February 16, 2016 (XXXII:4) Satyajit Ray, PATHER PANCHALI (1955, 119 min) Directed by Satyajit Ray Writtten by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (novel) & Satyajit Ray (screenplay) Music Ravi Shankar Cinematography Subrata Mitra Film Editing Dulal Dutta Kanu Bannerjee…Harihar Ray Karuna Bannerjee…Sarbojaya Ray Chunibala Devi…Indir Thakrun Uma Das Gupta…Durga Subir Banerjee…Apu Runki Banerjee…Little Durga Reba Devi…Seja Thakrun Aparna Devi…Nilmoni's wife Tulsi Chakraborty…Prasanna, school teacher Haren Banerjee…Chinibas, Sweet-seller calligrapher, music composer, graphic designer and film Nibhanani Devi…Dasi Thakurun critic. He authored several short stories and novels, Rama Gangopadhaya…Ranu Mookerjee primarily aimed at children and adolescents. He won a Roma Ganguli…Roma special lifetime achievement award for his profound Binoy Mukherjee…Baidyanath Majumdar humanitarian outlook at the 1992 Academy Awards. He's Harimohan Nag…Doctor only the second Indian to have won an Oscar, the first Kshirod Roy…Priest being Bhanu Athaiya for Gandhi in 1983. Ray has been both the writer director for 33 films including, The SATYAJIT RAY (b. May 2, 1921 in Calcutta, India—d. Stranger (1991), An Enemy of the People (1989), The April 23, 1992, age 70, in Calcutta, India) is the son of Home and the World (1984), Pikoor Diary (1981, TV Sukumar Ray, an eminent poet and writer in the history of Short), Deliverance (1981, TV Movie), Heerak Rajar Bengali literature. The younger Ray worked as an Deshe (1980), Joi Baba Felunath: The Elephant God advertising artist before shifting his focus to film. He was (1979), The Chess Players (1977), The Middleman (1976), first drawn to independent filmmaking after meeting The Golden Fortress (1974), Ashani Sanket (1973), The French filmmaker Jean Renoir and viewing Vittorio De Inner Eye (1972, Documentary short), Sikkim (1971, Sica's Italian neorealist film Bicycle Thieves (1948) during Documentary), Company Limited (1971), The Adversary a visit to London. Ray's first film, Pather Panchali (1955), (1970), Days and Nights in the Forest (1970), The won eleven international prizes, including the inaugural Adventures of Goopy and Bagha (1969), The Zoo (1967), Best Human Document award at the 1956 Cannes Film Nayak: The Hero (1966), Two (1965, TV Short), The Festival. The large director who stood at about 6' 5"— Coward (1965), The Holy Man (1965), Charulata (1964), nearly a foot taller than the average Indian of his The Big City (1963), Abhijaan (1962), Kanchenjungha generation—was also a fiction writer, publisher, illustrator, (1962), Rabindranath Tagore (1961, Documentary), Teen Ray—PATHER PANCHALIL—2 Kanya (1961), The Goddess (1960), The World of Apu dancing in 1938 to study sitar playing under court musician (1959), Paras-Pathar (1958), The Music Room (1958), Allauddin Khan. After finishing his studies in 1944, Aparajito (1956) and Pather Panchali (1955). He has also Shankar worked as a composer, creating the music for written for the films Goopy Bagha Phire Elo (1991, story), Ray’s Apu Trilogy and was music director of All India Branches of the Tree (1990, screenplay/story) Kissa Radio, New Delhi, from 1949 to 1956. Shankar was Kathmandu Kaa (1986, TV Mini-Series, novel by), Phatik nominated with George Fenton for a 1983 Oscar for Best Chand (1983, novel/ screenplay), Baksa Badal (1970, Music, Original Score for Gandhi (1982). He was, again screenplay). Also, many of his stories have been made into along with Fenton, nominated for a 1984 Grammy for Best films, some of which are Badshahi Angti (2014, novel by), Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Chaar (2014, story), Feluda (2013, Short, original novel), Television Special for Gandhi (1982). His influence on the Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy (2012, story), Some Maana (2011, latter helped popularize the use of Indian instruments in Short, adaptation), Royal Bengal Rahasya (2011, novel), pop music throughout the 1960s, most notably on Beatle Gorosthane Sabdhan (2010, novel), Tintorettor Jishu guitarist, George Harrison. Shankar engaged Western (2008 novel), Kailashey Kelenkari (2007, novel), music by writing compositions for sitar and orchestra, and Bombaiyer Bombete (2003, novel), Dr. Munshir Diary toured the world in the 1970s and 1980s. From 1986 to (2000, TV Movie based on a story by), Golapi Mukta 1992, he served as a nominated member of Rajya Sabha, Rahasya (1999, TV Movie/ story), Baksha Rahasya (1996, the upper chamber of the Parliament of India. He continued story) and Uttoran (1994, screenplay/story). to perform up until the end of his life. In 1999, Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honor, the Bharat BIBHUTIBHUSHAN BANDYOPADHYAY (b. September 12, Ratna. He composed for 34 films, some of which are El 1894 in Ghoshpada-Muraripur, Kanchrapara, Bengal Hindú (2011, Short), Rahman magyar barátai (2009, Presidency, British India—d. November 1, 1950, age 56, in Documentary short), Sri Lanka, les naufragés du tsunami Ghatshila, Bihar, India) is best known for the (2005, Documentary), Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds autobiographical novel Pather Panchali (The Song of the (2001, Documentary), Tenussian Vacuvasco (2000), Little Road), which was later adapted (along with Yehudi Menuhin: The Violin of the Century (1996, Aparajito, the sequel) into The Apu Trilogy of films Documentary), Genesis (1986), Gandhi (1982), Meera directed by Satyajit Ray. Ray referred scriptwriting (1979), Ravi Shankar's Music Festival from India (1975, students to the author with the following line of praise for TV Movie), Raga (1971, Documentary), Unterwegs nach the author's skill with written dialogue: "His lines fit the Kathmandu (1971, TV Movie), Sex and the Animals (1969, characters so well, they are so revealing that even when the Documentary), Niet genoeg (1968, Documentary short), author provides no physical description, every character Charly (1968), Viola (1967, Short), The Psychedelics seems to present itself before us simply through the words (1966), Alice in Wonderland (1966, TV Movie), it speaks." The 1951 Rabindra Puraskar, the most Chappaqua (1966), Ghoom Bhangar Gaan (1965), Godaan prestigious literary award in West Bengal, was (1963), Dheuer Pare Dheu (1962), Megh (1961), Anuradha posthumously awarded to Bibhutibhushan for his novel, (1960), The Sword and the Flute (1959, Short Ichhamati. Banyopadhyay’s writing has been used in 12 documentary), The World of Apu (1959), Paras-Pathar films, which are Mountains Of The Moon (2013), Alo (1958), The Flute and the Arrow (1957, Documentary), (2003, novel), Fuleswari (1974, Kabuliwala (1957), A Chairy Tale (1957, based on a story by), Ashani Sanket Short), Aparajito (1956), Pather Panchali (1973, novel), Amar Prem (1972, (1955), Dharti Ke Lal (1946) and Neecha story), Nimantran (1971, story), Nagar (1946). Baksa Badal (1970, story), Nishi Padma (1970, story), The World of SUBRATA MITRA (b. October 12, 1930 in Apu (1959, original story Calcutta, India—d. December 7, 2001, age "Aparajito"), Adarsha Hindu Hotel 71, in Calcutta, India) is often considered (1957, novel), Aparajito (1956, one of the greatest of Indian novel "Aparajito") and Pather cinematographers. At the age of 21, Mitra, Panchali (1955, novel). who had never before operated a motion picture camera, began his career as a RAVI SHANKAR (b. April 7, 1920, in cinematographer with Satyajit Ray for Varanasi, United Provinces, British Pather Panchali (1955). He continued to India—d. December 11, 2012, age work with him for many of Ray's later 92, in La Jolla, San Diego, films. He is known for pioneering the California) spent his youth touring India and Europe with technique of bounce lighting, while filming The Apu the dance group of his brother Uday Shankar. He gave up Trilogy. In 1999 Mitra won the Award for Technical Ray—PATHER PANCHALIL—3 Excellence at the Bombay International Film Festival and a Pather Panchali (1955) and Aparajito (1956). Her Silver Lotus Award for Best Cinematography for New performance in the latter earned her a Best Actress Delhi Times (1986) at India’s National Film Awards, India nomination at the 1959 BAFTA Awards. She went on to in 1986. He worked on 18 films, which are New Delhi act in a few more films, including two more by Ray, one by Times (1986), Mahatma and the Mad Boy (1974, Short), Mrinal Sen, and one by Ritwik Ghatak that was never Bombay Talkie (1970), The Guru (1969), Nayak: The Hero officially released. The 12 films she starred in are Sandhya (1966), Teesri Kasam (1966), Shakespeare-Wallah (1965), Raag (1977), Calcutta 71 (1971), Interview (1971), Charulata (1964), The Householder (1963), The Big City Kanchenjungha (1962), The Goddess (1960), Kato Ajanare (1963), Kanchenjungha (1962), The Goddess (1960), The (1959), Shubha Bibaha (1959), Headmaster (1958), World of Apu (1959), Paras-Pathar (1958), The Music Manmoyee Girls' School (1958), Aparajito (1956), Pather Room (1958), Aparajito (1956) and Pather Panchali Panchali (1955) and Mahakavi Kalidas (1942). (1955). CHUNIBALA DEVI (b. 1872 KANU BANERJEE (b. June 20, 1905 [specific date and city unknown]— in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India—d. d. 1955, age 83 in Calcutta, West January 27, 1983, age 77, place Bengal, India). When the film unknown) theatre actor and opened in New York in 1958, director,[2] he is best known for his Bosley Crowther, the critic of the portrayal of Harihar Ray, father of New York Herald Tribune, raved Apu, in Satyajit Ray's classic Pather about Chunibala Devi, Panchali (1955) and Aparajito "fantastically realistic and effective (1956), part of the