Satyajit Ray

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Satyajit Ray
Produced- Film Divison
Directed- Shyam Benegal
Language- English
Documentary

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Comments

Just Another Film Buff said…
OMG... The whole movie? This is one for the weekend! Thanks
July 27, 2009 at 7:37 AM
nitesh said…
@ JAFB,

Yep, the whole documentary. And its really interesting one. I think we should discuss more as people see the docu.

Secondly, in the second part of the documentary there is an interesting sequence of Smita Patil in a dubbing studio and I was fascinated to see her dub and bring out so much into the voice. One great actress.
July 27, 2009 at 9:21 PM
nitesh said…
Just to add to the last comment, one thing we facing today is the lack of good actors.
July 27, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Just Another Film Buff said…
Rule number one: Anyone can act. No training is required.

This seems to be the only justification nowadays.... Every single guy on TV thinks he can act... argh. How Naseeruddin Shah must be fuming!
July 27, 2009 at 11:17 PM
nitesh said…
@ JAFB, that goes not just for acting but every component in filmmaking these days. :)
July 28, 2009 at 9:09 AM
omar said…
This is an essential documentary - I never knew it existed until now; and also shot by Govind Nihalani. Did Benegal make any other documentaries - if he did then why is so much of his early work so difficult to access?
August 5, 2009 at 2:03 AM
Yayaver said…
Splendid job boss. what a rare piece. Will be spreading word on existence of such documentry to cinephiles.
August 10, 2009 at 3:10 PM
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