
The iconic train sequence as originally imagined by Satyajit Ray The birth of Apu: ‘Where is the wailing coming from?’ The producers he approached, however, had no interest, nor could they understand the whole process.” Some of the shot divisions were scribbled on chits of paper and cigarette packs. He used to take them to the producers and explain the sequences. “He did some sketches in a drawing book after he had come back from London in 1950 and illustrated a succession of pictures (in pen, brush and ink) for the sequences of frames as they would come up in the film. Ray “did not use his now-famous kheror khata (red notebook) to write the screenplay”, writes his son, filmmaker Sandip Ray, in the preface. There are also essays by Dhritiman Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore, both of whom have acted in Ray’s films, and contributions by cinematographer Subrata Mitra, production designer Bansi Chandragupta, and editor Dulal Dutta. The publication includes Ray’s original drawings that served as the visual blueprint for the screenplay, photographs of the cast and crew on location, and his illustrations from Aam Aantir Bhenpu, a children’s edition of the novel. The Pather Panchali Sketchbook provides a glimpse of how Ray imagined his adaptation of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay’s novel of the same name to be. Posters, sketches and on-location photographs of the 1965 release, which have been been floating around in bits and pieces for years, have now been collected in one place. Satyajit Ray’s stunning debut Pather Panchali is back in the news with a new restoration by the American DVD label Criterion and the L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory in Italy. Indian deposits in Swiss banks rise to over Rs 30,500 crore – highest in 14 years.A last walk through Grandma’s house – and back in time: The life of an East Indian family in Bandra.Did not anticipate protests against Agnipath scheme, says Navy chief.Indian Football: CoA member Quraishi on Stimac’s contract, AIFF’s new constitution and more.Readers’ comments: Instead of debating Prophet’s marriage centuries ago, we must live in peace today.

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