Whenever we are discussing about Indian Cinema that would be incomplete without mentioning Satyajit Ray.
One Of India\u2019s finest Film maker Dadasaheb Phalke Award Winning Legendary Film Maker Satyajit Ray was born in 2nd May, 1921 in Kolkata. Mr. Ray was an Film Maker, Writer, Illustrator, Calligrapher and most importantly a Visualizer who brought the Indian cinema to world recognition with Pather Panchali (1955, The Song of the Road) and its two sequels, known as the Apu Trilogy.
Films created by Mr. Ray were way a head of his times in terms of Representation as he used to create magic with minimal Resources.
Truly As a director, Mr. Ray was noted for his versatility, and his detailed control over his films and their music.
Mr. Ray's Ability to stand out and evoke a certain emotion and his ever green golden films that will always be remembered by us.
Satyajit Ray grew up in Kolkata and was looked after by his mother Mrs. Suprabha Ray because his father Mr. Sukumar Ray was died when Satyajit was only 3 years old.
Ray completed his schooling from Ballygunge Government High School in Calcutta(Now Kolkata), and completed his BA in economics from Presidency College, Calcutta (then affiliated with the University of Calcutta), though his interest was always in the fine arts.
In 1940 his mother persuaded him to attend art school at Santiniketan, Rabindranath Tagore\u2019s rural university northwest of Calcutta.
Returning back to Kolkata, Ray started working at British Owned Advertising Agency as a junior visualiser, then he became art director within few years.
As a graphic artist It was Ray who designed the covers of such books as Aam Aatir Bhepu (a children\u2019s edition of Bibhuti Bhusan Banerjee\u2019s Pather Panchali), Man-Eaters of Kumaon (Kumaom-er Manuskheko Bagh, in Bengali translation) by Jim Corbett and The Discovery of India by Jawahar Lal Nehru.
Ray was unable to curate money from Bengali Producers who represents such unconventional ideas in front of them. Then late 1952, using Ray\u2019s own money, with the rest eventually coming from a grudging West Bengal Government, Ray and his determined crew came out with one of the most successful and ever green motion picture Pather Panchali which was completed in the year 1955.
Pather Panchali is the first part of Apu Trilogy and trilogy bestowed Ray with awards at Cannes, Venice and London.
Aparajito (The Unvanquished) and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu) made up this trilogy successful that received phenomenal international acclaim and was received globally as the trilogy.
As a writer Mr. Ray became so much popular among children by reviving children magazine \u201cSandesh\u201d.
Writer Ray was come up with some evergreen detective & science fiction stories in Bengali Literature. By creating ever green Series Of Feluda, Satyajit Ray ensured that he gave children an occasion to celebrate their childhood.
Half a century after Ray\u2019s fonts made their way to the typeface library, India has found itself on the forefront of The Typography Industry. With Lifelong accord with Type Face & Font, Ray came up with his most popular original font called \u201cRay Roman\u201d.
At the same time, if we are talking about Satyajit Ray\u2019s some of the Ever Green creations from his Golden Era then these names come first in mind, Devi (The Goddess), Teen Kanya, Kanchenjunga, Charulata, Professor Shonku, Nayak(The Hero), Sonar Kella and many more in the list.
It\u2019s been 100 Glorious Years but still Ray remains in every Bengali\u2019s Emotion.
Today We miss You Ray.......