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Satyajit Ray

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Pather PanchaliPather Panchali (1955) Recommended
Dir. Satyajit Ray
Feat. Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Bannerjee
The first film from Asia's most respected film–maker also initiates his 'Apu trilogy', three of most admired films in history. A lyrical…
Apu Trilogy, TheApu Trilogy, The (Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Apur Sansar) (1955-1959) Aro Favourite
Dir. Satyajit Ray
Ray’s trilogy follows one indelible character, a free–spirited child in rural poverty who matures into an adolescent urban student and,…
AparajitoAparajito (1956) Recommended
Dir. Satyajit Ray
Feat. Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Pinaki Sengupta…
Sequel to PATHER PANCHALI sees Apu now as an adolescent who abandons his village and travels to Calcutta, where he is inevitably confused with his…
World of Apu, TheWorld of Apu, The (1959) Recommended
Dir. Satyajit Ray
Feat. Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty
Final installment of the 'Apu trilogy' sees the complexities of adulthood painfully and euphorically realised for Apu through ambition, marriage and…
MahanagarMahanagar (The Big City) (1963)
Dir. Satyajit Ray
Feat. Anil Chaterjee
Subtle and provoking satire of gender equality finds the wife of a once high–flying, but now redundant banker seeking employment, absorbing the…
CharulataCharulata (The Lonely Wife) (1964)
Dir. Satyajit Ray
Feat. Madhabi Mukherjee
One of Satyajit Ray’s most accomplished (and Western–influenced) films, whose central female protagonist falls for the young, aspiring cousin…
NayakNayak (The Hero) (1966)
Dir. Satyajit Ray
Feat. Sharmila Tagore
Satyajit Ray deconstructs the male ego–centre in this tale of a Bengali movie star who must summon his own internal critic after coming under…
Chess Players, TheChess Players, The (1977)
Dir. Satyajit Ray
Feat. Richard Attenborough
India's first internationally renowned film–maker draws upon the ancient game of chess as a metaphor for Anglo–Indian political relations…
Stranger, TheStranger, The (1991) Recommended
Dir. Satyajit Ray
Feat. Deepankar Dey, Mamata Shankar
An absorbing domestic parable from revered film–maker Satyajit Ray, whose last film here explores familial bonds when a long–lost…

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