Satyajit Ray
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Festivals
Derek Malcolm: “Ray or rubbish” – Filmmakers and professionals remember the critic who adored iconic Indian filmmaker…(video +)
A giant among critics, he travelled to the country routinely and in 2018 talked to us about his love of…
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Venice 2022: Star studded film festival but only Satyajit Ray classic to warm Indian cineastes…
Darren Aronofsky, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu, and Martin McDonagh among others, will compete for The Golden Lion at the 79th Venice…
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Satyajit Ray BFI Southbank season: Widest range of work – “Well-crafted narratives on Indian history,” says curator Sangeeta Datta…
One of the world’s greatest film directors is the subject of an extensive and original retrospective … By Mamie Colfox…
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‘Avijatrik’ (‘The Wanderlust of Apu’) – new follow-on film to Satyajit Ray’s ‘Apur Sansar’ (‘The World of Apu’) comes to England for the first time…
English cinemagoers’ first opportunity to see keenly anticipated new Indian film inspired by – and made partly as a tribute…
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UK Asian Film Festival 2021 – Six feature films to look out for; new talent shorts inspired by Satyajit Ray; India charity appeal and Nina Wadia in conversation…
🎥Mix of both physical screenings and online – hybrid🎥Will highlight British Asian Trust Emergency Oxygen for India Emergency Appeal🎥Star Nina…
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Soumitra Chatterjee (obituary) – “An epic colossus who was also an Everyman”, filmmaker Sangeeta Datta pays tribute to an actor who was a giant of Indian cinema
Undoubted star, who was a Renaissance figure and also decorated by France, died on Sunday morning (November 15) aged 85,…
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Sharmila Tagore: “I wanted to direct and still want to…” Indian star tells acv…
She is one of the most famous names in Indian cinema, but she never got her chance behind the camera;…
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Beyond the clouds (review): Stirring human drama has much to recommend it – not least a charasmatic lead and support…
Described in some circles as ‘the Indian slumdog millionaire’ but is less fairytale and more real in other respects… IT’S…
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