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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 54. Chapters: Films directed by Satyajit Ray, Pather Panchali, Satyajit Ray filmography, The Apu Trilogy, Feluda, List of awards conferred on Satyajit Ray, Aparajito, Professor Shanku, The World of Apu, Sonar Kella, Abhijan, Hirak Rajar Deshe, The Alien, Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne, Literary creations of Satyajit Ray, Aranyer Din Ratri, The Chess Players, Sikkim, Parash Pathar, Charulata, Tarinikhuro, Nayak, Ghare Baire, Agantuk, Ashani Sanket, Jalsaghar, Literary works of Satyajit Ray, Joi Baba Felunath, Pratidwandi, Mahanagar, Jana Aranya, Tarini khuro, Kanchenjungha, Devi, Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Jatayu, Seemabaddha, Kapurush, Sadgati, Shakha Proshakha, Ganashatru, Teen Kanya, Mahapurush, Chiriyakhana, Rabindranath Tagore, Two, Sukumar Ray, Pikoor Diary, Bala, Bhuswargo Bhayankar, Calcutta trilogy, The Inner Eye. Excerpt: Satyajit Ray (Bengali: .); 2 May 1921 - 23 April 1992) was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Calcutta (now Kolkata) into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature. Starting his career as a commercial artist, Ray was drawn into independent filmmaking after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir and viewing the Italian neorealist film Bicycle Thieves of Vittorio De Sica during a visit to London. Ray directed thirty-seven films, including feature films, documentaries and shorts. He was also a fiction writer, publisher, illustrator, graphic designer and film critic. Ray's first film, Pather Panchali (1955), won eleven international prizes, including Best Human Documentary at the Cannes film festival. Alongside Aparajito (1956) and Apur Sansar (1959), the three films form The Apu Trilogy. Ray did the scripting, casting, scoring, cinematography, art direction, editing and designed his own cr...
