Sandip Ray

Sandip Ray Biography

Sandip Ray is a film director from Kolkata and the only son of greatest Indian film director all time, Satyajit Ray. His mother Bijoya Ray is also a noted film personality who has worked and sang in a few Bengali movies in the black and white era. As a film director, his recent reelases are Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy (2012), Royal Bengal Rohosso (2011) and Gorosthaney Sabdhan (2010). He has also directed a few documentary films as well as television serials. He is also a versatile photographer and has worked as the director of photography on Satyajit Ray's last three films, Ganashatru (1989), Shakha Proshakha (1990) and Agantuk (1991). His great-grandfather Upendrakishore Ray was a famous writer, composer and technologist. His grandfather, Sukumar Ray was a noted Bengali humorous poet and playwright.

Sandip was born in Kolkata on September 8, 1953. He started his career assisting his father at the age of 22. Shatranj Ke Khiladi (1977) was his first movie as an assistant director. Prior to assisting his father in the film sets, he has also worked as a still photographer for cinema, mostly with his father’s projects. As a debutant director, his first movie was released in the year 1983 - Phatik Chand. The movie received an award in the International Children's Film Festival in Vancouver. He has also worked with Sandesh, the children magazine founded by his great-grandfather Upendrakishore Ray. From 1992, after the death of Satyajit, he became its joint editor and in the year 2003, he became its editor.

Most recently he has published a book, Aami aar Feluda which accounts his memories related to the popular Bengali television serial Feluda directed by his father. Aami aar Feluda is ghost-written by author Sebabrata Banerjee. Goopy Bagha Phire Elo (1993) was his first movie as an independent director. His movie Himghar has won National award special jury mention.

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Updated: March 14, 2014