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Satyajit Ray (Shôtôjit Rae, 
listen; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian filmmaker, regarded as one of the greatestauteurs of world cinema. Ray was born in the city of Calcutta into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature. Starting his career as a commercial artist, Ray was drawn into independent filmmaking after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoirand viewing Vittorio De Sica's Italian neorealist 1948 film Bicycle Thieves during a visit to London.
listen; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian filmmaker, regarded as one of the greatestauteurs of world cinema. Ray was born in the city of Calcutta into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature. Starting his career as a commercial artist, Ray was drawn into independent filmmaking after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoirand viewing Vittorio De Sica's Italian neorealist 1948 film Bicycle Thieves during a visit to London.
Ray directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries and shorts. He was also a fiction writer, publisher, illustrator, calligrapher, graphic designer and film critic. He authored several short stories and novels, primarily aimed at children and adolescents. Feluda, the sleuth, and Professor Shonku, the scientist in his science fiction stories, are popular fictional characters created by him.Ray's first film, Pather Panchali (1955), won eleven international prizes, including Best Human Documentary at the Cannes Film Festival. This film, Aparajito (1956), and Apur Sansar (1959) form The Apu Trilogy. Ray did the scripting, casting, scoring, and editing, and designed his own credit titles and publicity material. Ray received many major awards in his career, including 32 IndianNational Film Awards, a number of awards at international film festivals and award ceremonies, and an Academy Award in 1992. The Government of India honoured him with the Bharat Ratna in 1992
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The Ray family
| Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury | Bidhumukhi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sukumar Ray | Suprabha Ray | Subinoy Ray | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Satyajit Ray | Bijoya Ray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sandip Ray | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Souradeep Ray | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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