Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy: 8 things you didn't know

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d of being restored The writer has posted comments on this article Zinia SenZinia Sen , TNN | May 18, 2013, 12.00 AM IST Madhabi Mukherjee in Charulata RELATED It's a proud moment for India as a restored Charulata is screened at Cannes today. But ...

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Every year on Satyajit Ray's birthday actors who were close to him visit the 1, Bishop Lefroy Road residence of the late director but their number is dwindling over the years. Among the first to arrive today on Ray's 92 birthday was Soumitra ...

New Delhi: A great celluloid story needs a brilliant storyteller, and the storyteller needs outstanding actors to bring the characters to life. Satyajit Ray, the man who made the values of Indian films recognisable to the world, also had a muse in ...

In 1964 Ray made Charulata (The Lonely Wife), the culmination of this period of work, and regarded by many critics as his most accomplished film. Based on Tagore's Nastanirh, the film tells the tale of a lonely wife, Charu, in 19th century Bengal, ...

"Are you serious? I can never pull this off!" This was Parno Mittra's reaction when Kaushik Ganguly approached her for the role of Apu's wife Ashima, in Apur Panchali. But now that the dusky beauty is done with the shoot, Parno looks back at this ...