Satyajit Ray

• Director: Shyam Benegal
• Main Cast: Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, Bhanudas Divkar
• Release Year: 1985
• Country: IN
• Run Time: 140 minutes

Plot

One of the most internationally-recognized directors, Satyajit Ray is interviewed extensively in this documentary on his life and work. Clips are shown from his movies (always filmed in the Bengali dialect for authenticity), as Ray remembers how he developed his own vision of filmmaking, how he handled the camera, and how his widowed mother's encouragement to get an education helped him to realize what he could and could not do with his life. Barely back on his feet from a 1984 heart attack, Ray is shown smoking a cigar at a window with the cityscape of Calcutta beyond. He would die of respiratory and heart failure in 1992.

~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Shyam Benegal - di
• Govind Nihalani - ph
• Bhanudas Divkar - ed

Dev Benegal - da

Credit

Dev Benegal - First Assistant Director, Shyam Benegal - Director, Bhanudas Divkar - Editor, Govind Nihalani - Cinematographer, Hitendra Ghosh - Sound/Sound Designer