The Master...of the Indian Cinema...

There are many who can be called "The Master" of the Indian Cinema, but for me there is but one soul who deserves that post, it is one and only, Styajit Ray. born in a family of literary Geniuses, Satyajit Ray, was a great artist in make right from his childhood, His grandfather Upendra Kishore Roychowdhury, was the father of child literature in India, while his father Sukumar Ray took it another level by creating social satires fused with childish gibberish, Satyajit Ray was a writer and Director of the finest quality produced in India. He really had the eye for creating magic on screen, although i am not a crazy fan of his Feluda Stories as some other Bengali s are, I however am a fan of Professor Shanku, but the most importantly I am crazy about his Movies...I mean that guy knew how to shoot and he really how to portray people and the REAL way of presentation.

In this Post I will only concentrate on the movie portions of the Master, and how he created magic over the years...however I would not add the most important of his creation The Apu Trilogy, as I have already written a little something about it i might elucidate on it sometimes...So here goes ..Hope you guys like it.

India's First Fantasy Film! Gupi Gayen Bagha Bayen, written by the Master's Grandpa...he brought it to the forefront(although I dare, say he did change the story quite a bit!). And he did not stop at that ! he created a sequel which was equally filled with social satire as the first one, yet wonderfully delicious.

Hirak Rajar Deshe!

like almost all Bengali, he was also attracted by the works of Rabinranath Tagore, and who else to make them best representation of the great poet's vision on silver screen, than the Master? Charulata and Jalsaghar are just two of the many adaptations made by the Master.

The master was always on a look out for good materials for his films and he need not go very far for that as Bengal proudly hosts a humongous amount of classic writers of almost all genres of literature, and he took all of them head on! Thus the end result was there was not a single human emotion for which he hadn't set a standard for from cinematic point of view. The most interesting part of his movies were however, he made movies which would be critically acclaimed as well make a box office hit! It was extraordinary!

The Master never failed to make magic on screen!


Satyajit Ray continues to a legend amongst all film makers not only in India but Globally, in his last days he was awarded with the prestigious honorary Oscar as a tribute to his great film making!