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Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray (Bengali: সত্যজিত রায় or সত্যজিৎ রায় Shottojit Rae (help·info); 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Calcutta (now Kolkata) into a Bengali family prominent in...
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Apu trilogy
The Apu Trilogy is a trilogy consisting of three Bengali films directed by Satyajit Ray: Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), Aparajito (The Unvanquished) and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu). The films—completed between 1955 and 1959—were based...
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Kanchenjungha
Kanchenjungha (Bengali: কাঞ্চনজঙ্ঘা Kanchonjônggha) is a 1962 film by Bengali film director Satyajit Ray. It was Ray's first original screenplay and his first colour film.
The film is about an upper class Bengali family on vacation in Darjeeling,a...
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- 1962
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Runtime:
- 102 min (61.2 hs )
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Pather Panchali
Pather Panchali (Bengali: পথের পাঁচালী, Pôther Pãchali, IPA: [pɔt̪ʰer pãtʃali], English: Song of the Little Road) (1955) is a Bengali feature film directed by Satyajit Ray and produced by the Government of the Indian state of West Bengal. Based on...
Initial release date:
- 1955
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Runtime:
- 122 min (73.2 hs )
Aparajito
Aparajito (Bengali: অপরাজিত Ôporajito; English: The Unvanquished) is an award-winning 1956 Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray, and is the second part of The Apu Trilogy. It is adapted from the last one-fifth of Bibhutibhushan Bannerjee's novel...
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- 1957
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Runtime:
- 110 min (66 hs )
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Shatranj Ke Khiladi
Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players) is a 1977 Indian film by Bengali director Satyajit Ray, based on Munshi Premchand's short story of the same name. Amjad Khan plays the role of Avadh king Wajid Ali Shah, and Richard Attenborough plays the role...
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- Mar 10, 1977
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Runtime:
- 129 min (77.4 hs )
Apur Sansar
Apur Sansar (Bengali: অপুর সংসার Opur Shôngshar, yr. The World of Apu), also known as The World of Apu, is the third and final part of The Apu Trilogy, about a boy named Apu in early twentieth century Bengal, directed by Satyajit Ray.
Released in...
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- 1959
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Runtime:
- 117 min (70.2 hs )
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Sonar Kella
Sonar Kella (Bengali: েসানার েকল্লা), also Shonar Kella, released in the United States as The Golden Fortress, is a 1971 mystery novel and a 1974 film by Bengali writer and director Satyajit Ray. The film is an adaptation of the novel with minor...
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- 1974
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Joi Baba Felunath
Joi Baba Felunath (The Elephant God) is a 1978 film by Bengali director Satyajit Ray, featuring the actors Soumitra Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta, Siddartha Chatterjee, Utpal Dutt among others.
The film is based on the famous Feluda novel of the same...
Initial release date:
- 1978
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Runtime:
- 112 min (67.2 hs )
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Charulata
Charulata (Bengali: চারুলতা), sometimes released in the English-speaking world as The Lonely Wife, is a 1964 film by Bengali director Satyajit Ray, based upon the novella Nastanirh ("The Broken Nest") by Rabindranath Tagore. It features Soumitra...
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- 1964
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Runtime:
- 117 min (70.2 hs )
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Ashani Sanket
Distant Thunder (1973; Bangla: অশনি সংকেত, Ashani Sanket) is a 1973 Bengali film by the renowned Indian director Satyajit Ray, based on the novel by the same name by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay Unlike most of Ray's earlier films, Distant Thunder was...
Initial release date:
- 1973
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Runtime:
- 101 min (60.6 hs )
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Chiriyakhana
Chiriakhana or Chiriyakhana (Bengali: চিড়িয়াখানা) is a 1967 Bengali film by Satyajit Ray. It is a whodunit suspense thriller, starring Uttam Kumar as Byomkesh Bakshi. The title means "The Zoo". The screenplay is by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay.
The...
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- 1967
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Runtime:
- 125 min (75 hs )
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The Music Room
Jalsaghar (Bengali: জলসাঘর) was released in 1958, sometimes released in the English-speaking world as Jalsaghar: The Music Room, is the fourth feature film directed by Satyajit Ray. Based on a novel of the same name by Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, the...
Initial release date:
- 1958
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Runtime:
- 100 min (60 hs )
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Mahanagar
Mahanagar is a 1963 film directed by Satyajit Ray. It is sometimes released as The Big City in the English-speaking world. Based on a short story written by Narendranath Mitra, it tells the story of a housewife who disconcerts her traditionalist...
Initial release date:
- 1963
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Runtime:
- 131 min (78.6 hs )
Parash Pathar
Parash Pathar (Bangla: পরশ পাথর Porosh Pathor; English: The Philosopher's Stone; French: La Pierre Philosophale) (1958) was Satyajit Ray's first film apart from the Apu Trilogy. It was also his first comedy and first magical realist film. Adapted...
Initial release date:
- 1958
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Runtime:
- 111 min (66.6 hs )
Nayak
Nayak (Bengali: নায়ক), released in the US as Nayak: The Hero is a 1966 film written and directed by Satyajit Ray. It was Ray's second entirely original screenplay (after Kanchenjungha). The story concerns a matinee idol (played by Uttam Kumar) on a...
Initial release date:
- 1966
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Runtime:
- 120 min (72 hs )
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Devi
Devi (Bengali: দেবী Devi) is a 1960 film by Bengali director Satyajit Ray, starring Soumitra Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore. It is based on a short story by Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhya. The title means "Goddess".
In 1860 rural Bengal, Doyamoyee ...
Initial release date:
- 1960
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Runtime:
- 93 min (56 hs )
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Aranyer Din Ratri
Aranyer Din Ratri ("Days and Nights in the Forest"), (Bengali: অরণ্যের দিনরাত্রি Ôronner Dinratri) is an Indian Bengali film released in 1970 and directed by Satyajit Ray. It is based upon the Bengali novel of the same name by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It...
Initial release date:
- 1970
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Runtime:
- 115 min (69 hs )
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Ghare Baire
Ghare Baire (The Home and the World) is a 1984 film by Bengali director Satyajit Ray, based upon the novel Ghare Baire (The Home and the World) by Rabindranath Tagore. It features Soumitra Chatterjee, Victor Banerjee , Jennifer Kendal and Swatilekha...
Initial release date:
- 1984
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Runtime:
- 140 min (84 hs )
Teen Kanya / Two Daughters
Teen Kanya is a 1961 film directed by Satyajit Ray, and based upon short stories by Rabindranath Tagore.
The title means "Three Daughters", and the film's original Indian release contained three stories. However, the international release of the...
Initial release date:
- 1961
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Runtime:
- 112 min (67.2 hs )
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Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (Bengali: গুপী গাইন বাঘা বাইন Gupi Gain Bagha Bain), directed by the late Satyajit Ray and based on a story by his grandfather Upendra Kishore Ray, is a popular Bengali children's film. It is sometimes released in the English...
Initial release date:
- 1968
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Runtime:
- 120 min (72 hs )
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Bombaiyer Bombete
Bombaiyer Bombete (Bengali: বোম্বাইর বোম্বেটে)(2003) is a thriller film directed by Sandip Ray based on the story of the same name by Satyajit Ray.
Lalmohan Ganguly, alias Jatayu - a sidekick of Feluda - gets invited to Mumbai (previously Bombay) to...
Initial release date:
- 2003
Runtime:
- 100 min (60 hs )
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Agantuk
Agantuk (English The Stranger) is a 1991 Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray. It was Ray's last film, and is based on one of his short stories, Atithi ("The Guest").
When Anila (Mamata Shankar) receives a letter from a man, who claims to be her...
Initial release date:
- 1991
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Runtime:
- 120 min (72 hs )
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Hirak Rajar Deshe
Hirak Rajar Deshe (Bengali: হীরক রাজার দেশে Hirok Rajar Deshe, lit. "in the land of the Diamond King". English title: Kingdom of Diamonds) is the second movie of the Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne series directed by Satyajit Ray. A unique aspect of the film...
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- 1980
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Runtime:
- 118 min (70.8 hs )
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Shakha Proshakha
Shakha Proshakha is a 1990 Satyajit Ray film. It deals with four generations of a well-to-do Bengali family, with a focus on the third generation.
Ananda Majumdar, a wealthy, retired industrialist, suddenly falls ill during a ceremony in honor of...
Initial release date:
- Nov 23, 1990
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Runtime:
- 130 min (78 hs )
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Abhijan
Abhijan (অভিযান) is a 1962 Bengali film directed by the Indian parallel filmmaker Satyajit Ray.
The filming of Abhijan began by the first half of 1961 when Bijoy Chatterjee asked Satyajit Ray to write a script on a popular Bengali novel of the same...
Initial release date:
- 1962
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Runtime:
- 150 min (90 hs )
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Pratidwandi
Pratidwandi or Pratidandi (literally Adversary, Opponent or Competitor in Bengali; known internationally as The Adversary) is a 1972 Indian Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray based on the novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It is the first part of the...
Initial release date:
- 1972
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Runtime:
- 110 min (66 hs )
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Ganashatru (Enemy of the People),গণশত্রু
Ganashatru (Bengali: গণশত্রু Gônoshotru "Enemy of the People") is a 1989 Indian film by Satyajit Ray. It is an adaption of Henrik Ibsen's play An Enemy of the People, and was released under that title in the UK. The cast includes Ray's favourite...
Initial release date:
- 1989
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Runtime:
- 100 min (60 hs )
Jana Aranya
Jana Aranya (English: The Middleman), is a 1976 Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray, based on the novel of the same name by Mani Shankar Mukherjee, and is last in the series of film's by Ray, known as Calcutta trilogy, the previous two being,...
Initial release date:
- 1976
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Runtime:
- 131 min (78.6 hs )
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Seemabaddha
Seemabaddha (Bengali: সীমাবদ্ধ Shimabôddho) is a 1971 film by Satyajit Ray. It also known as Company Limited.
Shyamal (Barun Chanda) is an ambitious Sales manager in a British fan manufacturing firm in Calcutta, where he is expecting a promotion...
Initial release date:
- 1971
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Runtime:
- 112 min (67.2 hs )
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Calcutta trilogy
The Calcutta trilogy may refer to either of the following two Bengali film trilogies:
Three films by Satyajit Ray:
Three films by Mrinal Sen:
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Sikkim
Sikkim is a documentary about the nation of Sikkim, directed by Satyajit Ray in 1971. The documentary was commissioned by the Chogyal (King) of Sikkim at a time when he felt the sovereignty of Sikkim was under threat from both China and India. Ray's...
Initial release date:
- 1971
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Runtime:
- 60 min (36 hs )
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Sadgati
Sadgati (The Deliverance) is a 1981 Hindi film, primarily made for TV, by Satyajit Ray, based on a short story of same name by Munshi Premchand. It is Ray's second Hindi film after Shatranj Ke Khiladi (The Chess Players) (1977).
The film won the...
Initial release date:
- 1981
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Runtime:
- 52 min (31 hs )
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Sukumar Ray
Sukumar Ray is a short documentary film made by Satyajit Ray .
The documentary is based on the life and works of Sukumar Ray, father of Satyajit Ray.
Initial release date:
- 1987
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Runtime:
- 30 min (18 hs )
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Rabindranath Tagore
See Tagore for disambiguation
Rabindranath Tagore is a 1961 documentary on the life and works of noted Bengali author Rabindranath Tagore. It was made on the anniversary of his hundredth birthday and was written and directed by Satyajit Ray....
Initial release date:
- 1961
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Runtime:
- 54 min (32 hs )
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The Inner Eye
The Inner Eye is a documentary film on the blind artist Benode Bihari Mukherjee by Satyajit Ray.
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Bala
Bala is a 1976 documentary film, by Satyajit Ray, about the Bharatanatyam dancer Balasaraswati. The film's music was recorded by Balasaraswati's brothers, T. Viswanathan and T. Ranganathan.
Initial release date:
- 1976
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Kapurush
Kapurush ("The Coward", 1965) is a 1965 film directed by Satyajit Ray.
Amitabha Roy (Soumitra Chatterjee) is a Calcutta based scriptwriter who is driving around in the country to collect material for a film. His vehicle breaks down in a small town....
Initial release date:
- 1965
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Runtime:
- 74 min (44 hs )
Mahapurush
Mahapurush (Bangla: মহাপুরুষ (The Holy Man)) is a 1965 film directed by Satyajit Ray.
After the death of his wife, Gurupada Mitter (Prasad Mukherjee), an advocate, has not been at peace. He and his daughter Buchki (Gitali Roy), meet Birinchi ...
Initial release date:
- 1965
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Pikoor Diary
Pikoor Diary (Bengali: পিকু Piku, or Pikoo's Day) is a short film primarily made for television by Satyajit Ray.
Initial release date:
- 1981
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Runtime:
- 26 min (16 hs )
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Two
Two is a short film directed by the Indian director Satyajit Ray. Two was made as part of a trilogy of short films from India commissioned by Public Television in the United States under the banner of Esso World Theater. The other two films featured...
Initial release date:
- 1965
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Runtime:
- 15 min (9 hs )
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The Alien
The Alien was an Indian-American science fiction film under production in the late 1960s which was eventually cancelled. It was being directed by the parallel Bengali film director Satyajit Ray and co-produced by Hollywood studio Columbia Pictures....
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