Satyajit Ray

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Satyajit Ray (Bangla:????????? ????) (May 2 1921 - April 23 1992) was an Academy Award winning Bengali film director whose films are perhaps the greatest testament to Bengali and Indian cinema. He is mostly known for his Apu trilogy - the films Pather Panchali (Song of the Road), Aparajito (The Unconquered), and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu). - but has a large collection of works that are acclaimed among the world film industry, most notably by the likes of Akira Kurosawa, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg. He has been called one of the four greatest director/producers of cinema in the world, and Kurosawa famously said of Ray:

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Bangla - May 2 - 1921 - April 23 - 1992 - Academy Award - Bengal - Film director - Bengali - Indian - Apu trilogy - Pather Panchali - Aparajito - The World of Apu - Akira Kurosawa - Martin Scorsese - Steven Spielberg - Cinema

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"Not to have seen the cinema of Ray means existing in the world without seeing the sun or the moon."

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