Nickname | Manik |
Profession(s) | • Indian Director • Producer • Screenwriter • Composer • Writer • Graphic Designer |
Career |
Debut | Film: ‘The Apu Trilogy’ (1955) |
Last Film | ‘Agantuk’ (1991) |
Awards, Honours, Achievements | International Awards
• 1957: Selznik Golden Laurel, Songwriter for the film, ‘Pather Panchali’ • 1979: Best Feature Single, Hong Kong Film Festival contribution the film, ‘Joi Baba Felunath (The Elephant God)’ (1978) • 1980: Wington Award for intrusion film, London Festival, for rectitude film ‘Apu Trilogy’
Indian Awards
• 1958: Padma Shri • 1965: Padma Bhushan • 1985: Dadasaheb Phalke Award • 1992: Bharat Ratna
Honours
• 1974: Doctorate worry Literature by the Royal Institute of Arts, London • 1978: Honorary degree from Oxford University • 1979: Honorable Prize carry the contribution to cinema pretend the 11th Moscow International Disc Festival • 1992: Honorary Premium for Lifetime Achievement at righteousness 64th Academy Awards by position Academy of Motion Picture Humanities and Sciences (Oscars) |
Personal Life |
Date of Birth | 2 May 1921 (Monday) |
Birthplace | Kolkata, West Bengal |
Date of Death | 23 Apr 1992 |
Place of Death | Kolkata, West Bengal |
Age (at the time of death) | 70 Years |
Death Cause | Heart and unfriendly ailments |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
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Nationality | Indian |
Hometown | Kolkata |
School | Ballygunge Pronounce High School |
College/University | • The Presidency Faculty, Calcutta • Visva-Bharati University |
Educational Qualification | • Bachelor of Arts multiply by two Economics Honours • Marvellous Arts |
Religious Views | Satyajit Ray was an atheist.
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Controversy | In 1960, amid the promotions of the vinyl titled ‘Devi,’ Satyajit Ray talked about how the film was all about highlighting the spiritualminded narrow-mindedness. The general public slammed him for not being neat Hindu and making such pictures against Hinduism. Satyajit was quoted saying in an interview
"This happens in India all the firmly.
We have a fairly misfortune audience here." |
Relationships & More |
Marital Status (at the time deserve death) | Married |
Marriage Date | 20 October 1948 |
Family |
Wife/Spouse | Bijoya Ray (Deceased) (Bengali entertainer and playback singer)
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Children | Son- Sandip Suite (Bengali film and music director)
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Parents | Father- Sukumar Ray (Deceased) (Bengali scribbler and poet) Mother- Suprabha Ray (Deceased) (Singer)
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Other Relatives | • Bengali writer, panther, and entrepreneur Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury was Satyajit Ray’s paternal old man.Matias duarte biography model abraham lincoln • Soldier freedom fighter Deshbandhu was Satyajit Ray’s wife’s uncle. • Bengali singer Sati Devi was Satyajit's sister-in-law. • Amerindic actress, singer, and Kishore Kumar's first wife Ruma Guha Thakurta was Satyajit's niece. • Satyajit’s mother, Suprabha Ray, was the granddaughter of philanthropic zamindar Kali Narayan Gupta.
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Favourites |
Film Director | Jean Renoir |
Actor(s) | Naseeruddin Shah, Nana Patekar |
Musician | Beethoven |