Inspiring the young generation to write Satyajit Ray says that-
I had developed this habit of writing scenarios as a hobby.
I would find out which stories had been sold to be made into films and I would write my own treatment and then compare it.
-Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray was an outstanding Indian film director, scriptwriter, author, essayist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and documentary filmmaker. Ray is widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time and was born on 2nd May 1921 Ray.
He remains in limelight for works such as The Apu Trilogy, The Music Room, The Big City, and Charulata. Ray was born in Calcutta to a renowned writer Sukumar Ray who was prominent in the field of arts and literature.
Ray had so far directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries, and shorts, and authored short stories and novels, primarily for young children and teenagers.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS -
->In 1978, he was awarded an honorary degree by Oxford University.
->Ray's first film, Pather Panchali, won 11 international prizes.
->The inaugural Best Human Document award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.
->Ray received 36 Indian National Film Awards including, a Golden Lion, a Golden Bear, 2 Silver Bears.
->An Academy Honorary Award in 1992.
->Indian Government honored him with the Bharat Ratna, its highest civilian award, in 1992.
This is the English translation of a few lines of a poem written by Rabindranath Tagore for Satyajit Ray-
For many a year, I have traveled many a mile to lands
far away I've gone to see the mountains, the oceans I've been to view.
But I failed to see that lay.
Not two steps from my home.
On a sheaf of padd
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