Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players), released in 1977, is the legendary Satyajit Ray’s first and only full-length Hindi film. Adapted from Munshi Premchand’s short story, it is a richly layered ...

Satyajit Ray would have turned 104 today. He was not just a filmmaker, he was a visionary who transformed the language of Indian and global cinema. A master of storytelling rooted in realism, emotion, ...

Oscar-winning filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s timeless classic Nayak (1966), starring veteran actors Uttam Kumar and Sharmila Tagore, is set to re-release in theatres on February 21, PVR Cinemas announced on ...

“Kya shakhs tha Ray (What a man Ray was),” says Siddiqui, sitting in the study of his house in Mumbai’s Char Bangla area. Once a hub of activity, his study was where creative minds such as M.F. Husain ...

Satyajit Ray’s films and vision were always ahead of time. On the director, screenwriter and filmmaker’s 103rd birth anniversary, we look at his most iconic movies that every cinema lover should watch ...

The timeless Sharmila Tagore recently flew to the Cannes Film Festival to represent Satyajit Ray’s 1970 classic Aranyer Din Ratri, which was restored and screened at the prestigious event. Now 75, ...

Satyajit Ray's 'Aranyer Din Ratri' is set to captivate audiences at the Cannes Film Festival, showcased in the Cannes Classics section after a global 4K restoration led by Martin Scorsese’s The Film ...

The London Indian Film Festival is to go online, launching its own streaming platform with a selection of winners from the Satyajit Ray Short Film Competition. Due to be held in June this year, LIFF ...

Bangladesh on Thursday (July 17, 2025) said that a house in Mymensingh district that is being demolished due to "dilapidated, risky and unusable" structure has "no association" with eminent filmmaker ...

India and Bangladesh are not just neighbouring countries but share the deep historical and cultural roots, particularly through legacies of Bengal's most iconic figures. Though the two countries ...

Satyajit Ray's ancestral home in Bangladesh - formerly used as the Mymensingh Shishu Academy - is being demolished by the Bangladesh government to build a new semi-concrete structure. After the news ...