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Sukumar Ray (1987)

Sukumar Ray (1987)

Film.Indian Cinema
DirectorSatyajit Ray
LanguageBengali
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Based on the life of Sukumar Ray, a scientist, author and reformist belonging to the Brahmo Samaj, also the father of the legendary Bengali director Satyajit Ray. Interested in writing and publishing since a young age, Ray during his studies at the Presidency College Calcutta, established the group, Nonsense Club. They published a hand-written magazine on humour by the name of "Thiry two and a half fries." It was here that Ray published his first humorous poetry and the play Jhala Pala (Cacophony). Here is a scene, reenacted from the play, asked to explain the meaning of "I go up, we go down" in a classroom. Utpal Dutt as the teacher explain the meaning with deducing the English quote by its Bengali phonetic counterparts as the sentence "I go up" becomes, "The cow's eye water" or "the cow is crying" and "We go down" is explained as "termites have destroyed the warehouse."
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Government of West Bengal, Satyajit Ray Productions
Cinematographer
Barun Raha
Director
Satyajit Ray
Editing
Dulal Dutta
Lead Cast
Satya Banerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Utpal Dutt, Haradhan bannerjee
Lead Cast Rest
Tapan Chatterjee, Rabi Ghosh, Tapen chatterjee
Music Director
Satyajit Ray
Narrator
Saumitra Chattopadhyay
Script Writer
Satyajit Ray
Still Photographer
Nemai Ghosh

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              Raha, Barun (Cinematographer), Sukumar Ray, 1987 | Photographic Still | CinemaEducation | 00891492

              Raha, Barun (Cinematographer), Sukumar Ray, 1987 | Photographic Still

              CinematographerBarun Raha
              Document TypePhotographic Still
              Film TitleSukumar Ray, 1987, India, Bengali
              Scene DescriptionSukumar Ray's one of the most popular and acclaimed works, Haw Jaw Baw Raw Law (Absurdity) was written around 1921-22, conisciding with the birth of his son Satyajit Ray and his terminal illness, which took his life in 1923. This story inspired by Louis Carrol's Alice in Wonderland, presents a land of fantasy and dreams. A still from the reproduction of the story in the documentary with the child, the narrator of the story, meeting Kakeshwar, who is doing mathematical calculations which appear very unusual to the narrator. The story continues with many animals appearing and talking about their lives, in a way that makes no sense, until the child gets up from his sleep to find the cat that doesn't speak. (4/6)
              DirectorSatyajit RayBannerGovernment of West Bengal, Satyajit Ray Productions
              CastSatya Banerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Utpal Dutt, Haradhan bannerjee, Tapan Chatterjee, Rabi Ghosh, Tapen chatterjee
              EditingDulal Dutta
              Music DirectorSatyajit Ray
              Script WriterSatyajit Ray
              Copyright of ImageWith Producer | Archive Object

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