Satyajit Ray

Later Projects

Other notable works in Ray's career include Nayak (1965), Goopy Gayen Bagha Bayen/The Adventures Of Goopy And Bagha, a children's film from 1969 featuring Ray's own songs (and based on Sukumar Ray's stories), and 1970's Aranyer Dinratri/Days And Nights In The Forest. During the 1970s Ray completed the Calcutta trilogy: Seemabaddha/Company Limited, Pratidwani/The Adversary and Jana Aranya/The Middleman, three films which were conceived seperately, but whose thematic connections form a loose trilogy. Each generated further acclaim, with Jana Aranya winning additional awards.

Related Topics:
Nayak - Goopy Gayen Bagha Bayen - Sukumar Ray - Aranyer Dinratri - Seemabaddha - Pratidwani - Jana Aranya

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In 1977, Ray completed Shatranj Ke Khiladi/The Chess Players, an Urdu/Hindustani movie about chess players of Lucknow. This film starred Sanjeev Kumar, Saeed Jaffrey, Amjad Khan, Shabana Azmi, Victor Bannerjee and Richard Attenborough. Apart from a later short film in Hindi, Sadgati, starring Om Puri and the late Smita Patil, this was his only feature film in a language other than Bengali. Both these films were based on original stories by Munshi Premchand, the giant of Hindi literature.

Related Topics:
Shatranj Ke Khiladi - Lucknow - Saeed Jaffrey - Shabana Azmi - Richard Attenborough - Sadgati - Om Puri - Smita Patil

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