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Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray

Indian author, poet, composer, lyricist, filmmaker (1921-1992)
May 2, 1921 (April 23, 1992)

The Stranger

V.O.: Agantuk
Ind. 1991. Drama by Satyajit Ray with Deepankar De, Mamata Shankar, Bikram Bhattacharya. Back in India after thirty-five years, an anthropologist visiting his niece is forced to prove his identity to her husband.
Runtime: 120 min.

Branches of the Tree

V.O.: Shakha Proshakha
Ind. 1990. Psychological drama by Satyajit Ray with Ajit Bannerjee, Harandan Bannerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee. The sudden illness of a wealthy industrialist awakens old grudges and jealousies among his sons called to his bedside.
Runtime: 130 min.

An Enemy of the People

V.O.: Ganashatru
Ind. 1989. Social drama by Satyajit Ray with Soumitra Chatterjee, Dhritiman Chatterji, Ruma Guhatharkurta. In Bengal, a doctor struggles with the authorities over issues of pollution and religious intolerance.
Runtime: 99 min.

The Home and the World

V.O.: Ghare-Baire
Ind. 1984. Psychological drama by Satyajit Ray with Soumitra Chatterjee, Victor Banerjee, Swatilekha Chatterjee. The young wife of a progressive lord is attracted to a nationalist politician, who is a friend of her husband.
Runtime: 130 min.

The Elephant God

V.O.: Joi Baba Felunath
Ind. 1979. Adventures by Satyajit Ray with Soumitra Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta, Siddhartha Chatterjee. In the sacred city of Benares, a detective investigates the theft of a small statue dedicated to the god Ganesh.
Runtime: 112 min.

The Chess Players

V.O.: Shatranj Ke Khilari
Ind. 1977. History by Satyajit Ray with Amjad Khan, Sanjeev Kumar, Saeed Jaffrey. In 1856, two Muslim aristocrats are too engrossed in their chess games to notice that the British are pressing to annex their kingdom.
Runtime: 115 min.

Distant Thunder

V.O.: Ashani Sanket
Ind. 1973. Social drama by Satyajit Ray with Soumitra Chatterjee, Rumesh Mukerji, Babita. The life of a village in Bengal during the war.
Runtime: 101 min.

Company Limited

V.O.: Seemabaddha
Ind. 1972. Psychological drama by Satyajit Ray with Barun Chanda, Sharmila Tagore, Parumita Chowdhary.
Runtime: 112 min.

Days and Nights in the Forest

V.O.: Aranyer Dinratri
Ind. 1969. Mores comedy by Satyajit Ray with Soumitra Chatterjee, Subhendu Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore. Four city dwellers, who have come to take a few days of vacation in the forest, befriend two young women from the area.
Runtime: 115 min.

The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha

V.O.: Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
Ind. 1968. Tale by Satyajit Ray with Tapen Chatterjee, Robi Ghose, Santosh Dutt. Endowed with magical powers by a genie, two exiled musicians travel to a kingdom where they help end a war declared by a neighbouring king.
Runtime: 118 min.

The Hero

V.O.: Nayak
Ind. 1966. Psychological drama by Satyajit Ray with Uttam Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Bireswar Sen. On board a train heading to New Delhi, a famous actor agrees to tell a young journalist about his life.
Runtime: 120 min.
Ind. 1964. Social drama by Satyajit Ray with Madhabi Mukerjee, Sailen Mukerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee. In 1879, in Calcutta, the neglected wife of a political newspaper editor is encouraged, by a cousin of the latter who's in charge of entertaining her, to write.
Runtime: 117 min.

The Big City

V.O.: Mahanagar
Ind. 1963. Social drama by Satyajit Ray with Anil Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Jaya Bhaduri. In Calcutta, the wife of a modest bank employee convinces him to let her take a job to improve their condition.
Runtime: 128 min.

Three Daughters

V.O.: Teen Kanya
Ind. 1961. Tale by Satyajit Ray with Anil Chatterji, Chandana Banerji, Soumitra Chatterjee. Two love stories involving a postmaster and a law graduate.
Runtime: 160 min.

The Goddess

V.O.: Devi
Ind. 1960. Mores drama by Satyajit Ray with Sharmila Tagore, Soumitra Chatterjee, Chhabi Biswas. In eighteenth century Bengal, an old man convinces his young daughter-in-law that she is the reincarnation of a goddess.
Runtime: 93 min.
Ind. 1959. Psychological drama by Satyajit Ray with Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty. A young writer is upset by the death of his wife.
Runtime: 103 min.

The Music Room

V.O.: Jalsaghar
Ind. 1958. Drama by Satyajit Ray with Chabbi Biswas, Ganda Pada Basu, Kali Sarkar. In his ruined palace, a maharajah with a passion for music chooses to squander his last possessions in order to celebrate his son's birthday with dignity.
Runtime: n/d

The Unvanquished

V.O.: Aparajito
Ind. 1956. Mores drama by Satyajit Ray with Pinaki Sen Gupta, Karuna Bannerjee, Samaran Ghosal. A peasant family from India struggles to adjust to city life.
Runtime: 108 min.
Ind. 1955. Moral study by Satyajit Ray with Subir Bannerji, Uma Das Gupta, Karuma Bannerji. The life of an average family in a small village in India.
Runtime: 112 min.

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