jottings explain the camel-scene of the Three Musketeers(Felu, Lalmohan n Topshe)..!!

Costume designs by Ray for HIROK RAJAR DESHE.

The two men who created the Song of the Little Road.

Another advertisement..designed by Ray..when he worked as a graphic-designer at D.J.Keymer, a British ad-agency..during pre-Pather Panchali period.

The notation sheet of "DEKHO RE NOYON MELE.." from GUGABABA.

Notation sheet by Ray fr "Bhuter Raja Dilo Bor" frm GUGABABA.

Shooting schedule for AGANTUK..designed by Ray.

Notation sheet by Ray fr "Moharaja Tomare Selam" frm GUGABABA

Feluda is havin a make-over in d hands of d director!!

Ray..in d role of an idol-maker..fr JOY BABA FELUNATH.

Ray..explaining a scene from "Laksham'er Shaktishel" to Soumitra Chatterjee during the shooting of "SUKUMAR RAY"(1987). Chatterjee enacted the role of Lord Rama in the play..while actor Chiranjeet played Lakshman.

One of the few ad-designs by Ray when he worked at D.J.Keymer during pre-Pather Panchali period.

The first big-screen appearance of Bengal's most famous super-sleuth!!
Poster designed by Ray.

The first publicity poster of GUGABA..designed by Ray..published in d April 1968 issue of SANDESH.