Satyajit Ray (1921 – 1992) ______ one of my favorite director n a proud pride of Bengal. He is known for his humanistic approach to cinema n for which he had won many International awards as well. He also is the first n only one Indian to recieve an Honorary Oscar in 1992 for Life Time Achievement.
He made movies in Bengali – my most fav are : Path-er Pachali (Song of the Road – 1955) — Ghar-e Bair-e (The home n the world-1984) — Agantuk (The Stranger – 1991 his last movie) —- Hirook Raja-er Desh-e (In the kingdom of Hirook). All his movies are about relationships – emotions- struggle – conflict- joy n sorrow. A very realistic touch in everything he did …. be it the script of his movie or the thrilling suspense stories (creator of the famous character – Feluda) he wrote for children in the Bengali magazine “Sandesh” – which he revived n continue to publish. It was actually found by his grandfather Upendrakishore Ray.
I remember an incident : when we went to Rome (Italy) – i was in grade 7 ….. as the class teacher was introducing me to the class – she asked me to tell about myself. I told my name – Sharmila Ray …. at which she asked if i were related to Satyajit Ray. At that age too i knew he was a Bengali director (Thank God i did – otherwise it would have been so embarrassing that a foreigner knew about him whereas i a Bengali didn’t) and i told her “No – i m not ….. !!! ”
It’s his birth anniversery today ….
Beautiful, vivid colors.
What a wonderfully vivid red – great shot!
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I really liked the bright look of your blog… Satyajit Ray was not only an acclaimed film-maker but a superb writer… My childhood would have been a lot less fun without his Feluda and Pofessor Shanku series 🙂
Its good to see a fellow Bengali remembering the legend on his birth anniversary…
I think you mistakenly wrote ‘proud of Bengal’ instead of ‘pride’..
Good blog to be in my blogroll.
Photographs are very nice. I think you are using a SLR.
Anyway, its nice, all the best.
Thanks Debosmita ! yes … indeed i did …. thanks for the correction 🙂
Thanks Anil …. for appreciating my photos n add me on ur blogroll …. i actually have a point n shoot camera (normal one) !
How do you get the depth in the photos in a print n shoot camera???? Depth of field comes only by a SLR!!! What’s the secret?
I just spent the last half-an-hour reading your blog. Your posts are very refreshing to read.
I wanted to know how to get in touch with you…
@ Debosmita – there”re 3 option setting — one for normal shoot another one for close-up n the other one for macro close-up …. chose the macro close-up option …. get close to the object n click …. n that’s it … lovely Dof shoot 🙂
@ Thanks Mamma Mia – for liking my posts …. i didn’t get what u mean by “get in touch with u” ….. if u mean to write me a mail then my email at : sray2603@gamil.com