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Neecha Nagar at Habitat Film Festival: The lowly film that won Cannes over

Before the age of overseas marketing, and red carpet appearances, Chetan Anand's Neecha Nagar by...

21 May 2017 2:30 IST — Shriram Iyengar

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Mrinal Sen: The filmmaker as ideologue

On the 94th birthday of the master filmmaker, we look at how his films stand out from his other Ray....

14 May 2017 16:28 IST — Shriram Iyengar

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Best films born out of Rabindranath Tagore's stories — Birth anniversary special

Polymath, philosopher, poet, and storyteller, Rabindranath Tagore is to India what Shakespeare was 7...

07 May 2017 4:30 IST — Shriram Iyengar

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Travelling exhibition to be part of Satyajit Ray's birth centenary celebrations

Son Sandip Ray was speaking at 1/1 Bishop Lefroy Road, Kolkata, the icon's sprawling British-era...

02 May 2017 15:30 IST — IANS

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Feluda, Prof Shanku are Satyajit Ray himself: Sandip Ray on his dad, the author

Satyajit Ray was a true-blue Renaissance man. Filmmaker unparalleled, he was also author of science...

02 May 2017 5:00 IST — Roushni Sarkar

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Sadgati and Shatranj Ke Khilari: Satyajit Ray's tryst with Hindi cinema and Premchand

Auteur, artist, photographer, filmmaker, storyteller, Satyajit Ray was a rare genius. Despite his of...

24 Apr 2017 5:37 IST — Shriram Iyengar

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Throwback Thursday: 25 years ago today, Satyajit Ray was awarded the honorary Oscar

This fascinating video is the perfect reminder of Ray who never aspired for the Oscar, but was given...

30 Mar 2017 11:10 IST — Shriram Iyengar

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Utpal Dutt: The inscrutable modern man 

A renaissance man, Utpal Dutt went well beyond buffoonish characters like Amol Palekar's boss in...

29 Mar 2017 5:10 IST — Shriram Iyengar

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How Saeed Jaffrey landed himself a part in Satyajit Ray’s Shatranj Ke Khilari

The veteran actor was an inimitable charmer who made his mark in every production he was a part of....

08 Jan 2017 3:30 IST — Sonal Pandya

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How RK Narayan gave Dev Anand a hit

Fifty-one years after its release, Guide is remembered more for Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman than is...

10 Oct 2016 3:30 IST — Sonal Pandya

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Amjad Khan: The forgotten nawab

In his only Hindi feature film, Satyajit Ray cast one of the greatest villains of all time as a...

27 Jul 2016 8:30 IST — Shriram Iyengar

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In pursuit of Oscar

Why does an Oscar nomination hold so much weight for most Indian films?...

29 Feb 2016 7:33 IST — Sonal Pandya

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The mad men of Bollywood

These filmmakers made the successful transition from ad to feature films...

19 Feb 2016 12:30 IST — Sonal Pandya

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How Satyajit Ray discovered Sharmila Tagore – Birthday special

She was a 14-year-old schoolgirl, he, a legendary filmmaker. Yet, on first sight, Ray knew there was...

08 Dec 2015 6:13 IST — Shriram Iyengar