BRICS film festival award for 'Aparajito' KOLKATA: 'Aparajito', the Anik Dutta film that is inspired by the story behind the making of Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali', has won the special jury award at the 2022 BRICS Film Festival. The jury for this festival included Indian director Nila Madhab Panda, Russian film scholar Nina Kochelyaeva, Brazilian film… The Times of India · Aug 6, 2022
Chess trivia: The Partisan and a Satyajit Ray classic An ambitious new thriller makes it to reading lists and later this month, filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s ‘Shatranj Ke Khilari’ will be showcased at the Venice International Film Festival The Hindu · Aug 4, 2022
A look at memorable chess-themed movies and TV shows over the years The game fulfils a range of narrative purposes — from being a stand-in for warfare and statecraft to symbolising ambition, decadence, upward mobility, and so on The Hindu · Aug 4, 2022
From Where the Crawdads Sing to Uncoupled: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment Whether you’re partial to a swampy murder-mystery based on a bestseller or a divorce drama with Neil Patrick Harris, our critics have you covered for the next seven days The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2022
The Big City review – Satyajit Ray’s miraculous look at a new world of possibility The struggles and triumphs of a 1950s Kolkata family whose highest earner is a woman is told with marvellous lucidity in an optimistic masterpiece The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2022
Sculptor KS Radhakrishnan says all through the lockdowns, he was busy working on his new collection and in curating two exhibitions Sculptor KS Radhakrishnan on the significance of ‘Maiya, the writer’ installation in his oeuvre The Hindu · Jul 20, 2022
75th Cannes Film Festival celebrates India as a “Country Of Honour” The 75th Cannes Film festival is all geared up for the rendezvous on the Red Carpet, fashion quizzes and interviews with many celebrities coming to endorse their movies and brands. What's so special about this year's Cannes Film Festival? Well, the fact that India is the official “Country Of Honour”… The Times of India · May 18, 2022
India to be official country of honour at Cannes Film Market Restored version of Satyajit Ray’s Pratidwandi will also be presented at the movie gala The Hindu · May 3, 2022
Next Feluda flick 'Hatyapuri' likely to release on Christmas Filmmaker Sandip Ray recently shared that he has completed recee for his upcoming movie 'Hatyapuri' of the Feluda series and its shooting will begin by May end. The film, 'Hatyapuri', will be based on his father Satyajit Ray's iconic fictional detective character Feluda. The Times of India · Apr 20, 2022
Original film posters, props and costumes to be part of Satyajit Ray's centenary exhibition KOLKATA: The original ‘Pather Panchali’ poster in English, the nagras that Chhabi Biswas wore in ‘Jalsaghar’ and the original lobby cards from ‘Kanchenjunga’ designed by Satyajit Ray are among the 200 artefacts on display at a forthcoming exhibition on the legend’s centenary. The Times of India · Feb 4, 2022
Did Steven Spielberg plagiarise Satyajit Ray’s The Alien? Steven Spielberg is widely regarded as the world’s most successful filmmaker thanks to his bankability at the box office. So far his films have grossed a total sum of approximately USD 10 billion worldwide. One of the early successes in Spielberg’s career was ET: The Extra-Terrestrial which he made in… Newslaundry · Jun 16, 2018