1987, India.
Documentary, 30 min, Color
| Credits |
| Producer: |
Govt. of West Bengal |
| Screenplay & Direction: |
Satyajit Ray |
| Narration: |
Soumitra Chatterjee |
| Cinematography: |
Barun Raha |
| Editing: |
Dulal Dutta |
| Art Direction: |
Ashoke Bose |
| Sound: |
Sujit Sarkar |
| Music: |
Satyajit Ray |
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| Cast |
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| Soumitra Chatterjee,
Utpal Dutt, Santosh Dutt, Tapen Chatterjee |
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Summary
The film presents the life and work of the writer Sukumar Ray,
Satyajit Ray's father. Ray made this film as a tribute to celebrate
the centenary of his birth. The film comprises still photographs
and readings from Sukumar Ray's writings.
Comments
Sukumar Ray (1887-1923), the eldest son of Upendra Kishore,
studied printing technology in England and joined the family business.
He was an eminent poet, writer and illustrator of nonsense literature
in the tradition of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear.
Sukumar Ray fell ill the year Satyajit Ray was born with a dreaded
tropical disease of the time - Kala-azar. He regularly contributed
poems, stories and illustrations to 'Sandesh', a children's magazine
in Bengali which Satyajit Ray's grandfather had started publishing
and printing.
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Sukumar Ray ©Ray Family
Sketches by Sukumar Ray
© Ray Family |
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