Group Members

Roll no. :
• 260 – Manali Soni
• 261 – Palav Soni
• 262 – Parag Soni
• 263 – Shreeda Sutaria
• 264 – Rahesh Sutariya
• 265 – Megha Tank
 Flow Of The Presentation
• Introduction
• Biography
• Films discussed – Pather Panchali
Aparajito
Apur Sansar
• Contribution
• What made Satyajit Ray ‘THE SATYAJIT RAY’
• Sources Of Information
Biography – Satyajit Ray

•Satyajit Ray – a director, producer,

screenwriter, composer, writer and graphic
designer.

•Born on May 2nd 1921

•Ray family embraced Brahmo Samaj within

hindu society
• In his school days Satyajit started getting
interested in films and was also fond of
western classical music

• 1936 – he joined college where he spent

most of his energy in two interests :
watching films and listening to western
classical music

• 1940 – joined Vishva Bharti University at

Shantiniketan
• At Shantiniketan - exposed to various
forms of Indian art

• Helped him to pay attention to the use of

smaller details with bigger meaning

• He left shantiniketan in 1942

• 1943 – joined an advertising agency

D.J.Keymer as a junior visualiser
• While working there, D.K.Gupta (a senior)
asked him to illustrate the abridged
version of Pather Panchali

• 1947 – ray co-founded Calcutta Film

Society r

• Ray , then started generating interest in

writing screenplays
• 1949 – Ray met Jean Renior, he advised
him to become a film maker

• 1950 – went to London, here he say the

film bicycle thieves

• 1950 – started working on Pather Panchali

• 1955 – Pather Panchali was released and

was a huge success

• Aparijito – his second film won the Golden

Lion award in Venice
• 1961 – decided to revive Sandesh( a
magazine founded by his grandfather)

• 1981 – made a feature film every year

• After 40 years of filmmaking his work was

interrupted by fragile health

• 1992 - Satyajit Ray won a lifetime

achievement Oscar and Bharat Ratna award
• Died on April 23rd 1992
PATHER PANCHALI
 INTRODUCTION OF THE FILM

• Released in 1955, in Bengali

• Based on the novel “Pather Panchali” by

Bibhutibhushan Banerjee

• Producer – Government of West Bengal

• Screenplay and direction – Satyajit Ray

• Cinematography - Subrata Mitra

• Editing - Dulal Dutta

• Art Direction - Bansi Chandragupta

• Sound - Bhupen Ghosh

• Music - Pandit Ravi Shankar

 CAST
CHARACTER PERFORMER
Harihar, the Father Kanu Banerjee
Sarbajaya, the Mother Karuna Banerjee
Apu Subir Banerjee
Durga, young girl Uma Das Gupta
Durga, child Runki Banerjee
Indir Thakrun, Old Aunt Chunibala Devi
Candy seller Haren Banerjee
 SUMMARY
• Brahmin Family – A priest Harihar, his wife
Sarbajaya, daughter Durga and aged cousin
Indir Thakrun.
• Harihar frequently away from home on work
• Apu’s born
• Death of Indir Thakrun
• Durga fall ill and she died
• Harihar’s return, family leaves the village in
search of new life in Banaras
• Film close with an image of Harihar, wife and
son – slowly moving way in an ox cart
 Awards
• President's Gold & Silver Medals, New Delhi,
1955
• Best Human Document, Cannes 1956
• Diploma Of Merit, Edinbugh, 1956
• Vatican Award, Rome, 1956
• Golden Carbao, Manila, 1956
• Best Film and Direction, San Francisco, 1957
• Selznik Golden Laurel, Berlin, 1957
• Best Film, Vancouver, 1958
• Critics' Award - Best Film, Stratford, (Canada),
1958
• Best Foreign Film, New York, 1959
• Kinema Jumpo Award: Best Foreign Film, Tokyo
1966
• Bodil Award: Best Non-European Film of the
Year, Denmark, 1966
APARAJITO
 INTRODUCTION OF THE FILM-
Released in 1956, in Bengali
•
Based on the novel – “Aparajito” written by Bibhutibhushan Banerjee which was published in 1928
•
This film is a part of “APU TRILOGY”
•
Satyajit’s role – Producer, Screen player, and Director
•
• Music given by Pandit Ravi Shankar and
Sound by Durgadas Mitra
• The second film preceded by “Pather
Panchali” and Followed by “Apur Sansar”
• Highlight of the film – Mother-son
relationship and their conflicts
 Character Performer

Harihar – the Father : Kanu Banerjee

Sarbajaya, the Mother : Karuna Banerjee

Boy Apu : Pinaki Sen Gupta

Adolescent Apu : Smaran Ghosal

Bhabataran, old uncle : Ramani Sen Gupta

Headmaster : Subodh Ganguly

 SUMMARY
• Family of three Harihar, Sarabajaya and Apu
• Family lived in temple city of Banaras
• Death of Harihar, the father
• Mother starts working and Apu initiated priesthood
• But Apu wanted to study
• Mother, Sarabajaya helps to build his career
• City life of Apu
• Death of mother
• End of the film
 Awards
 Golden Lion of St. Mark, Venice, 1957
 Cinema Nuovo Award, Venice, 1957
 Critics Award, Venice, 1957
 FIPRESCI Award, London, 1957
 Best Film and Best Direction, San Francisco, 1958
 International Critic' Award, San Francisco, 1958
 Golden Laurel for Best Foreign Film of 1958-59, USA
 Selznik Golden Laurel, Berlin, 1960
 Bodil Award: Best Non-European Film of the Year,
Denmark, 1967
APUR SANSAR
 The third and last film of “Apu Trilogy”
 Based on the novel of Bibhutibhushan
Bandopadhyay
 Most celebrated work of satyajit ray
 Music was given by Pandit Ravi Shankar
 Directed and written by Satyajit Ray
 Editing was done by Dulal Datta and
sound by Durgadas Mitra
 Cast
CHARACTER PERFORMER

Apu Soumitra Chatterjee

Aparna- Apu’s wife Sharmila Tagore

Kajol – Apu’s son Alok Chakrawati

Pulu – Apu’s friend Swapna Mukharjee

Pulu’s wife Shefalika Devi

 SUMMARY
The World Of Apu :
• The film is structured in three distinct acts
• First act:
 Apu- A graduate person
 His passion to write a novel
 Meeting with old friend
 unexpected marriage
• Second act:
 Warm and carrying relationship between Apu and
Aparna
 Aparna’s death
• Third act
 His son kajol
Taking his fatherly responsibility
 Awards
 President’s Gold medal as best feature film-1959
 Sutherland award for best original and
imaginative film, London-1960
 National board of review as best foreign film,
USA-1960
 National film award for best film, India- 1960
 Diploma of merit, 14th International film festival,
Edinburgh-1960