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Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray
Indian Director
Born: May 2, 1921
Died: Apr 23, 1992
Film Films Indian Made Music You
Related authors: Farhan Akhtar Gautham Menon Karan Johar Mahesh Bhatt Mira Nair Pooja Bhatt Ram Gopal Varma Vikramaditya Motwane
When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth century. Satyajit Ray
People Nineteenth Nineteenth Century About Write Know First-Hand Familiar Situations Stories Story Century Original
At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music. Satyajit Ray
Music Age Youth Listening Bengali Classical Classical Music Poetry Writes Almost Inevitably European
When I'm shooting on location, you get ideas on the spot - new angles. You make not major changes but important modifications, that you can't do on a set. I do that because you have to be economical. Satyajit Ray
You Important Changes Location Angles Economical New Major Ideas Make Because Spot Get Shooting Set
My cameraman and I devised a method, which we started using from my second film, which applies mainly to day scenes shot in the studio, where we used bounced light instead of direct light. We agreed with this thing of four or five shadows following the actors is dreadful. Satyajit Ray
Day Light Dreadful Following Shadows Direct Scenes Studio Instead Mainly Method Cameraman Five Where Which Shot Used Using Agreed Film Actor Thing Four Second Started
I don't start a film with the heroine but with the cinema subject. If there is a woman in the story, she has to be of a particular type. It's not as if I start with Madhuri Dixit and then think what kind of film. Satyajit Ray
Woman Cinema Think Heroine Type Kind Particular She Subject Story Then Film Start
What is attempted in these film is of course a synthesis. But it can be seen by someone who has his feet in both cultures. Someone who will bring to bear on the films involvement and detachment in equal measure. Satyajit Ray
Will Seen Films Synthesis Detachment Someone Bear Both Attempted Feet Equal Involvement Course His Cultures Measure Who Film Bring
My films play only in Bengal, and my audience is the educated middle class in the cities and small towns. They also play in Bombay, Madras and Delhi where there is a Bengali population. Satyajit Ray
Class Films Bengali Cities Madras Delhi Only Small Small Towns Towns Also Audience Educated Middle Where Middle Class Population Bombay Play
You cannot go beyond a certain limit in your expenditure if you want to bring back money from your local market, which is very small after Pakistan. Satyajit Ray
You Money Local Back Market Small Beyond Limit Go Very Expenditure Want After Cannot Which Certain Your Pakistan Bring
Well the Bombay film wasn't always like how it is now. It did have a local industry. There were realistic films made on local scenes. But it gradually changed over the years. Satyajit Ray
Made Realistic Films Changed Local Scenes Over Like Well Industry Always How Were Years Did Gradually Film Now Bombay
Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films at the same time, so they will give one director two hours and maybe shoot in Bombay in the morning and Madras in the evening. It happens. Satyajit Ray
Time Morning Director Will Films Top Madras Give Ten Hours Most Shoot Same May Maybe Same Time Happens Working Twelve Evening Actor Actress Bombay Two

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