Regular Cast & Crew

Satyajit Ray began with a group of artists and technicians who were largely newcomers to film. Through out his long career of about 37 years and 36 films, his crew changed a little. He had the same editor for all his films, just three cinematographers, and two art directors.

The crew was under no permanent contract or organisation. And yet, the crew members and actors always made themselves available for his films. It was partly due to this obligation that Ray moved from one film to another rapidly, making about one film a year.

His son Sandip Ray gradually became his most valued assistant. “The best assistant I ever had”, Ray told an interviewer.

The following are a few of the people who were regularly associated with Ray and contributed to many of his films:

Ray framing a shot ©Nemai Ghosh
Ray framing a shot ©Nemai Ghosh

 

Cinematographers

  • Subrata Mitra (10 films)
  • Soumendu Roy (21 films)
  • Barun Raha (5 films)

Editor

  • Dulal Dutta (all Ray films)

Art Directors

  • Bansi Chandragupta (20 films)
  • Ashoke Bose (13 films)

Production Controller

  • Anil Chowdhury (all Films)

Production Manager

  • Bhanu Ghosh (Most of the films)

Sound Recordists

  • Atul Chatterjee (6 films)
  • Durgadas Mitra (12 films)
  • J. D. Irani (5 films)
  • Nripen Paul (6 films)
  • Robin Sen Gupta (4 films)
  • Sujit Sarkar (14 films)

Still Photographers

  • Naren Ray (Teknica)
  • Nemai Ghosh

Actors

  • Soumitra Chatterjee (15 films)
  • Santosh Dutta (8 films)
  • Rabi Ghosh (7 films)
  • Utpal Dutt (6 films )
  • Sharmila Tagore (5 films)
  • Haradhan Banerjee (5 films)
  • Ajit Banerjee (4 films)
  • Promod Ganguli (4 films)
  • Prasad Mukherjee (4 films)
  • Karuna Bannerjee (4 films)
  • Kamu Mukherjee (4 films)
  • Chhabi Biswas (4 films)
  • Anil Chatterjee (4 films)
  • Victor Banerjee (3 films)
  • Soven Lahiri (3 films)
  • Satya Banerjee (3 films)
  • Sailen Mukherjee (3 films)
  • Mamata Shankar (3 films)
  • Madhabi Mukherjee (3 films)
  • Kali Banerjee (3 films)
  • Harindranath Chatterjee (3 films)
  • Gitali Roy (3 films)
  • Dhritiman Chatterjee (3 films)
  • Charuprakash Ghosh (3 films)
  • Bimal Chatterjee (3 films)
  • Aparna Sen (3 films)
  • Tapen Chatterjee (3 films)
  • Subhendu Chatterjee (3 films)