Sandip Ray
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Sandip Ray (born 8 September 1954) is a film director
living in the city of Kolkata
, West Bengal
, India
. He is the only son of the noted Bengali
director Satyajit Ray
, and Bijoya Ray
.
on his father's film Shatranj Ke Khiladi
(The Chess Players, 1977). Prior to this he had aided his father's work in various capacities including still photographer on set
. His own directorial debut was Phatik Chand (1983) -- the film received an award in the International Children's Film Festival in Vancouver.
Sandip Ray is also a noted photographer. He was the director of photography on Satyajit Ray's last three films, Ganashatru
(An Enemy of the People, 1988), Shakha Proshakha
(The Branches of the Tree, 1991) and Agantuk
(The Visitor, 1991).
Sandip Ray also guided the children's magazine Sandesh
, which was founded by his great-grandfather Upendrakishore Ray
, and continued by his grandfather Sukumar Ray
and his father Satyajit Ray
. From 1992, after the death of Satyajit, Sandip was the Joint Editor of the Sandesh (magazine)
. From 2003 till date he has been the editor of the magazine.
Sandip Ray has recently come up with his account of the time he has had with Feluda, The famous Bengali detective created by his father, in a book named "Aami aar Feluda", published by Deep Prakashan. Aami aar Feluda was one of the best sellers in the last Kolkata Book Fair. First published in the magazine "Sukhi Grihokon" as a short series, "Aami aar Feluda" retains the flavour of "Ekei Bole Shooting", written by Satyajit Ray. Sandip's book deals with the background stories of all Feluda Movies and Telefilms. "Aami aar Feluda" is ghost-written by author Sebabrata Banerjee. Sebabrata has tried to follow the smart and fluent style of writing introduced by Satyajit Ray which has made the new Feluda number a good reading experience. He has made a video-documentary film on Late Kishore Kumar in the year 1989.
In 2003, Sandip Ray began working on adapting his father Satyajit Ray
's original 1962 story Bankhubabur Bandhu
into a Bengali television film of the same name. The film, directed by Koushik Sen
, was eventually shown on Indian television in 2006.
Himghar is made by a different person with the same name.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
living in the city of Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
, West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. He is the only son of the noted Bengali
Bengali people
The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...
director Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature...
, and Bijoya Ray
Bijoya Ray
Bijoya Ray , born in the year 1918, is the widow of the famous film director Satyajit Ray. Her son Sandip Ray is also a film director. Bijoya and Satyajit happened to be first cousins. After a long courtship, they were married in 1949...
.
Career
He started his professional career in film at the age of 22 as assistant directorAssistant director
The role of an Assistant director include tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, maintaining order on the set. They also have to take care of health and safety of the crew...
on his father's film Shatranj Ke Khiladi
Shatranj Ke Khiladi
The Chess Players is a genre painting of 1876 by American artist Thomas Eakins . It is a small oil on wood panel depicting Eakins' father Benjamin observing a chess match. The two players are Bertrand Gardel , an elderly French teacher, and the somewhat younger George Holmes, a painter...
(The Chess Players, 1977). Prior to this he had aided his father's work in various capacities including still photographer on set
Set construction
Set construction is the process by which a set designer works in collaboration with the director of a production to create the set for a theatrical, film or television production...
. His own directorial debut was Phatik Chand (1983) -- the film received an award in the International Children's Film Festival in Vancouver.
Sandip Ray is also a noted photographer. He was the director of photography on Satyajit Ray's last three films, Ganashatru
Ganashatru
Ganashatru is a 1990 Indian film by Satyajit Ray. It is an adaption of Henrik Ibsen's play An Enemy of the People, and was released under that title in the UK. The cast includes Ray's favourite actor Soumitra Chatterjee, and veteran actors such as Dhritiman Chatterjee, Shubhendu Chatterjee, Manoj...
(An Enemy of the People, 1988), Shakha Proshakha
Shakha Proshakha
Shakha Proshakha is a 1990 Satyajit Ray film. It deals with four generations of a well-to-do Bengali family, with a focus on the third generation.-Plot:...
(The Branches of the Tree, 1991) and Agantuk
Agantuk
Agantuk is a 1991 Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray. It was Ray's last film, and is based on one of his short stories, Atithi .-Plot summary:...
(The Visitor, 1991).
Sandip Ray also guided the children's magazine Sandesh
Sandesh (magazine)
Sandesh is a Bengali children's magazine. The periodical was first published by Upendrakishore Raychowdhury in 1913 through his publishing company, M/s U. Ray and Sons. After the death of Upendrakishore Roychowdhury in 1915, his eldest son Sukumar Ray succeeded as the editor of the magazine in...
, which was founded by his great-grandfather Upendrakishore Ray
Upendrakishore Ray
Upendrokishore Ray , also known as Upendrakishore Raychowdhury was a famous Bengali writer, painter, violin player and composer. He was born on 10 May 1863 in a little village called Moshua in Mymensingh District in Bengal, now in Bangladesh...
, and continued by his grandfather Sukumar Ray
Sukumar Ray
Sukumar Ray , , was a Bengali humorous poet, story writer and playwright who mainly wrote for children. As perhaps the most famous Indian practitioner of literary nonsense, he is often compared to Lewis Carroll...
and his father Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature...
. From 1992, after the death of Satyajit, Sandip was the Joint Editor of the Sandesh (magazine)
Sandesh (magazine)
Sandesh is a Bengali children's magazine. The periodical was first published by Upendrakishore Raychowdhury in 1913 through his publishing company, M/s U. Ray and Sons. After the death of Upendrakishore Roychowdhury in 1915, his eldest son Sukumar Ray succeeded as the editor of the magazine in...
. From 2003 till date he has been the editor of the magazine.
Sandip Ray has recently come up with his account of the time he has had with Feluda, The famous Bengali detective created by his father, in a book named "Aami aar Feluda", published by Deep Prakashan. Aami aar Feluda was one of the best sellers in the last Kolkata Book Fair. First published in the magazine "Sukhi Grihokon" as a short series, "Aami aar Feluda" retains the flavour of "Ekei Bole Shooting", written by Satyajit Ray. Sandip's book deals with the background stories of all Feluda Movies and Telefilms. "Aami aar Feluda" is ghost-written by author Sebabrata Banerjee. Sebabrata has tried to follow the smart and fluent style of writing introduced by Satyajit Ray which has made the new Feluda number a good reading experience. He has made a video-documentary film on Late Kishore Kumar in the year 1989.
In 2003, Sandip Ray began working on adapting his father Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature...
's original 1962 story Bankhubabur Bandhu
The Alien
The Alien was an Indian-American science fiction film under production in the late 1960s which was eventually cancelled. It was being directed by the celebrated Indian director Satyajit Ray and co-produced by Hollywood studio Columbia Pictures. The script was written by Ray in 1967, loosely based...
into a Bengali television film of the same name. The film, directed by Koushik Sen
Koushik Sen
Koushik Sen is a prominent Indian TV, Bengali film and Bengali theatre and stage Actor.He is an accomplished actor both on stage and in film. He won the prestigious BFJA awards for best supporting actor for his performance in the Mrinal Sen directed film Aamar Bhuvan.-Early life:He studied at the...
, was eventually shown on Indian television in 2006.
Filmography
Sandip Ray has directed the following films.- Royal Bengal Rahasya (Dec,2011) (POST PRODUCTION)
- Gorosthane Sabdhan (2010)
- Hitlist (2009)
- Tintorettor JishuTintorettor Jishu (film)Tintorettor Jishu is a thriller film directed by Sandip Ray based on the story of the same name by Satyajit Ray.-Plot:A famous painting by the Italian maestro Tintoretto is with the Niyogi family. However, not everyone is aware of the value of the painting. One of the family members steals it,...
(2008) - Kailashey KelenkariKailashey Kelenkari (film)Kailashey Kelenkari is a thriller film directed by Sandip Ray based on the novel of the same name by Satyajit Ray. The Movie was released on 21 December 2007. Satyajit Ray visited the famous Ellora Caves near Aurangabad around 1940-41...
(2007) - NishijaponNishijapon- Synopsis :Bimal is visited by his family and his friend in his Darjeeling house. Anita, his elder son Nirmal's wife, takes good care of them, spending most of her time in the kitchen...
(2005) - Bombaiyer BombeteBombaiyer BombeteBombaiyer Bombete is a thriller film directed by Sandip Ray based on the story of the same name by Satyajit Ray.-Plot:Lalmohan Ganguly, alias Jatayu - a sidekick of Feluda - gets invited to Mumbai to watch the shooting of a film based on a novel written by him...
(2003) - Himghar (1996)
- TargetTarget (1995 film)Target is a 1995 drama film directed by Sandip Ray based on the novel Manushar Juddha written by Prafulla Chandra Roy. The film is centred around the relationship between Singh, a cruel, manipulative landowner and his workers that belong to a caste of pariahs.-Cast:*Mohan Agashe - Vindhyachal...
(1995) - UttoranThe Broken JourneyThe Broken Journey is a 1994 Bengali drama film directed by Sandip Ray. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Lily Chakravarty* Soumitra Chatterjee - Dr. Sengupta* Debatosh Ghosh - Haladhar...
(1994) - Kishore KumarKishore KumarKishore Kumar , born Abhas Kumar Ganguly, was an Indian film playback singer and an actor who also worked as lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter.Kishore Kumar was one of India's greatest performers of the late 20th century...
(1988) (documentary) - "Satyajit Ray Presents" (1986) (mini) TV Series
- Phatik Chand (1983)
Himghar is made by a different person with the same name.