Satyajit Ray Miscellany

'Satyajit Ray (1921-1992), one of the doyens of world cinema, gave a unique aesthetic expression to Indian cinema, music, art and literature. His writings, especially, autobiographical works, thoughts on filmmaking, screenplay writing and eminent personalities from art, literature and music, among others, are considered treasure troves, which largely remained unseen and therefore less known till date.

FOREWORDby Sandip Ray1
SATYAJIT RAY: A SELF-PORTRAIT4
A DIRECTOR’S PERSPECTIVE
The Outlook for Bengali films12
A New Approach17
Thoughts on Film-making22
Film-making as I Understand it29
Statement on the Apu Trilogy33
Two Daughters38
Letter to The Illustrated Weekly of India42
The Silent Era46
Why Not Hindi?53
Why Do I Make Films?56
A Look at the Science Fiction Films58
An Appreciation of Silent Films62
The Treasure of Sierra Madre (1948)67
On Script Writing69
On Pratidwandi85
The Passing of the Era of Silent films86
Miracle in Milan (1951)93
Letter to Filmfare95
Letter to New Statesman98
Working with Bala99
My Wajid Ali Is Not “Effete and Effeminate!”104
Thoughts on Children’s Films113
Sergei Eisenstein and His Films115
Potemkin118
Letter to Cinema in India120
Response to the 1967 Ramon Magsaysay Award121
PERSONAL NOTES
Upendrakishore126
SF130
BGHS135
Festival Flashbacks138
My Sunday150
Home and the World152
REMINISCENCES
Reminiscences of Nandalal Bose: Master-mashai158
The Lure of Terracota: A Pioneering Scholar’s Untimely End162
Pankaj Kumar Mallik169
Bansi Chandragupta170
Statement on the Death of Marie Seton172
Nemai Ghosh176
FESTIVAL GREETINGS
A Word from the Director180
Foreword to Satyajit Ray Film Festival: The Second Decade183
Message for The Bokaro Film Society185
Excerpt of Address, Filmotsav 82186
Message for Cine Central Retrospective188
Message for FFSI Short Film and Documentary Film Festival190
Message for Bimal Roy Retrospective192
Message for Filmotsav 86193
Message for International Film Festival, 1990194
Message for Retrospective of Lester James Peries196
Message for International Short Film Festival, Dhaka197
Message for Documentary Film Festival, 1992198
LP SLEEVE NOTES
The Story, the Music203
Ashesh Bandopadhyaya Plays Esraj205
Music from The Apu Trilogy207
Ritu Guha — Songs of Rabindranath209
The Enchanted Flute — Alokenath Dey211
Ajoy Chakravarty212
MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS
Calcutta Youth Choir216
Message for Sci-Fi Cine Club219
Mahanagar220
Letter on Ritwik Ghatak’s Amar Lenin222
Pratidwandi224
Chitrabani226
Rajasthan: India’s Enchanted Land229
Brief Encounters232
The Apu Trilogy234
Rabindranath Tagore: A Celebration of His Life and Work236
The Select Nonsense of Sukumar Ray237
Henri Cartier-Bresson in India238
Cinema and I240
Stories242
The Adventures of Feluda244
Music CD of Jalsaghar246
Legion of Honour247
The Chessplayers and Other Screenplays248
The Art of Rabindranath Tagore250
Letter on Safdar Hashmi252
Naari254
Satyajit Ray at 70256
The Other Ray257
Calcutta: A Homage260
Learn Photography262
Heart Care Centre263
Kishore Kumar264
Madhabi Chakraborty268
V.G. Jog270
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS271
SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION
OF SATYAJIT RAY ARCHIVES272