TopicSatyajit Ray

Topic: Satyajit Ray

Veteran dancer Arati Das, known as ‘Miss Shefali’ who acted in Satyajit Ray films, dies

PTI - 6 February, 2020

Arati Das (76) had worked with Satyajit Ray in 'Pratidwandi' and 'Seemabaddha'. She was also known as the 'Queen of Cabaret' for her outstanding dancing skills.

Tapan Sinha, one of India’s finest filmmakers but often overshadowed by Ray and Ghatak

Taran Deol - 15 January, 2020

The kind of films we see today, where the line between parallel and mainstream cinema is blurring, were already being made by Tapan Sinha in the 1970s.

Does women’s liberation mean adultery? How Aparna Sen differed from Satyajit Ray

Nandita Dutta - 21 July, 2019

Ray’s 1980 film Pikoo and Sen’s 1983 film Paroma treated adultery very differently and only one was unapologetic about it.

Mrinal Sen, the cinematic genius who had the courage to bring social realities on celluloid

Madhavi Pothukuchi - 14 May, 2019

On his birth anniversary, ThePrint remembers Mrinal Sen, the pioneer of New Cinema movement, who was often criticised for making movies on human suffering.

Ray’s ‘Shatranj Ke Khilari’ asked difficult political questions & is an election must-watch

Madhavi Pothukuchi - 28 April, 2019

Ray’s 1977 classic, made during Indira Gandhi’s Emergency, is a story of a cunning political checkmate.

Satyajit Ray: Cine maestro & literary genius who could say no to Indira Gandhi, Narasimha Rao

Neera Majumdar - 23 April, 2019

Ray was a true auteur — a director, scriptwriter, editor, he would decide the music, set up the scene and props, design posters, and cast the actors.

Devi to Kashmir ki Kali to Censor Board: Sharmila Tagore is not just Taimur’s grandmom

Neera Majumdar - 8 December, 2018

Sharmila Tagore, who turned 74 on 8 December, has been a trailblazer of her field, and the bikini has nothing to do with it.

Ritwik Ghatak, the celluloid rebel who used cinema as a political tool

Sharanya Munsi - 4 November, 2018

Revolutionary filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak mirrored the pain of Bengal’s partition and refugee crisis through his famed trilogy, which began with Megha Dhaka Tara.

Indira Gandhi at 100: why she still rules India

Shekhar Gupta - 18 November, 2017

Indira believed in statist, povertarian economics and crush-the-opposition-to-dust “Total Politics”. If both ideas thrive under Modi now, she still rules our minds.

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Operation Lantern fails to light up in Bihar. And BJP in search of a Brahmin face in UP

Bharat Agrawal - 17 August, 2022

The no-fuss change of government in Bihar, without horse-trading or MLAs in resorts, has prompted a coalition partner to request the CM to make arrangements for a trip to a hill station.

Imran Khan’s becoming costly for Pakistan govt. But army won’t completely remove him from scene

17 August, 2022

In the debate over freebies, India is forgetting it traded rule of law for welfare services

17 August, 2022

Economy

Good news from the farm as India’s FY22 foodgrain production estimated at record 316 mn tonnes

Sayantan Bera - 17 August, 2022

Wheat production estimate sees marginal upward revision to 106.8 million tons, though current rate lowest in 3 years.

Topic: Satyajit Ray

On Camera

YourTurn

Guidelines for YourTurn submissions

Opinion

Operation Lantern fails to light up in Bihar. And BJP in search of a Brahmin face in UP

Imran Khan’s becoming costly for Pakistan govt. But army won’t completely remove him from scene

In the debate over freebies, India is forgetting it traded rule of law for welfare services

Economy

Good news from the farm as India’s FY22 foodgrain production estimated at record 316 mn tonnes

Defence

USAF secy needs Pentagon escort but Indian attaché doesn’t — that’s how deep India-US ties are

National Interest

Tiranga vs Tiranga: Gloves are off as Kejriwal joins the ‘nationalism’ battle with Modi

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