Satyajit Ray

Life

Satyajit Ray was born into a relatively wealthy and highly influential Brahmo family in Kolkata. His father Sukumar Ray was one of the leading Bengali writers, in the vein of Lewis Carrol and Edward Lear, and his grandfather Upendrakishore Ray (Ray Chowdhuri) was a renaissance man with many interests ranging from writing to typography. Likewise, Ray was well-educated, attending the Presidency College, Kolkata and also at the Vishwabharati (Santiniketan) established by Rabindranath Tagore. Thereafter, he spent many years as a layout artist in a publishing house (Signet Press) and worked with a reputed advertising agency (D.J.Keemer). Inspired by the novel Pather Panchali by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, he decided to adapt it into a film and shoot it on location using friends as actors, putting up the initial funding himself.

Related Topics:
Brahmo - Kolkata - Sukumar Ray - Lewis Carrol - Edward Lear - Upendrakishore Ray - Presidency College, Kolkata - Vishwabharati - Santiniketan - Rabindranath Tagore - Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay

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