Ray's Apu

Watching “Apur Sansar” at the age ten, was not so alluring. I waited to Fall in Love with Soumitra Chatterjee till I saw “ Sonar kella”……..a perfect man, with right combination of Looks and Intelligence!!

Ipshita Gon Gupta

RAY'S APU

Mention of Soumitra Chatterjee will surely come whenever serious cinema is discussed all over the world. One thing recurrent is the presence of Soumitra Chatterjee in Satyajit Ray's movies. Soumitra's acting credibility was discovered by none other than Oscar awardee Satyajit Ray who used his acting sensibility again and again in most of his movies. One genius engaged another genius for many of his landmark movies, most notably, the Apu Trilogy.

"One day, I was there to watch a scene from Jalsaghar being shot... As I was about to leave, he said, 'Let me introduce you to Chhabi Biswas, you haven't met him, have you?' He said in his customary baritone, 'Chhabi da! This is Soumitra Chattopadhyay; he's playing Apu in my next film Apur Sansar.' The penny had dropped! The chandelier on the sets of Jalsaghar began to sway in front of my eyes; my feet left the ground".

Soumitra Chatterjee on Satyajit Ray

Two bodies one soul, Toshiro Mifune and Akira Kurosawa, Marcello Mastroianni and Federico Fellini, Soumitra Chatterjee and Satyajit Ray. Though the two are inseparable yet Soumitra is an institution in himself.

THE HOME AND THE WORLD, (aka GHARE-BAIRE), from left: Soumitra Chatterjee, writer/director Satyajit Ray, on set, 1984. ©European Classics Video

We, R.A.I.D Group of Companies in collaboration with Unicorn Actors Studio is showcasing a full length documentary on the scholarly work of the great actor, Soumitra Chatterjee.Both inspirational and entertaining, Soumitra Chatterjee the narrator himself has amazed us once more.

Come and watch Ray’s Apu!

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