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Satyajit
Ray was born on May.02.1921 at Calcutta
He
was educated at Calcutta and Visva Bharathi Universities
He
worked as Junior Visualizer & Art Director at D J Keymer Advertising Calcutta (1943 – 1955)
He achieved world fame as Director, Producer,
Story Writer, Editor, Music Composer of Bengal Cinema based at Calcutta (1955 –
1992)
He died on April .23.1992 at Calcutta at
the age of 70.
Cinema
He produced and directed 28 feature films, 1tele film and 6
documentaries in a span of four decades
His famous works are the Apu’s trilogy - Pather Panchali,
Aparajito, Apur Sansar and Calcutta trilogy - Pratidwandi , Seemabadda, Jana Aranya
His films won awards at almost all major film festivals . He received an Oscar award for lifetime achievement.
He also served as National Research Professor
of Cinema.
Awards
The Government
of India honoured him with Padma Sri in 1958, Padma Bhushan in 1965, Padma
Vibhushan in 1976, Bharat Ratna in 1992 . He is the first Indian to be conferred all the four civilian
awards.
He was presented the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1959 and Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for theatre in 1986.
He received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for in 1967
He won the Best Director award at National
Film Festivals held at Delhi,
Cannes, Edinburgh, Venice, Berlin, and Moscow
He also received the Oscar award for lifetime achievement in
1992.
He received the Dadasaheb Phalke award,
Shantaram award, Vidyasagar award and Dadabhai Naoroji award.
Orders
He received the National Orders from
the Governments of France and Yugoslavia.
Doctorates
He received Honorary Doctorates from The
Universities of Delhi (1973), London (1974), Oxford (1978), Visva Bharathi
(1978), Burdwan
(1980), Jadavpur (1980), Benares (1981), North Bengal (1981), Calcutta (1985),
Rabindra Bharathi (1987) for his contribution to Indian Cinema
Fellowships
He received the Fellowship of British Film
Institute. London
Memoirs
Memoirs: My Days with Apu (1994)
Publications
Films publications - Our Films,Their Films
He was Editor of a children's magazine Sandesh and also authored a series Adventures of Feluda.
He was Editor of a children's magazine Sandesh and also authored a series Adventures of Feluda.
An accomplished artist he designed the posters, billboards and sets for his movies. He designed the original book cover for Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s Discovery of India.
He designed the logo of Sahitya Academy, Rupa books. He created the Ray style calligraphy for Bengali script and four fonts for the English script Ray Roman, Ray Bizarre, Daphnis and Holiday Script,
He designed the commemorative postage stamp issued on 100th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore in May 07,1961. The orange coloured postage stamp is the first Indian postage stamp to depict the autograph of the personality.
Films
Telefilms
1981
– Sadgati
Documentaries
1961 – Rabindranath Tagore
1964 – Two
1971 – Sikkim
1972 – The Inner Eye
1976 – Bala
1987 – Sukumar Ray
Feature Films
1956 – Pather Panchali
1956 – Aparajito
1958 – Jalsagar
1958 – Parash Pothar
1959 – Apur Sansar
1960 – Devi
1961 – Teen Kanya
1962 – Abhijan
1962 – Kanchanjunga
1963 – Mahanagar
1964 – Charulatha
1965
– Kapurush O Mahapurush
1966 – Nayak
1967 – Chirkhana
1968 – Goopy Gayan Bhaga Bayen
1970 – Aranyer din Ratri
1970 – Pratidhwandhi
1971 – Seemabaddha
1973 – Ashani Sank
1974 – Sonar Kella
1975 – Jana Aranya
1977 – Satranj ke Khilari
1978 – Jaibaba Felunath
1980 – Heerak Raja Deshe
1980 – Pikoo
1984 – Ghaire Bhaire
1989 – Ghansatru
1990 – Shaksha Proksha
1991
– Agantuk
Resources
www.wikepedia.comwww.britannica.com
www.satyajitray.org
Didn't know that the stamp of Rabindranath was designed by him. Excellent collection and presentation.
ReplyDeleteRegards,
Kumar Biswas