Person · Director · Active 1950–1977
Satyajit Ray
1921–1992, Kolkata
Indian director, born in Kolkata. Won the Golden Lion, the BAFTA Award for Best Film, the Golden Bear and two other major prizes. Directed 10 films on this site, including Apur Sansar (1959), The Chess Players (1977) and Mahanagar (1963). Of the actors and directors on this site, Satyajit Ray shares the most films with Sharmila Tagore (5 films), Aparna Sen (3) and Richard Attenborough (1) (7 in all).
He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential film directors in the history of cinema.
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He completed what became known as the Calcutta trilogy: Pratidwandi (1970), Seemabaddha (1971), and Jana Aranya (1975), three films that were conceived separately but had similar themes.
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In their own words
If the theme is simple, you can include a hundred details that create the illusion of actuality better.
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Partners by shared films
Who Satyajit Ray made films with
Connections
Soumitra Chatterjee acted in 14 films by Satyajit Ray, starting with Apur Sansar.
Other regulars
- 10Dulal Duttaedited 10 of 11 films
- 6Soumendu Royshot 6 of 11 films
- 5Soumitra Chatterjeeacted in 5 of 11 films
- 5Subrata Mitrashot 5 of 11 films
- 3Anil Chatterjeeacted in 3 of 11 films
- 3Robi Ghoshacted in 3 of 11 films
Films in this guide
Best known
- Apur Sansar 1959director, screenwriter, producer
- The Chess Players 1977director, composer, screenwriter
- Mahanagar 1963director, composer, screenwriter
- Devi 1960director, screenwriter, producer
- Days and Nights in the Forest 1970director, composer, screenwriter
- Abhijan 1962director, composer, screenwriter
1950s
- Apur Sansar (1959)director, screenwriter, producer
1960s
- Devi (1960)director, screenwriter, producer
- Teen Kanya (1961)director, composer, screenwriter, producer
- Abhijan (1962)director, composer, screenwriter
- Mahanagar (1963)director, composer, screenwriter
- Shakespeare Wallah (1965)composer
- Nayak (1966)director, composer, screenwriter
1970s
- Days and Nights in the Forest (1970)director, composer, screenwriter
- Seemabaddha (1971)director, composer, screenwriter
- Jana Aranya (1976)director, composer, screenwriter
- The Chess Players (1977)director, composer, screenwriter