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Can Any Writer Capture a City Like Sankar Did?

'The city was not only a setting but also a major character in Sankar's stories, providing the readers insight into the ever-changing and complex nature of Calcutta,' observes Atanu Biswas.

'I'd have loved to present Pratidwandi at Cannes'

'Where Pratidwandi is concerned, there are very few men standing.'

10 Satyajit Ray Films You Must Watch

Raja Sen lists movies that would work wonders for any generation lucky enough to see them on the big screen.

Deepika@Cannes: 'Big moment for India'

'To see India being recognized at a global level at a platform like this... 'I think it says a lot about where we are as a nation and the road ahead for us as a nation.'

10 Satyajit Ray films that should be re-released

This is a list of his films that would work wonders for any generation lucky enough to see them on the big screen.

The BEST of my father, Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray would have been a hundred years old on May 2. To mark the legendary film-maker's birth centenary, Rediff.com bring you a treasure trove of features from our archives.

'Ray wrote for specific actors'

10 Best Films From Around The World

A beautiful documentary from Delhi. A shocking satire that spares no one. A thriller about a serial killer in Iran. A Pakistan film about family secrets... Aseem Chhabra lists the best films he saw in Cannes.

Can you watch 425 films in a year?

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020.

'Soumitra Chatterjee is bigger than a Ray actor'

'He never went to the Bombay industry.'

How the Communists killed Bengal's industry

Then chief minister Jyoti Basu once told an industrialist that capitalists were class enemies and he should expect no sympathy.

'Soumitra Chatterjee is bigger than a Ray actor'

One of India's greatest actors -- someone who acted in 14 Satyajit Ray films -- doesn't get good movie roles anymore.