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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 24 quotes by Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (Bengali: সত যজ ৎ র য , listen (help·info); 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was a Bengali Indian filmmaker. He is considered as one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century. Ray was born in the city of Calcutta into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature. Starting his career as a commercial artist, Ray was drawn into independent filmmaking after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir and... Read full biography of Satyajit Ray → 1 2 Ctrl → The director is the only person who knows what the film is about. 0 At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music. 0 The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves. 0 I wouldn't mind taking a rest for three or four months, but I have to keep on making films for the sake of my crew, who just wait for the next... → 0 I think they quite like me when I work because I'm one of the safer directors to back, because even if my films don't bring their costs in... → 0 My films play only in Bengal, and my audience is the educated middle class in the cities and small towns. They also play in Bombay, Madras and Delhi... → 0 Sometimes a director is making three films. Perhaps he is shooting a film in Madras and a film in Bombay and he can't leave Madras as some... → 0 It was only after Pather Panchali had some success at home that I decided to do a second part. But I didn't want to do the same kind of film... → 0 Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films at the same time, so they will give one director two hours and maybe shoot... → 0 What is attempted in these film is of course a synthesis. But it can be seen by someone who has his feet in both cultures. Someone who will bring to... → 0 When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the... → 0 There's always some room for improvisation. 0 My cameraman and I devised a method, which we started using from my second film, which applies mainly to day scenes shot in the studio, where we used... → 0 1 2 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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