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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For Sharmila Tagore, Satyajit Ray’s cinema is all about lasting power. Something known, acknowledged and celebrated, time and again, and underscored once more at the recent screening of the restored ...

KOLKATA: Akira Kuarosawa once said, “Not to have seen the cinema of Satyajit Ray means existing in the world without seeing the sun or the moon.” That sentiment has gained renewed force in Japan, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Come for the presents. Stay for the baggage.

Yuka Okuda, a Tagore song performer and Bengali language instructor, provided an explanatory session after the screening of ‘Charulata’ at Le Cinema. “She was very close to our family and a die-hard ...