Synopsis" Satyajit Ray first placed India on the map of world cinema with his 1955-classic Pather Panchali. In
a career spanning nearly four decades and including twenty-seven feature films, Ray is undoubtedly
the most-known Indian film-maker till date. It will probably not be an exaggeration to state that
in Indian cinema Ray’s profiling of characters and his casting acumen resulted in some of the best
on-screen performances it has ever seen.
This book examines some of the most memorable characters put up by the maverick on the silver
screen."
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About the author
AMITAVA NAG is an independent film critic residing in Kolkata. He is one of the founder-members of the film magazine SILHOUETTE and is its current editor.
AMITAVA also writes poetry and short fiction in Bengali and English for several magazines both national and international.
