Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian Bengali filmmaker, widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century. Ray was born in the city of Calcutta into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature. 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 film Bicycle Thievesduring a visit to London...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth2 May 1921
CountryIndia
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.
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.
There is a ban on Indian films in Pakistan, so that's half of our market gone.
The conception of background music is changing. You use less and less of it these days.
MAMMOOTTY has presented an outstanding performance in film'New Delhi'
When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth century.
If the theme is simple, you can include a hundred details that create the illusion of actuality better.
The director is the only person who knows what the film is about.
I don't understand these national awards, because half of those who sit in judgement over Indian films do not... possess the competence to evaluate a film correctly.
Last, but not least -- in fact, this is most important -- you need a happy ending. However, if you can create tragic situations and jerk a few tears before the happy ending, it will work much better.
At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music.
I think the first feature was made in Bombay in 1913, not so long after Hollywood. The cinema industry in Calcutta started not long after that.
Ever since Two Daughters I've been composing my own music.
My cameraman and I devised a method, which we started using from my second film, which applies mainly to day scenes shot in the studio, where we used bounced light instead of direct light. We agreed with this thing of four or five shadows following the actors is dreadful.