JOIN USSatyajit Ray film festival to begin May 2
The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting is hosting three-day film festivals in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Pune from May 2-4 to commemorate the birth centenary of the legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray.
The Satyajit Ray film festival, which will take place from May 2 to 4, will be organised by the National Museum of Indian Cinema, Mumbai in association with the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), Films Division, National Film Archives of India (NFAI) and Doordarshan with the support of West Bengal government, Aurora Film Corporation and Friends Communication.
The film festival will begin with the red carpet and Shyam Benegal inaugurating the Satyajit Ray semi-permanent gallery on May 2.
The screenings at all venues are free. Audiences will get to appreciate a slate of films that celebrate Ray’s life and also experience his celebrated films on big screens.
Besides the screening of films, a panel discussion on Ray's films will also be held. The panellists will be Benegal, Barun Chanda, who acted in Ray’s Seemabadh and Shantanu Moitra. It will be moderated by Shankhayan Ghosh.
NFDC MD Ravinder Bhakar, said: "On the occasion of Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, it is a great honour for us to celebrate the birth centenary and roll out a special gallery at National Museum of Indian Cinema as a tribute to the legendary filmmaker".
"People have seen Ray's films in some form or the other yet this time we invite Ray lovers for our handpicked package on the big screens in selected theatres for free in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Pune from 2nd May to the 4th May 2022. The newly restored few by NFAI are a delight to watch," Bhakar said in a statement.
The inauguration will be followed by the screening of the opening film at the festival Aparajito, which is its India Premier.
Besides premiering Aparajito, slated to release on May 13, the other films include NFDC’s Agantuk, Ghare Baire, and Ganashatru directed by Satyajit Ray; Music of Satyajit Ray directed by Utpalendu Chakraborty; Nemai Ghosh – A Ray of Light directed by Anirban Mitra & Tirtho Dasgupta.
NFAI’s newly restored-films Sonar Kella, Seemabadha, Hirak Rajar Deshe, all directed by Satyajit Ray, Government of West Bengal’s Pather Panchali print from the Academy Film Archive’s landmark restoration of the film from negatives nearly lost in a fire is also being screening at the festival as the closing film.
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