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by Chidananda Das Gupta, وازریک درساهاکیان (Translator)

This is a comprehensive study on Satyajit Ray, a filmmaker of intrnational repute and his his films, this book besides providing a critical commentry on each of his films also discusses the many influences on Ray, eastern and western, the literary sources as well as Ray s departures from them.

302 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1980

Reviews

[Suman · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very detailed analysis of the movies of Satyajit Ray. First the author gives a chronological analysis of the movies, the stories, the characters, the continuity of the characters in special, the influence of Western cinema and Western music, influence of Rabindranath Tagore and Shantiniketan, the influence of period in almost all of the movies. Subsequently, the author narrates the similarities and differences of the period of Ray's movies with the contemporary environment and social changes of Calcutta (Kolkata). The phases of the films - the trilogy and the theme movies, the post-independence period movies and the modern day period movies. How the pattern of Ray changed or on many occasions continued from the earlier phase. The choice of actors most appropriate for the characters was unique to Ray. Mostly of Ray's depiction of women characters in his screenplay was in a very conservative manner and men mostly void of any villainism. The children films of Ray is well appreciated across all ages. The book is worth reading along with the various writings of Ray himself on the domain of film and film making.