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The long successful journey of Indian cinema started in 1913 with the release of the silent film ‘Raja Harischandra’. Alam ara became the first sound film in 1931. The films of 1930s had themes of social protest and the earlier phase was confined to romantic, historical and mythological themes. But the big turning point to Indian cinema came in 1953, taking it at par with International standards. Through this article I want to explain the person responsible for carrying Indian cinema into the international arena. It is non other than the genius film-maker Satyajit Ray.
Satyajit Ray was born in Calcutta in 1921. He started his career as a commercial artist before making films. His first feature film was ‘Pather Panchali’. This film was his most notable one for its realistic portrayal of everyday life and the artistic composition of its camera work that earned him world-wide recognition.
In 1943, Ray worked as junior visualiser at D.J. Keymer, an advertising company. His wages was eighty rupees a month. Later Ray also worked on Signet press, a new publishing house started by D.K. Gupta. His duty was to create cover designs for books to be published by Signet press and gave him complete artistic freedom. Ray designed covers for many books including Jawaharlal Nehru’s Discovery of India. Designing the cover and illustrating the book, Ray was deeply influenced by the work. He used it as the subject of his first film, and featured his illustrations as shots in his ground-breaking film.
Ray had a special vision of Indian reality hard, unbearably truthful yet moving. He was not just a great cine director but had superb mastery over other related cinematic work. He was a great writer, good composer and one of the best dialogue writers. He had sound knowledge of cinematography. Ray composed the music for most of his films, Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Apur Sansar, Charulata, Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne, Satranj ke Khiladi, Nayak and Aagahtuk, occupy a special place in the minds and hearts of cine lovers.
His films got wide popularity especially in USA and France. The French government awarded him “The legion of Honor”, the highest award in France. He also won the Magsaysay award in 1967. Dada Saheb Phalke award was given to him for the year 1984. The Indian government decorated him with ‘Bharat Ratna’ in 1992. But the happiest moment in his life came when he was informed of winning the special Oscar Award for life time achievement in 1992. This great son of India passed away in 1992 at the age of 71 and thus came the end of master craftsman.
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