Sandip Ray

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Sandip Ray
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Ray in 2014
Born (1953-09-08) 8 September 1953 (age 70)
Occupation(s)Film director, composer and music director
Years active1976–present
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
SpouseLalita Ray
ChildrenSouradeep Ray
Parent(s) Satyajit Ray (father)
Bijoya Ray (mother)

Sandip Ray (born 8 September 1953) is an Indian film director and music director who mainly works in Bengali cinema. He is the only child of the famous Indian director Satyajit Ray and Bijoya Ray.

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Life and education

Sandip Ray was born in Calcutta. Initially schooled at the South Point School and after it, the Patha Bhavan, Kolkata, he subsequently attended the University of Calcutta. [1]

Career

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Ray in January 2015

Ray started his professional career in film at the age of 24 as assistant director on the sets of his father's film Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players, 1977). Before this, he had aided his father in various capacities including still photographer on set. His directorial debut was Phatik Chand (1983) based on Satyajit Ray's Fatik Chand – the film received an award in the International Children's Film Festival in Vancouver.

Sandip Ray is also a noted photographer. He was the director of photography on Satyajit Ray's last three films, Ganashatru (An Enemy of the People, 1989), Shakha Proshakha (The Branches of the Tree, 1990) and Agantuk (The Stranger, 1991).

Sandip Ray also guided the children's magazine Sandesh , which was founded by his great-grandfather Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, and continued by his grandfather Sukumar Ray and his father Satyajit Ray. From 1992, after the death of Satyajit, Sandip was the Joint Editor of the Sandesh. Since 2003 he has been the editor of the magazine.

Sandip Ray has recently come up with his account of the time he has had with Feluda, the famous Bengali detective created by his father, in a book named Aami aar Feluda, published by Deep Prakashan. Aami aar Feluda was one of the best sellers at the last Kolkata Book Fair. First published in the magazine Sukhi Grihokon as a short series, Aami aar Feluda retains the flavor of Ekei Bole Shooting, written by Satyajit Ray. Sandip's book deals with the background stories of all Feluda movies and telefilms. Aami aar Feluda is ghost-written by author Sebabrata Banerjee. Sebabrata has tried to follow the smart and fluent style of writing introduced by Satyajit Ray which has made the new Feluda number a good reading experience. He made a video-documentary film on the late Kishore Kumar in 1989.

In 2003, Sandip Ray began working on adapting his father Satyajit Ray's original 1962 story Bankhubabur Bandhu into a Bengali television film of the same name. [2] The film, directed by Kaushik Sen, was eventually shown on Indian television in 2006. [3] He started to score background music for Feluda from the film Bombaiyer Bombete (2003). Sandip Ray used his first written thriller story for his own directed film Hitlist, 2009. In 2016, he directed a new Feluda film titled Double Feluda which is the sequel to Royal Bengal Rohosso (2011). During the shooting of Double Feluda, produced by Eros International, Sandip Ray filmed his father's famous library. [4]

Currently, he is directing a new film titled Professor Shonku O El Dorado, [5] based on a story of Satyajit Ray's Professor Shonku series called Nakur Babu O El Dorado. The film will star veteran actor Dhritiman Chatterjee as Professor Shonku. The film is being produced by SVF Entertainment. [6]

Filmography

Sandip Ray has directed the following TV films and movies:

  1. Nayan Rahasya (Feluda movie 2024) [7]
  2. Hatyapuri (Feluda movie, 2022)
  3. Professor Shonku O El Dorado (2019)
  4. Double Feluda (Feluda movie, 2016) [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
  5. Monchora (2016)
  6. Badshahi Angti (A stand-alone Feluda reboot, 2014)
  7. Chaar (2014)
  8. Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy (2012)
  9. Royal Bengal Rohosso (Feluda movie, 2011)
  10. Gorosthaney Sabdhan (Feluda movie, 2010)
  11. Hitlist (2009)
  12. Tintorettor Jishu (Feluda movie, 2008)
  13. Kailashey Kelenkari (Feluda movie, 2007)
  14. Nishijapon (2005)
  15. Bombaiyer Bombete (Feluda movie, 2003)
  16. Satyajiter Priyo Galpo (A series of seven TV films including one Feluda film, 2000)
  17. Dr. Munshir Diary (A TV film of Satyajiter Priyo Golpo TV film series, 2000)
  18. Eker Pithe Dui (unreleased series of 12 short films made for television, 2000)
  19. Satyajiter Goppo (A series of four TV films based on four Feluda mysteries and six short films based on six different stories of Satyajit Ray, 1999) [13]
  20. My Mother: A Freudian introspection (Documentary, 1997)
  21. Feluda 30 (A series of five TV films based on Feluda, 1996)
  22. Baksho Rahashya (first TV film of Feluda 30, 1996)
  23. Target (1995) [14]
  24. Uttoran (1994)
  25. Goopy Bagha Phire Elo (1992)
  26. Pregnant Silence: Conception of a Genius (A Documentary on a rather surprising personal triumph, 1991)
  27. Zindagi Ek Safar (A Homevideo Documentary on Kishore Kumar, 1989)
  28. Satyajit Ray Presents II (Hindi TV film series, 1987)
  29. Kissa Kathmandu Mein Satyajit Ray Presents (Hindi TV film series, 1986)
  30. Phatik Chand (film) (Based on a story by Satyajit Ray, 1983), Directorial debut

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Feluda, or Prodosh Chandra Mitra [Mitter], is a fictional detective, private investigator created by Indian director and writer Satyajit Ray. Feluda resides at 21 Rajani Sen Road, Ballygunge, Calcutta, West Bengal. Feluda first made his appearance in a Bengali children's magazine called Sandesh in 1965, under the editorialship of Ray and Subhas Mukhopadhyay. His first adventure was Feludar Goendagiri. Feluda is one of the most impactful Bengali characters of all time.

<i>Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne</i> 1969 film by Satyajit Ray

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Professor Shonku</span> Fictional Indian inventor

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<i>Bombaiyer Bombete</i> (film) 2003 film by Sandip Ray

Bombaiyer Bombete is a 2003 Indian Bengali thriller film directed by Sandip Ray and based on the story of the same name by his father Satyajit Ray. It was the third big screen adaptation of the fictional detective character Feluda after 25 years of the second Feluda movie Joi Baba Felunath (1979), which was directed by Satyajit Ray. It was the first big screen adaptation of the Feluda new film series though Sabyasachi played Feluda in all the ten TV films of Feluda TV film series (1996-2000) directed by Sandip Ray. The movie was a sequel to the Doctor Munshir Diary, the last television film of Feluda TV film series (1996-2000), which was a sequel series to the Satyajit Ray's Feluda film series (1974-1979).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lalmohan Ganguly</span> Fictional character

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<i>Hirak Rajar Deshe</i> 1980 film by Satyajit Ray

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Goopy–Bagha is a series of Indian Bengali fantasy adventure comedy films. The series is based on a story by Satyajit Ray's grandfather Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury. The first two films Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969) and its sequel Hirak Rajar Deshe (1980) were directed by Satyajit Ray, and the third, Gupi Bagha Phire Elo (1992), was directed by his son Sandip Ray. The trilogy starred Tapen Chatterjee and Rabi Ghosh as Goopy and Bagha, respectively. The 2013 Hindi-language animated film Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya was based on the story Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne. The film is directed by Shilpa Ranade.

The Mystery of the Pink Pearl is a Bengali detective story written by Satyajit Ray. Feluda is the protagonist of the story. It was first published in Sandesh (magazine), 1989. The story ranks 31st in the Feluda series.

<i>Double Feluda</i> 2016 film directed by Sandip Ray

Double Feluda is a 2016 Bengali language crime thriller detective film, based on the Bengali sleuth Feluda, created by the acclaimed and renowned Oscar-winning director Satyajit Ray. It is the 19th film in the Feluda series. Directed by his son Sandip Ray, the film marks the comeback of both Sabyasachi Chakraborty and Saheb Bhattacharya, with the former returning to the eponymous role of Feluda and the latter playing his sidekick. This is a sequel of Royal Bengal Rahashya (2011). The film released on 16 December 2016 to mark the 50th anniversary of the iconic creation. The film is based on two Feluda stories - Samaddarer Chabi and Golokdham Rahasya.

<i>Phatik Chand</i> (film) 1983 Indian film

Phatik Chand is a Bengali children's film directed by Sandip Ray based on the novel of Satyajit Ray in the same name. This was the directorial debut of Sandip Ray, and was released in 1983. This film received Best feature film award at the International Children's Film Festival in Vancouver in 1984.

Kamu Mukherjee was a Bengali actor, best known for his role as Mandar Bose in Sonar Kella and Harun-al-Rashid in Sandip Ray's first film Phatik Chand.

<i>Professor Shonku O El Dorado</i> 2019 Sci-fy film by Sandip Ray

Professor Shonku O El Dorado is a Bengali science fiction adventure drama film directed by Sandip Ray based on Nakur Babu O El Dorado, a story of Satyajit Ray. Dhritiman Chatterjee portrayed the protagonist character of Professor Shonku. The film released theatrically on 20 December 2019.

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