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Satyajit Ray

At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music.

Birthday

Europe

Writing

Bicycle Thief is a triumphant discovery of the fundamentals of cinema, and De Sica has openly acknowledged his debt to Chaplin.

Cinema

Discovery

Thieves

Cinema’s characteristic forte is its ability to capture and communicate the intimacies of the human mind.

Cinema

Communication

Mind

Ever since Two Daughters I’ve been composing my own music.

Daughter

Mother

Two

I don’t understand these national awards, because half of those who sit in judgement over Indian films do not… possess the competence to evaluate a film correctly.

Awards

Judgement

Motivational

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.

Hobbies

Stories

Writing

I mix Indian instruments with Western instruments all the time.

Gdp

Instruments

Western

I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music.

Classical Music

Indian

Western

I wouldn’t mind taking a rest for three or four months, but I have to keep on making films for the sake of my crew, who just wait for the next film because they’re not on a fixed salary.

Mind

Salary

Waiting

I’ve made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation.

Long

Stories

Two

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Daughter

Delhi

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Done

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Europe

Facts

Film

Finals

Gdp

Giving

Gone

Half

Hands

Hobbies

Home

Ideas

Illusion

Important

Improvisation

Indian

Instruments

Judgement

Light

Limits

Long

Mind

Morning

Mother

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Outstanding Performance

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Quotes by Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray

At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music.

Bicycle Thief is a triumphant discovery of the fundamentals of cinema, and De Sica has openly acknowledged his debt to Chaplin.

Cinema’s characteristic forte is its ability to capture and communicate the intimacies of the human mind.

Ever since Two Daughters I’ve been composing my own music.

I don’t understand these national awards, because half of those who sit in judgement over Indian films do not… possess the competence to evaluate a film correctly.

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.

I mix Indian instruments with Western instruments all the time.

I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music.

I wouldn’t mind taking a rest for three or four months, but I have to keep on making films for the sake of my crew, who just wait for the next film because they’re not on a fixed salary.

I’ve made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation.

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