celebrating satyajit ray's birthday

google doodle of pather panchali

and an old piece of mine from 1997 on rediff on my favorite films, of which several are by ray.

http://www.rediff.in/news/oct/06rajeev.htm

Apu Trilogy, Satyajit Ray, Bengali.

Lyrical: Apur Sansar. Click here for bigger pic!

What can one say, the master at his best. In terms of sheer lyrical beauty, the trilogy of Pather Panchali, Aparajito and Apur Sansar is seldom equalled in world cinema. In particular, the extraordinarily tender scenes of marital bliss -- short-lived, alas -- between Sharmila Tagore and Soumitra Chatterjee in Apur Sansar are perhaps the most natural and lovely such scenes I have ever seen in Indian cinema.


 

--
sent from samsung galaxy note, so please excuse brevity