1. Discuss the challenges faced by Satyajit
Ray as a film-maker in the light of the
essay, Film Making.
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"Cricket is not a game. It is the truth of
life.” Discuss the young boy's approach
to the game in the context of the essay,
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Satan it Ray (Bengali pronunciation: (About this sound listen); 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian film director, scriptwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. He is widely considered to have been one of the greatest filmmakers of all time,[2] celebrated for works such as The ALU Trilogy (1955–59), The Music Room (1958), The Big City (1963) and Charlatan (1964). Ray was born in Calcutta into a Bengali Kayaks the family which was prominent in the field of arts and literature. Starting his career as a commercial artist, he was drawn into independent filmmaking after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir and viewing Vittorio Dr Siva's Italian neorealism film Bicycle Thieves (1948) during a visit to London.
Satan it Ray
Satan it Ray in New York (cropped).not
Ray in 1981
Born
2 May 1921
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now West Bengal, India)
Died
23 April 1992 (aged 70)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Nationality
Indian
Alma mater
Presidency College (BACK)
visa University (MA)
Occupation
Film director writer illustrator
Years active
1950–1992
Works
Full list
Height
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[1]
Spouse(s)
Bijou's Ray (m. 1949–1992)
Children
Sandia Ray (son)
Parent(s)
Sublunar Ray (father)
Relatives
Up end rakish more Ray Chowdury (grandfather)
Awards
Full list
Signature
Satan it Ray Signature .svg
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Ray directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries and shorts. He was also a fiction writer, publisher, illustrator, calligrapher, music composer, graphic designer and film critic. He authored several short stories and novels, primarily for young children and teenagers. Felix's, the sleuth, and Professor Shimmy, the scientist in his science fiction stories, are popular fictional characters created by him. In 1978, he was awarded an honorary degree by Oxford University.
Ray's first film, Father Pan chalk (1955), won eleven international prizes, including the inaugural Best Human Document award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. This film, along with Apart jito (1956) and A pur San sar (The World of ALU) (1959), form The ALU Trilogy. Ray did the scripting, casting, scoring, and editing, and designed his own credit titles and publicity material. Ray received many major awards in his career, including 32 Indian National Film Awards, a Golden Lion, a Golden Bear, 2 Silver Bears, many additional awards at international film festivals and ceremonies, and an Academy Honorary Award in 1992. The Government of India honoured him with the india Rana, its highest civilian award, in 1992. Ray had received many noticeable awards and gained a prestigious position over his life time.