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Ray's magic, the simple poetry of his images and their emotional impact, will always stay with me... His work is in the company of that of living contemporaries like Ingmar Bergman, Akira Kurosawa and Federico Fellini.

Martin Scorsese, Film Director, 1991

Satyajit Ray Org is a nonprofit venture, promoting study and discussion of Satyajit Ray's films and filmmaking.

Satyajit Ray (1921-1992), an Indian filmmaker and among the dozen or so great masters of world cinema, is known for his humanistic approach to cinema. He made his films in Bengali, a language spoken in West Bengal, the eastern state of India, and Bangladesh. In 1992, Satyajit Ray received the honorary Academy Award ©A.M.P.A.S. ® - Lifetime Achievement.

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Biography
	Growing up
	At Shantiniketan
	Advertising & Graphic Design
	Calcutta Film Society
	Encounter With Jean Renoir
	'Bicycle Thieves' Effect
	Making of Pather Panchali
	Triumph of Pather Panchali
	A Film a Year
	Ray's Literary Career
	Final Offerings