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The Purity of Cinema

Satyajit Ray was a renowned Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, music composer, and author, widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century.

Filmmaker | Indian

Born: 1921-05-02 in Calcutta, British India

Died: April 23, 1992 in Calcutta, India

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

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I think they quite like me when I work because I'm one of the safer directors to back, because even if my films don't bring their costs in back home, once they're shown outside of India they manage to cover the costs.

Satyajit Ray

Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films at the same time, so they will give one director two hours and maybe shoot in Bombay in the morning and Madras in the evening. It happens.

Satyajit Ray

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

Satyajit Ray

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

Satyajit Ray

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