Satyajit Ray, whose evocative films of life in dirt-poor Bengal drew small audiences at home but critical acclaim worldwide, died Thursday (April 23, 1992). He was 70. Mr. Ray, who last month was ...

KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - The Oscars academy has restored a rare print of a controversial film by India's famed director Satyajit Ray that was banned by Indian censors for glorifying monarchy in a ...

After showing to sell-out audiences in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles during a major retrospective of Satyajit Ray’s work, The Expedition (Abhijaan, 1962), a newly restored film by the ...

'The Bengal Reader', an anthology edited and translated by Arunava Sinha, reflects the literary life of Bengal across two ...

Actor who was a celebrated figure of Bangladeshi cinema after being discovered by the Indian director Satyajit Ray ...

A six-year restoration journey spearheaded by filmmaker Wes Anderson has culminated in Satyajit Ray‘s 1970 masterpiece “Aranyer Din Ratri” (“Days and Nights in the Forest”) securing a slot at Cannes ...

Sundeep Bhutoria is a culturist, social activist and wildlife enthusiast based in Kolkata, India. He is associated with various non-governmental organizations and is at the forefront of several social ...

In Uttam Kumar: A Life in Cinema (2021), author Sayandeb Chowdhury begins with an anecdote about Bengali cinema’s two foremost immortals: Satyajit Ray and Uttam Kumar. The year was 1966. Ray’s film, ...