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A Satyajit Ray Retrospective
Dates: 18 April, 2004 – 26 April, 2004
Venue: Baggikhana, Patan Dhoka, Kathmandu
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Tickets: Rs. 50
Tel: 554-2544
The screenings will begin with Pather Panchali on Sunday April 18th, go on until Monday, April 26th, 2004.
The Film Club, a joint effort between Film South Asia of Himal Association, and, Yala Maya Kendra, a center for cultural events in Patan Dhoka, has been holding regular film screening events as a way of brining accredited films from the international film scene to the local audiences. This exhibition of nine of Satyajit Ray’s films is our effort to bring to our audiences a selection of what is known as masterpieces in the world of cinema.
Satyajit Ray was a towering figure in the world of cinema. He studied at the university in Calcutta and later joined Shantiniketan, Rabindra Nath Tagore’s university to study art. He began his career as a commercial artist (1943 - 56).
He founded Calcutta’s first film society in 1947 and made his first film, Pather Panchali (1955, Song of the Little Road) while working at an advertising agency. Pather Panchali was an immediate success and won Grand Prix at the Cannes Festival. Pather Panchali with his Aparajito (1956, The Unvanquished) and Apur Sansar (1959, The World of Apu) are known as ‘Apu Trilogy’.
His later films include Jalsaghar (1958, The Music Room), Kanchenjunga (1962), Charulata, (1964, The Lonely Wife), Ashanti Sanket (1973, Distant Thunder), The Chess Player (1977), The Home and The World (1984), Ganashatru (1989, Public Enemy), and Agantuk (1990, The Stanger).
Ray also edited Sandesh, a children’s magazine and wrote numerous fiction and nonfiction works. In 1992 he received an honorary Academy Award.
The Film Club will be screening the following films. You may contact us for the details of the films or find them at
www.satyajitray.org
18 April, 2004, 5:30 p.m.
Pather Panchali – Song of the Little Road
1955, India. 115 min, B/W, In Bengali with subtitles.
19 April, 2004, 5:30 p.m.
Aparajito (The Unvanquished)
1956, India. 113 min, B/W, In Bengali with subtitles.
20 April, 2004, 5:30 p.m.
Apur Sansar (The World of Apu)
1959, India. 106 min, B/W, In Bengali with subtitles.
21 April, 2004, 5:30 p.m.
Jalsaghar (The Music Room)
1958, India. 100 min, B/W, In Bengali with subtitles.
22 April, 2004, 5:30 p.m.
Devi (The Goddess)
1960, India. 93 min, B/W, In Bengali with subtitles.
23 April, 2004, 5:30 p.m.
Teen Kanya (Two Daughters)
1961, India. B/W In Bengali with subtitles
The Postmaster 56 min. Samapti 56 min.
24 April, 2004, 5:30 p.m.
Mahanagar (The Big City)
1963, India. 131 min, B/W, In Bengali with subtitles.
25 April, 2004, 5:30 p.m.
Jana Aranya (The Middleman)
1975, India. 131 min., B/W, In Bengali with subtitles.
26 April, 2004, 5:30 p.m.
Agantuk (The Stranger)
1991, India. 120 min., Color, In Bengali with subtitles.
27 April
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