New Delhi, May 23 (Ians) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday rejected a plea moved by the producers of the 1966 Bengali film ‘Nayak’, R.D.B and Co., seeking injunction against publishing house HarperCollins from printing the novelisation of the films screenplay.
Directed by iconic filmmaker late Satyajit Ray, ‘Nayak’ starring Uttam Kumar and Sharmila Tagore in lead roles was Ray’s second entirely original screenplay after Kanchenjungha (1962).
Justice C. Hari Shankar, while rejecting the plea, said that the first owner of copyright in ‘Nayak’ was Ray who wrote the screenplay for the movie, and he had the right to novelise the screenplay. However, consequent on his demise, that right could be assigned to his son (Sandip Ray) and others on whom the right devolved.
“As the first owner of the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, therefore, the right to novelise the screenplay also vested in Satyajit Ray. That right...
Directed by iconic filmmaker late Satyajit Ray, ‘Nayak’ starring Uttam Kumar and Sharmila Tagore in lead roles was Ray’s second entirely original screenplay after Kanchenjungha (1962).
Justice C. Hari Shankar, while rejecting the plea, said that the first owner of copyright in ‘Nayak’ was Ray who wrote the screenplay for the movie, and he had the right to novelise the screenplay. However, consequent on his demise, that right could be assigned to his son (Sandip Ray) and others on whom the right devolved.
“As the first owner of the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, therefore, the right to novelise the screenplay also vested in Satyajit Ray. That right...
- 5/23/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Ananth Narayan Mahadevan’s Busan International Film Festival selection “The Storyteller,” based on a short story by Oscar-winning Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray, isn’t “just another homage” to the late master.
Film enthusiast Tapobrati Das Sammaddar recommended Ray’s story “Golpo Boliye Tarini Khuro” to Mahadevan, who was “instantly fascinated by the layered social satire.” The story follows an unpublished Bengali storyteller who answers a help ad from a Gujarati businessman who suffers from insomnia, and there is a twist in the tale.
Samaddar translated the story and Kireet Khurana (“T for Taj Mahal”) and Mahadevan developed it into a screenplay that was a faithful adaptation of the original. Mahadevan, who cites Ray’s “Charulata” and “Pather Panchali” as influences, says that the choice of film grammar was the tricky part of the shoot.
“If one claimed that the film would be a homage/tribute, then it called for an...
Film enthusiast Tapobrati Das Sammaddar recommended Ray’s story “Golpo Boliye Tarini Khuro” to Mahadevan, who was “instantly fascinated by the layered social satire.” The story follows an unpublished Bengali storyteller who answers a help ad from a Gujarati businessman who suffers from insomnia, and there is a twist in the tale.
Samaddar translated the story and Kireet Khurana (“T for Taj Mahal”) and Mahadevan developed it into a screenplay that was a faithful adaptation of the original. Mahadevan, who cites Ray’s “Charulata” and “Pather Panchali” as influences, says that the choice of film grammar was the tricky part of the shoot.
“If one claimed that the film would be a homage/tribute, then it called for an...
- 10/8/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Satyajit Ray, the master storyteller from India, has often been praised for his versatility in choosing stories which differ from each other in style and content. After being nudged by his son, future director Sandip Ray, the multifaceted artist took inspiration from the works of his grandfather, Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, and created his first movie intended for children. “The Adventures Of Goopy And Bagha” went on to become a towering success, leading to the creation of two sequels, the first directed by Satyajit Ray, and the second by his son.
Gopinath Gyne or Goopy is a village simpleton. He likes to practice the art of singing without much success, but is scolded by his father and mocked by the influential villagers. Trying to earn praise from the king, Gyne becomes the reason of his ire, leading to him getting banished from the village. Down a dusty road,...
Gopinath Gyne or Goopy is a village simpleton. He likes to practice the art of singing without much success, but is scolded by his father and mocked by the influential villagers. Trying to earn praise from the king, Gyne becomes the reason of his ire, leading to him getting banished from the village. Down a dusty road,...
- 1/21/2021
- by Raktim Nandi
- AsianMoviePulse
The mighty Satyajit Ray directed Soumitra Chatterjee in 14 films. Ray’s son Sandip grew up watching this great twosome at work, one of world cinema’s most accomplished collaborations…. “Comparable with Fellini and Marcello Mastroianni and with Kurosawa and Mifune,” says the affable Sandip Ray, himself a filmmaker of considerable repute. “Soumitra Babu’s collaboration with my father started from before I was born. He had gone to my father to be cast in Pather Panchali in 1959.My father found him too old to play Apu. Later he cast Soumitra Babu as Apu in Apur Sansar, that’s how their collaboration started.”
Sandip cannot stop marveling at the variety of films Satyajit Ray and Soumitra Chatterjee did together. “No two roles in the films they did together are comparable. Soumitra played the most varied characters in my father’s films…I can’t pick favourites..But Apur (in Apur Sansar...
Sandip cannot stop marveling at the variety of films Satyajit Ray and Soumitra Chatterjee did together. “No two roles in the films they did together are comparable. Soumitra played the most varied characters in my father’s films…I can’t pick favourites..But Apur (in Apur Sansar...
- 11/19/2020
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSThe Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is one of the latest film festivals to announce its cancellation, as it will be moving its edition to July 2021. The Oscars have announced changes to the rules of next year's Awards ceremony, including "temporarily" eased restrictions on films debuting through streaming or VOD. Recommended VIEWINGSofia Bohdanowicz's new short, The Hardest Working Cat in Showbiz, adapts the essay of the same name by critic and filmmaker Dan Salitt. The film, which explores the filmography of the prolific cat actor Orangey, also stars Salitt and his cat Jasper. You can now watch parts of Ilya Khrzhanovsky's controversial Dau online. The massive project, which is divided into twelve chapters that follow residents of a scientific community in Soviet Russia, can be viewed with an online ticket. Read our review of two Dau chapters,...
- 4/29/2020
- MUBI
The Arthouse Asia Film Festival, presented by Arthouse Film Foundation and Doab Uncut Motion will continue its tradition of celebrating and encouraging Arthouse cinema in 2020. This is the 4th edition of A2FF and the event has gone global in true sense in recent past. More than 50 films will be screened during the festival which include acclaimed shorts and full-length feature films. Out of these 12 films are premiering first time in Asia and 4 are Kolkata premiere. For the first time in India, a screenwriting and producers’ workshop has been arranged collaborating with internationally renowned Produire au Sud. 7 projects from South Asia have been selected for this workshop on 11th January.
Masterclass by eminent filmmakers, film talks, panel discussions and industry meet will also be organized during the event. For example a Masterclass by Buddhadeb Dasgupta in conversation with Aseem Chabra, festival director of New York Indian Film Festival, a Masterclass by Sanal Kumar Sashidharan,...
Masterclass by eminent filmmakers, film talks, panel discussions and industry meet will also be organized during the event. For example a Masterclass by Buddhadeb Dasgupta in conversation with Aseem Chabra, festival director of New York Indian Film Festival, a Masterclass by Sanal Kumar Sashidharan,...
- 1/5/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Amid a galaxy of stars from Bollywood, Bengali cinema and foreign shores, megastar Shah Rukh Khan on Friday inaugurated the 25th Kolkata International Film Festival at Netaji Indoor stadium here.
Flanked by yesteryear's top heroine Rakhi Gulzar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and 'thali girl' Srabonti Chatterjee, Srk lit the ceremonial lamp to wild cheers from the audience, who later enjoyed every bit of the opening film - Satyajit Ray's children's classic "Goopy Gayen Bagha Bayen", which is celebrating its 50th year.
Also Read:?Srk's family photograph is winning hearts
Germany's Oscar winning director Volker Schlondorff, "Sex, Lies and Videotape" actress Andie MacDowell, Slovak film maker Dusan Hanak graced the occasion, alongside Bollywood auteur Mahesh Bhatt, and Bcci President and former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly were among those who graced the function.
Srk, in his speech, described the 25th year of the festival as an important landmark.
Flanked by yesteryear's top heroine Rakhi Gulzar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and 'thali girl' Srabonti Chatterjee, Srk lit the ceremonial lamp to wild cheers from the audience, who later enjoyed every bit of the opening film - Satyajit Ray's children's classic "Goopy Gayen Bagha Bayen", which is celebrating its 50th year.
Also Read:?Srk's family photograph is winning hearts
Germany's Oscar winning director Volker Schlondorff, "Sex, Lies and Videotape" actress Andie MacDowell, Slovak film maker Dusan Hanak graced the occasion, alongside Bollywood auteur Mahesh Bhatt, and Bcci President and former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly were among those who graced the function.
Srk, in his speech, described the 25th year of the festival as an important landmark.
- 11/9/2019
- GlamSham
A documentary on Satyajit Ray's sleuth Feluda, revisiting fifty years of the fictional character's journey, was released here on Friday.
The first story of fictional investigator Prodosh Chandra Mitter, fondly called Feluda - Feludar Goendagiri - was printed in the children's magazine Sandesh in 1965.
Ray's character first amazed novel and short story readers and later elated the film-goers.
Also Read:?Satyajit Ray's Heroes and Heroines
The popularity and craze surrounding Feluda inspired the maker of "Feluda: 50 Years of Ray's Detective".
"The French, Italian, Japanse, Swedish translations of Feluda was not known to me. I saw them while assisting Sandip Ray and got interested in 2007," documentary director Sagnik Chatterjee told the publication.
He said the presence of Feluda in various translations and platforms shows it's brilliant resonance with the fans.
"The entire film is more like a journey. It is a travelogue. In 50 years it makes a journey from the past,...
The first story of fictional investigator Prodosh Chandra Mitter, fondly called Feluda - Feludar Goendagiri - was printed in the children's magazine Sandesh in 1965.
Ray's character first amazed novel and short story readers and later elated the film-goers.
Also Read:?Satyajit Ray's Heroes and Heroines
The popularity and craze surrounding Feluda inspired the maker of "Feluda: 50 Years of Ray's Detective".
"The French, Italian, Japanse, Swedish translations of Feluda was not known to me. I saw them while assisting Sandip Ray and got interested in 2007," documentary director Sagnik Chatterjee told the publication.
He said the presence of Feluda in various translations and platforms shows it's brilliant resonance with the fans.
"The entire film is more like a journey. It is a travelogue. In 50 years it makes a journey from the past,...
- 6/8/2019
- GlamSham
He used to be the blue-eyed boy of almost every urban filmmaker, but seems to have lost the hot seat to some of his contemporaries. Now, after bagging the most coveted copyright in the Bengali film industry, Parambrata Chatterjee is back in business with Feluda. In a freewheeling chat with us, the actor-director-producer spoke about his journey from Topshe to Feluda, the copyright tiff with Sandip Ray and things that he no longer finds interesting in Tollywood. Excerpts: Anukul has released and everybody is praising your work… I was waiting to work with Sujoyda (Ghosh) again. In the five years since Kahaani, we’ve planned so many things — some never happened, some will happen in the coming years. But this came as a sudden opportunity and we pounced on it. Now that it’s receiving so much appreciation, I feel ratified and satisfied to the hilt. In Tollywood, nobody rubs anybody the wrong way.
- 10/7/2017
- FilmiPop
Eros International Media Ltd (Eros International), a leading global film company in the Indian film entertainment industry has announced its grand line up for 2016. The company will release an unparalleled 65 plus films across multiple languages again this year, making it the biggest slate by any Indian studio.
Following 2015’s critically acclaimed and commercial successes like NH10, Badlapur, Tanu Weds Manu Returns and the top grosser of the year, Bajrangi Bhaijaan along with Telugu and Bengali super hits Srimanthudu and Bela Seshe respectively, Eros is all set to announce another impressive pipeline of releases. The company ended a highly successful year with the maximum hits by a studio with the release of one of its most ambitious projects, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani that opened in cinemas globally to fabulous reviews and collections. The film still continues to run successfully in cinemas worldwide and Eros plans to release it in...
Following 2015’s critically acclaimed and commercial successes like NH10, Badlapur, Tanu Weds Manu Returns and the top grosser of the year, Bajrangi Bhaijaan along with Telugu and Bengali super hits Srimanthudu and Bela Seshe respectively, Eros is all set to announce another impressive pipeline of releases. The company ended a highly successful year with the maximum hits by a studio with the release of one of its most ambitious projects, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani that opened in cinemas globally to fabulous reviews and collections. The film still continues to run successfully in cinemas worldwide and Eros plans to release it in...
- 1/27/2016
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Apur Panchali, director Kaushik Ganguly’s homage to renowned Bengali director Satyajit Ray’s Apu trilogy, is all set to win over a whole new generation of British cineastes when it premieres at the world’s best cinema, the British Film Institute’s prestigious National Film Theatre 1 on July 14and subsequently at the Cineworld Wembley on July 15 as part of the 5th anniversary celebrations of the London Indian Film Festival.
The event is being held in association with the Satyajit Ray Foundation and the screening will also honour the Foundation’s Founder and Chairperson Pam Cullen, a dear friend and tireless advocate of Ray during his lifetime, and former member of the Free India Movement in her younger days.
The President of the Foundation is Mrs Bijoya Ray and the Vice President is Sandip Ray. The Foundation’s Patrons are a glittering array of film personalities including Lord Attenborough Cbe,...
The event is being held in association with the Satyajit Ray Foundation and the screening will also honour the Foundation’s Founder and Chairperson Pam Cullen, a dear friend and tireless advocate of Ray during his lifetime, and former member of the Free India Movement in her younger days.
The President of the Foundation is Mrs Bijoya Ray and the Vice President is Sandip Ray. The Foundation’s Patrons are a glittering array of film personalities including Lord Attenborough Cbe,...
- 6/28/2014
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Kolkata, Nov 10: Cinema greats Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Mithun Chakraborty and Kamal Haasan dazzled as they came together at the 19th Kolkata International Film Festival (Kiff) at the Netaji Indoor Stadium here Sunday.
Joining them was also West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the curtain-raising event for the festival.
Bengali filmmaker Sandip Ray, veteran actresses Sabitri Chatterjee and Supriya Devi, and actor Dipankar De joined the film stars from Bollywood and the state chief minister in the ceremonial lamp lighting ceremony at the second-oldest film festival in the country.
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Joining them was also West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the curtain-raising event for the festival.
Bengali filmmaker Sandip Ray, veteran actresses Sabitri Chatterjee and Supriya Devi, and actor Dipankar De joined the film stars from Bollywood and the state chief minister in the ceremonial lamp lighting ceremony at the second-oldest film festival in the country.
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- 11/10/2013
- by Abhijeet Sen
- RealBollywood.com
Kolkata, Nov 10: Gems of Indian cinema Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Mithun Chakraborty and Kamal Haasan came together Sunday with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to inaugurate the 19th Kolkata International Film Festival (Kiff) here.
Big B, Jaya, Haasan, Mithu and Shah Rukh led the ceremonial lamp lighting and veterans from Bengali cinema, including actor and guest of honour Prosenjit Chatterjee, followed suit at the Netaji Indoor Stadium.
Distinguished guests, including filmmaker Sandip Ray, Bengali film actress Sabitri Chatterjee and Supriya Devi, Dipankar Dey and music director Dwijen.
Big B, Jaya, Haasan, Mithu and Shah Rukh led the ceremonial lamp lighting and veterans from Bengali cinema, including actor and guest of honour Prosenjit Chatterjee, followed suit at the Netaji Indoor Stadium.
Distinguished guests, including filmmaker Sandip Ray, Bengali film actress Sabitri Chatterjee and Supriya Devi, Dipankar Dey and music director Dwijen.
- 11/10/2013
- by Rahul Kapoor
- RealBollywood.com
Kolkata, March 31: Filmmaker Sandip Ray says children are going back to reading books such as the detective series "Feluda" created by his father Satyajit Ray.
"They are reading. They are going back to books, fortunately so," Ray told Ians.
Penned by Satyajit Ray in Bengali, the "Feluda" series explores the adventures of ace private detective Feluda, or Pradosh Chandra Mitter.
Feluda is accompanied by his cousin Topshe and Jatayu, a writer of detective novels who provides the much-loved comic relief. First published in "Sandesh" magazine in 1965, the series went on to become a cult among teenagers and adults alike.
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"They are reading. They are going back to books, fortunately so," Ray told Ians.
Penned by Satyajit Ray in Bengali, the "Feluda" series explores the adventures of ace private detective Feluda, or Pradosh Chandra Mitter.
Feluda is accompanied by his cousin Topshe and Jatayu, a writer of detective novels who provides the much-loved comic relief. First published in "Sandesh" magazine in 1965, the series went on to become a cult among teenagers and adults alike.
English.
- 3/31/2013
- by Meeta Kabra
- RealBollywood.com
Kolkata, May 2: Late filmmaker Satyajit Ray's son Sandip Ray said on his father's 92nd birth anniversary Wednesday that he will make a film on Professor Shonku, a character created by his father.
'I will make a film on Professor Shonku. Discussions are going on over the film about the sets that are needed, special effects, and graphics. However, who will play the role of Shonku is yet to be decided,' Ray told Ians.
To mark the Oscar-award winning late director's birthday, a portal on Goopy Gayne, a comic character from the film, 'Goopy Gayne Bagha Bayne', was also.
'I will make a film on Professor Shonku. Discussions are going on over the film about the sets that are needed, special effects, and graphics. However, who will play the role of Shonku is yet to be decided,' Ray told Ians.
To mark the Oscar-award winning late director's birthday, a portal on Goopy Gayne, a comic character from the film, 'Goopy Gayne Bagha Bayne', was also.
- 5/2/2012
- by Anita Agarwal
- RealBollywood.com
A potent mix of sleek production, inspiration from literary works, sex and high quality music are behind a resurgent commercial Bengali cinema, which is again giving tough competition to Bollywood films in West Bengal..Bengali cinema has been going through an excellent phase for the last two-three years. But there is no place for complacency and we need to build up and improve on it,. filmmaker Sandip Ray told Ians.His latest film .Royal Bengal Rahasya., based on the detective series Feluda created by his father Satyajit Ray, has been a blockbuster hit.The year 2008-09 was the year of renaissance of the Bengali film industry as the new genre of talented directors with their fresh ideas and challenging attitudes changed the tide of the industry.Movies like .Antaheen., .Kalbela., .Autograph., .Aparajita Tumi., .Abohoman., .Moner Manush., .Arekti Premer Golpo., .Chalo Lets Go., and .Mahanagar@Kolkata. created a rage among the urban audience,...
- 2/19/2012
- Filmicafe
Kolkata, Feb 19: A potent mix of sleek production, inspiration from literary works, sex and high quality music are behind a resurgent commercial Bengali cinema, which is again giving tough competition to Bollywood films in West Bengal.
"Bengali cinema has been going through an excellent phase for the last two-three years. But there is no place for complacency and we need to build up and improve on it," filmmaker Sandip Ray told Ians.
His latest film "Royal Bengal Rahasya", based on the detective series Feluda created by his father Satyajit Ray, has been a blockbuster hit.
The year 2008-09 was the year of renaissance of the Bengali film industry as the new genre of talented directors with their fresh ideas and challenging.
"Bengali cinema has been going through an excellent phase for the last two-three years. But there is no place for complacency and we need to build up and improve on it," filmmaker Sandip Ray told Ians.
His latest film "Royal Bengal Rahasya", based on the detective series Feluda created by his father Satyajit Ray, has been a blockbuster hit.
The year 2008-09 was the year of renaissance of the Bengali film industry as the new genre of talented directors with their fresh ideas and challenging.
- 2/19/2012
- by Shiva Prakash
- RealBollywood.com
Very few know that Legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray was equally at ease with still camera as he was with a movie camera. Rare photographs taken by Ray are on display at 17th Kolkata Film Festival.The pictures capturing various moments both in India and abroad between late 1950s to late 1960s are on display at the film festival. The exhibition started on Nov 11 and will go on till Nov 17.According to Ray.s son, Sandip Ray . the main man behind the exhibition, the legendary filmmaker used to carry a still camera during location hunting for his films and at various film festivals across the globe.The snaps showcased at the exhibition ranges from portraits, landscapes to various moments such as Bengali actor Uttam Kumar at Rome, and Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosowa in India..Actually for last few years we were planning to hold an exhibition of photographs taken by my...
- 11/12/2011
- Filmicafe
With a balance of glamour and tradition, the 17th Kolkata Film Festival (Kff) started here Thursday with Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan and the popular Sharmila Tagore inaugurating the eight-day fest by lighting the ceremonial lamp.West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, host of Bengali film personalities including top star Prosenjit Chatterjee and delegates from across the country and abroad, as also creme de la creme of the culture-loving city were at the Netaji Indoor Stadium to attend the opening of the Kff . the second oldest international film festival of India.The programme began with a lively performance by the Kolkata Music Academy Orchestra, which played tunes of Rabindra sangeet.Film directors Aparna Sen, Sandip Ray, poet Shankha Ghosh, writers Sunil Gangopadhay, Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay, and Bengali actor Dev were also present.The Mamata Shankar Ballet troupe performed after the inaugural speeches.There are many firsts attached to this edition of the Kff.
- 11/10/2011
- Filmicafe
Still from Alms of the Blind Horse
The 16th Busan International Film Festival which will be held from October6-14, 2011 announced its lineup. Indian films will be presented across various sections of the festival.
Gurvinder Singh’s Anhey Ghorey Da Daan (Alms of the Blind Horse), Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Guzaarish, Suman Ghosh’s Nobel Thief, Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni’s Deool (Temple), Santosh Sivan’s Urumi – The warriors who wanted to kill Vasco da Gama, and Amole Gupte’s Stanley Ka Dabba will be screened in the section– A Window on Asian Cinema.
Mangesh Hadawale’s Watch Indian Circus will be presented in New Currents.
Bikas Ranjan Mishra’s Dance of Ganesha will be screened in Short Film Showcase, while Venkat Amudhan’s Thug Beram will participate in Asian Short Film Competition.
Vijay Anand L.’s God’s Own Child will be presented in Open Cinema.
P. Kerim Friedma and...
The 16th Busan International Film Festival which will be held from October6-14, 2011 announced its lineup. Indian films will be presented across various sections of the festival.
Gurvinder Singh’s Anhey Ghorey Da Daan (Alms of the Blind Horse), Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Guzaarish, Suman Ghosh’s Nobel Thief, Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni’s Deool (Temple), Santosh Sivan’s Urumi – The warriors who wanted to kill Vasco da Gama, and Amole Gupte’s Stanley Ka Dabba will be screened in the section– A Window on Asian Cinema.
Mangesh Hadawale’s Watch Indian Circus will be presented in New Currents.
Bikas Ranjan Mishra’s Dance of Ganesha will be screened in Short Film Showcase, while Venkat Amudhan’s Thug Beram will participate in Asian Short Film Competition.
Vijay Anand L.’s God’s Own Child will be presented in Open Cinema.
P. Kerim Friedma and...
- 9/9/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Hollywood film archivists are trying to piece together one of Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray's lost documentaries after a ban on the director's Sikkim movie was lifted after almost 40 years.
The Oscar winner made the movie in 1971 and died in 1992 while the ban was still in place.
His son, Sandip Ray, is thrilled with the news, but reveals no print exists in India.
He says, "No one has ever seen the film in India and there is only one print which has been partly restored by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences. They have a restoration branch in Los Angeles. The original negative is gone. So we don't have the prints of the film yet."
The film, commissioned by the last king of Sikkim, Palden Thondup Namgyal, and his American-born queen, Hope Cooke, was banned by the Indian government.
Sandip Ray tells the Times of India, "I think at that time Sikkim was a kingdom; later it became a part of India. So naturally, it shows how it was as a kingdom and it's a part of history. But people remained unaware of that history as it was banned."...
The Oscar winner made the movie in 1971 and died in 1992 while the ban was still in place.
His son, Sandip Ray, is thrilled with the news, but reveals no print exists in India.
He says, "No one has ever seen the film in India and there is only one print which has been partly restored by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences. They have a restoration branch in Los Angeles. The original negative is gone. So we don't have the prints of the film yet."
The film, commissioned by the last king of Sikkim, Palden Thondup Namgyal, and his American-born queen, Hope Cooke, was banned by the Indian government.
Sandip Ray tells the Times of India, "I think at that time Sikkim was a kingdom; later it became a part of India. So naturally, it shows how it was as a kingdom and it's a part of history. But people remained unaware of that history as it was banned."...
- 9/20/2010
- WENN
London, Sep 18 – The ban on Satyajit Ray’s documentary film ‘Sikkim’ has been finally lifted by India, his family said.
It was made 40 years ago when Sikkim was an independent kingdom – Sikkim’s last ruler Palden Thondup Namgyal commissioned the film to woo tourists.
His son, Sandip Ray, also a film-maker, told that he was delighted that the ban on the documentary had been lifted.
“I hope the documentary is screened soon,” the BBC quoted Sandip as saying.
When the film was completed, the king and his wife were reportedly furious –.
It was made 40 years ago when Sikkim was an independent kingdom – Sikkim’s last ruler Palden Thondup Namgyal commissioned the film to woo tourists.
His son, Sandip Ray, also a film-maker, told that he was delighted that the ban on the documentary had been lifted.
“I hope the documentary is screened soon,” the BBC quoted Sandip as saying.
When the film was completed, the king and his wife were reportedly furious –.
- 9/18/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
Mumbai, Sep 18 – Director Sandip Ray, the son of Oscar-winning filmmaker Satyajit Ray, is elated over a government decision to lift a ban on his father’s documentary ‘Sikkim’ after four decades, but rues that the original negative has perished.
‘I came to know about the decision through a newspaper. I am very happy that after such a long time this will be done. This was almost unknown to people. No one has ever seen the film,’ Sandip Ray, 56, told Ians on phone from Kolkata.
He, however, regrets that the original.
‘I came to know about the decision through a newspaper. I am very happy that after such a long time this will be done. This was almost unknown to people. No one has ever seen the film,’ Sandip Ray, 56, told Ians on phone from Kolkata.
He, however, regrets that the original.
- 9/18/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
On his 89th birth anniversary, Satyajit Ray is remembered in a play and a documentaryDipanita NathOh . in how many ways can you say it? Around this monosyllable, filmmaker-writer Satyajit Ray wrote a short story about lost dreams, broken ambitions and a final epiphany. Called Patol Babu, Filmstar, the story has now been adapted by Delhi-based theatre group Tadpole Repertory into a play titled Taramandal. The production, which has already won an award for original script, opened at Akshara Theatre on Friday and will be staged till today, Ray's 89th birth anniversary."The story made an instant impact when I read it while researching Ray's films at Warwick University, UK, seven years ago," says director Neel Chaudhuri, 29. Ray's story is about a middle-aged, middle-class man called Patol Babu, whose acting aspirations have given way to practical livelihood concerns. And then, amid the rut of daily life,...
- 5/1/2010
- Filmicafe
Vikramaditya Motwane’s “Udaan”, the film that made it to Un Certain Regard at Cannes International Film festival after seven years has been the talk of the town lately. With Udaan, Indian cinema’s seven year long jinxed relationship with the premier film festival has come to an end. Murali Nair’s Arimpara was the last film to have made it to Un Certain Regard, the section that carries the second most prestigious award, in the year 2003. Prior to that, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas was presented as a special screening out of competition at the festival in 2002.
Come to think of it, India and Cannes have had a cordial relationship right from the start. 1946, the year one of the oldest film festivals began at Cannes, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar was screened as a Feature film in competition. Neecha Nagar was a pioneering effort in realistic Indian cinema and...
Come to think of it, India and Cannes have had a cordial relationship right from the start. 1946, the year one of the oldest film festivals began at Cannes, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar was screened as a Feature film in competition. Neecha Nagar was a pioneering effort in realistic Indian cinema and...
- 4/20/2010
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
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