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
Well the Bombay film wasn't always like how it is now. It did have a local industry. There were realistic films made on local scenes. But it gradually changed over the years.
There's always some room for improvisation.
Bicycle Thief is a triumphant discovery of the fundamentals of cinema, and De Sica has openly acknowledged his debt to Chaplin.
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.
When I'm shooting on location, you get ideas on the spot - new angles. You make not major changes but important modifications, that you can't do on a set. I do that because you have to be economical.
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.
It was only after Pather Panchali had some success at home that I decided to do a second part. But I didn't want to do the same kind of film again, so I made a musical.
The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves.
Particularly in the final stages I always find that I'm rushed. It's dangerous when you're rushed in the editing stage, most of my early films are flawed in the cutting