Satyajit Ray

**Satyajit Ray** (2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) ek Bengali Indian film director rahaa.
Uske janam Kolkata me bhais rahaa. Uske palwaar arts me rahaa. 

Ray 37 film ke direct karis rahaa, jisme documentary aur shorts hae. Ray ke pahila film, *Pather Panchali*, ke gyarah  international prizes mila jisme *Best Human Document*  hae Cannes Film Festival me mila. 

## Jawaani ke din aur parrhai
Satyajit ke pitaji ke naam Sukumar Ray aur maiya ke naam Suprabha Ray ( nee Das Gupta) rahaa. Jab Satyajit dui saal ke rahaa tab uske pitaji ke maut hoe gais rahaa aur uu aapan aaja ke ghare barraa bhais rahaa. Uske aaja ke ek printing press rahaa aur satyajit printing me dher interest liis rahaa.

Ray Ballygunge Government High School me parrhis rahaa aur uu Bachelor of Arts Presidency College, Calsutta se karis rahaa. II time uu dher Hollywood movie dekhis aur isse uske cinema me interest barrhaa. 1940 me Ray, Visva-Bharati University, jiske Rabindranath Tagore suruu karis rahaa, me parrhe ke suruu karis. Uu fine arts parrhis aur oriental arts ke pasand karis.

1943 me Ray ek British advertising ajency me kaam suruu karis, jahan pe uske artist, Annada Munshi train karis. Iske baad uu uu ek duursa jagha bhi kaam kare lagaa jahaan pe uu Book ke cover ke desin karat rahaa.

1950 me uu London kaam kare khatir gais. 1955 me uu aapan pahila film, Pathar Panchali, ke release karis. 1956 me uu duusra film, Aparajito, ke release karis.

## Honours

## Indian film awards
### [[National Film Awards]]
Satyajit Ray had won the maximum number of the coveted National Film Awards (the Indian version of the Oscars). He won 32 National Film Awards.

* 1956 - Best Film - ''Pather Panchali'' (''Song of the Little Road'') (Bengali) 
* 1956 - Best Feature Film in Bengali - *[[Pather Panchali]]*
* 1959 - Second Best Feature Film - *[[Jalsaghar]]* (Bengali)
* 1959 - Best Feature Film in Bengali - *[[Jalsaghar]]*
* 1960 - Best Film - ''Apur Sansar'' (''The World of Apu'') (Bengali)
* 1962 - Best Feature Film in Bengali - *[[Teen Kanya]]*
* 1963 - Best Feature Film in Bengali - *[[Abhijan]]*
* 1963 - Second Best Feature Film - *[[Abhijan]]* (Bengali)
* 1965 - Best Film - *[[Charulata]]* (Bengali)
* 1967 - Best Screenplay - *[[Nayak (1966 film)|Nayak]]* (Bengali)
* 1968 - Best Directing - *[[Chiriakhana]]* (Bengali)
* 1969 - Best Film - *[[Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne]]* (Bengali)
* 1969 - Best Directing - *[[Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne]]* (Bengali)
* 1970 - Best Feature Film in Bengali - *[[Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne]]*
* 1971 - Second Best Feature Film - *[[Pratidwandi]]* (Bengali)
* 1971 - Best Directing - *[[Pratidwandi]]* (Bengali)
* 1971 - Best Screenplay - *[[Pratidwandi]]* (Bengali)
* 1971 - Best Feature Film in Bengali - *[[Pratidwandi]]*
* 1972 - Best Film - *[[Seemabaddha]]* (Bengali)
* 1973 - Best Music Direction - *[[Ashani Sanket]]* (Bengali)
* 1974 - Best Feature Film in Bengali - *[[Ashani Sanket]]*
* 1975 - Best Feature Film in Bengali - *[[Sonar Kella]]*
* 1975 - Best Directing - *[[Sonar Kella]]* (Bengali) 
* 1975 - Best Screenplay - *[[Sonar Kella]]* (Bengali)
* 1976 - Best Directing - *[[Jana Aranya]]* (Bengali)
* 1981 - Best Lyrics - *[[Hirak Rajar Deshe]]* (Bengali)
* 1982 - Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) - *[[Sadgati]]* (Hindi)
* 1985 - Best Feature Film in Bengali - *[[Ghare Baire]]* 
* 1990 - Best Feature Film in Bengali - *[[Ganashatru]]* 
* 1992 - Best Film - *[[Agantuk (The Stranger)|Agantuk]]* (Bengali) (India/France)
* 1992 - Best Directing - *[[Agantuk]]* (Bengali)
* 1994 - Best Screenplay - *Uttoran* (Bengali)

### [[Filmfare Awards]]
* 1978 - Critics Award for Best Film - *[[The Chess Players|Shatranj Ke Khilari]]* (*The Chess Players*)
* 1978 - Best Director - *[[The Chess Players|Shatranj Ke Khilari]]* (*The Chess Players*)

### Other Indian film awards
;*[[Pather Panchali (film)|Pather Panchali]]* (*Song of the Little Road*), 1955 http://www.satyajitray.org/films/pather.htm 
* President's Gold & Silver Medals, New Delhi, 1955 

;*[[Jalsaghar]]* (*The Music Room*), 1958 http://www.satyajitray.org/films/jalsagh.htm 
* President's Silver Medal, New Delhi, 1959

;*[[The World of Apu|Apur Sansar]]* (*The World Of Apu*), 1959 http://www.satyajitray.org/films/apursan.htm 
* President's Gold Medal, New Delhi, 1959

;*[[Devi (1960 film)|Devi]]* (*The Goddess*), 1960 http://www.satyajitray.org/films/devi.htm 
* President's Gold Medal, New Delhi, 1961

;*[[Teen Kanya]]* (*Three Daughters / Two Daughters*), 1961 http://www.satyajitray.org/films/teenkan.htm 
* President's Silver Medal, New Delhi, 1961 (for Samapti) 

;*[[Rabindranath Tagore]]* (documentary film), 1961 http://www.satyajitray.org/films/tagore.htm 
* President's Gold Medal, New Delhi, 1961 

;*[[Abhijan]]* (*The Expedition*), 1962 http://www.satyajitray.org/films/abhijan.htm 
* President's Silver Medal, New Delhi, 1962 

;*[[Mahanagar]]* (*The Big City*), 1963 http://www.satyajitray.org/films/mahanag.htm 
* Certificate of Merit, New Delhi, 1964 

;*[[Charulata]]* (*The Lonely Wife*), 1964 http://www.satyajitray.org/films/charu.htm 
* President's Gold Medal, New Delhi, 1964 
 
;*[[Nayak (1966 film)|Nayak]]* (*The Hero*), 1966 http://www.satyajitray.org/films/nayak.htm 
* Best Screenplay and Story, New Delhi, 1967 

;*Chiryakhana* (*The Zoo*), 1967 http://www.satyajitray.org/films/chiriakhana.htm 
* Best Direction, West Bengal Government, 1968

;*[[Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne]]* (*The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha*), 1968 http://www.satyajitray.org/films/goopy.htm 
* Award for Best Direction, New Delhi, 1968 
* President's Gold and Silver Medals, New Delhi, 1970

;*[[Pratidwandi]]* (*The Adversary) 1970 [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/pratidw.htm] 
* Special Award, [[New Delhi]], 1971 
* President's Silver Medal, [[New Delhi]], 1971 

;*Seemabaddha* (*Company Limited*), 1971 [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/seemabaddha.htm] 
* President's Gold Medal, [[New Delhi]], 1972 
* PIPRESCI Award, [[Venice Film Festival]], 1972 

;*The Inner Eye**, 1972 [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/innereye.htm] 
* President's Gold Medal, [[New Delhi]], 1974

;''[[Ashani Sanket]]'' (''Distant Thunder''), 1973 [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/ashani.htm] 
* President's Gold Medal for Music Direction, [[New Delhi]], 1973 
* Best Regional Film, [[New Delhi]], 1973

;''[[Sonar Kella]]'' (''The Golden Fortress''), 1974 [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/sonar_kella.htm] 
* President's Silver Medal, Best Screenplay, Direction, [[New Delhi]], 1974 
* Best Film, Direction and Screenplay, [[Government of West Bengal]], 1974

;''[[Jana Aranya]]'' (''The Middleman''), 1975 [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/jana.htm] 
* Best Direction, [[New Delhi]], 1975 
* Best Film, Direction, Screenplay, [[Government of West Bengal]], 1975

;''[[The Chess Players|Shatranj Ke Khilari]]'' (''The Chess Players''), 1977 [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/shatran.htm] 
* Best Feature Film in Hindi, [[New Delhi]], 1977 
* Best Color Photography, [[New Delhi]], 1977 

;''[[Joi Baba Felunath]]'' (''The Elephant God''), 1978 [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/joibaba_felunath.htm] 
* Best Children's Film, [[New Delhi]], 1978 

;''[[Hirak Rajar Deshe]]'' (''The Kingdom of Diamonds''), 1980 [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/hirak_rajar_deshe.htm] 
* Best Music, Director, [[New Delhi]], 1980 
* Best Lyrics, [[New Delhi]], 1980 

;''[[Sadgati]]'' (''Deliverance''), 1981 [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/sadgati.htm] 
* Special Jury Award, [[New Delhi]], 1981 

;''[[Ghare Baire (film)|Ghare Baire]]'' (''The Home and the World''), 1984 [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/ghare.htm] 
* Best Bengali Film, [[New Delhi]], 1984 
* Best Costume design, [[New Delhi]], 1984 

;''[[Ganashatru]]'' (''An Enemy of the People''), 1989 [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/ganasha.htm] 
* Best Bengali Film, [[New Delhi]], 1989 

;''[[Agantuk]]'' (''The Stranger''), 1991 [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/agantuk.htm] 
* Best Film, [[New Delhi]], 1991 
* Best Director, [[New Delhi]], 1991

==International film awards==
===International film festivals===
;[[Cannes Film Festival]]
* **Winner** - [[1956 Cannes Film Festival|1956]] - Best Human Document - ''[[Pather Panchali (film)|Pather Panchali]]'' (''Song of the Little Road'')
* **Winner** - [[1956 Cannes Film Festival|1956]] - [[SIGNIS|OCIC Award]] (Special Mention) - ''[[Pather Panchali (film)|Pather Panchali]]'' (''Song of the Little Road'')
* **Winner** - [[1982 Cannes Film Festival|1982]] - Hommage à Satyajit Ray
*Nominated - [[1956 Cannes Film Festival|1956]] - [[Palme d'Or|Golden Palm for Best Film]] - ''[[Pather Panchali (film)|Pather Panchali]]'' (''Song of the Little Road'')
*Nominated - [[1958 Cannes Film Festival|1958]] - [[Palme d'Or|Golden Palm for Best Film]] - ''[[Parash Pathar]]'' (''The Philosopher's Stone'')
*Nominated - [[1962 Cannes Film Festival|1962]] - [[Palme d'Or|Golden Palm for Best Film]] - ''[[Devi (1960 film)|Devi]]'' (''The Goddess'')
*Nominated - [[1984 Cannes Film Festival|1984]] - [[Palme d'Or|Golden Palm for Best Film]] - ''[[Ghare Baire (film)|Ghare Baire]]'' (''The Home and the World'')

;[[Berlin International Film Festival]]
***Winner** - [[7th Berlin International Film Festival|1957]] - [[David O. Selznick|Selznick]] Golden Laurel for Best Film - ''[[Pather Panchali (film)|Pather Panchali]]'' (''Song of the Little Road'')
***Winner** - [[10th Berlin International Film Festival|1960]] - [[David O. Selznick|Selznick]] Golden Laurel for Best Film - ''[[Aparajito]]'' (''The Unvanquished'')
***Winner** - [[13th Berlin International Film Festival|1963]] - [[David O. Selznick|Selznick]] Golden Laurel for Best Film - ''[[Teen Kanya]]'' (''Three Daughters'' / ''Two Daughters'')
***Winner** - [[14th Berlin International Film Festival|1964]] - [[Silver Bear for Best Director]] - ''[[Mahanagar]]'' (''The Big City'')
***Winner** - [[15th Berlin International Film Festival|1965]] - [[Silver Bear for Best Director]] - ''[[Charulata]]'' (''The Lonely Wife'')
***Winner** - 1965 - [[SIGNIS|OCIC Catholic Award]] - ''[[Charulata]]'' (''The Lonely Wife'')
***Winner** - [[16th Berlin International Film Festival|1966]] - Critics' Prize (UNICRIT Award) - ''[[Nayak (1966 film)|Nayak]]'' (''The Hero'')
***Winner** - 1966 - Special Jury Award - ''[[Nayak (1966 film)|Nayak]]'' (''The Hero'')
***Winner** - [[23rd Berlin International Film Festival|1973]] - [[Golden Bear|Golden Bear for Best Film]] - ''[[Ashani Sanket]]'' (''Distant Thunder'') 
***Winner** - 1978 - Special Award
*Nominated - [[14th Berlin International Film Festival|1964]] - [[Golden Bear|Golden Bear for Best Film]] - ''[[Mahanagar]]'' (''The Big City'')
*Nominated - [[15th Berlin International Film Festival|1965]] - [[Golden Bear|Golden Bear for Best Film]] - ''[[Charulata]]'' (''The Lonely Wife'')
*Nominated - [[16th Berlin International Film Festival|1966]] - [[Golden Bear|Golden Bear for Best Film]] - ''[[Nayak (1966 film)|Nayak]]'' (''The Hero'')
*Nominated - [[19th Berlin International Film Festival|1969]] - [[Golden Bear|Golden Bear for Best Film]] - ''[[Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne]]'' (''The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha'')
*Nominated - [[20th Berlin International Film Festival|1970]] - [[Golden Bear|Golden Bear for Best Film]] - ''[[Aranyer Din Ratri]]'' (''Days and Nights in the Forest'')
*Nominated - [[28th Berlin International Film Festival|1978]] - [[Golden Bear|Golden Bear for Best Film]] - ''[[The Chess Players|Shatranj Ke Khiladi]]'' (''The Chess Players'')

;[[Venice Film Festival]]
***Winner** - 1957 - [[Golden Lion|Golden Lion of St. Mark for Best Film]] - ''[[Aparajito]]'' (''The Unvanquished'')
***Winner** - 1957 - Cinema Nuovo Award - ''[[Aparajito]]'' (''The Unvanquished'')
***Winner** - 1957 - Critics Award - ''[[Aparajito]]'' (''The Unvanquished'')
***Winner** - 1972 - [[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Award]] - ''[[Seemabaddha]]'' (''Company Limited'') [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/seemabaddha.htm] 
***Winner** - 1982 - [[Golden Lion|Special Golden Lion of St. Mark]]
***Winner** - 1991 - [[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Award]] - ''[[Agantuk]]'' (''The Stranger'') [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/agantuk.htm] 
*Nominated - 1965 - [[Golden Lion|Golden Lion for Best Film]] - ''[[Kapurush]]'' (''The Coward'')

;[[Moscow International Film Festival]]
***Winner** - 1959 - Silver Medal for Music - ''[[Jalsaghar]]'' (''The Music Room'') [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/jalsagh.htm] 
***Winner** - 1979 - Special Award (Honorary Prize)
*Nominated - 1959 - Grand Prix for Best Film - ''[[Jalsaghar]]'' (''The Music Room'') 

;[[Locarno International Film Festival]]
***Winner** - 1961 - Golden Seal - ''[[Rabindranath Tagore]]'' (documentary film) [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/tagore.htm] 

;[[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]]
***Winner** - 1976 - Karlovy Vary Prize - ''[[Jana Aranya]]'' (''The Middleman'') [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/jana.htm] 

;[[British Film Institute|British Film Institute Awards]], [[London Film Festival]]
***Winner** - 1957 - [[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Award]] - ''[[Aparajito]]'' (''The Unvanquished'')
***Winner** - 1960 - [[Sutherland Trophy|Sutherland Trophy for Best Original And Imaginative Film]] - ''[[The World of Apu|Apur Sansar]]'' (''The World of Apu'')
***Winner** - 1980 - Wington Award - [[Apu Trilogy]] (for each film) [http://www.satyajitray.org/about_ray/apu_trilogy.htm] 

;[[Edinburgh International Film Festival]]
***Winner** - 1956 - Diploma Of Merit - ''[[Pather Panchali (film)|Pather Panchali]]'' (''Song of the Little Road'')
***Winner** - 1960 - Diploma Of Merit - ''[[The World of Apu|Apur Sansar]]'' (''The World of Apu'')

;[[San Francisco International Film Festival]]
***Winner** - 1957 - Golden Gate for Best Picture - ''[[Pather Panchali (film)|Pather Panchali]]'' (''Song of the Little Road'')
***Winner** - 1957 - Golden Gate for Best Director - ''[[Pather Panchali (film)|Pather Panchali]]'' (''Song of the Little Road'')
***Winner** - 1958 - Golden Gate for Best Picture - ''[[Aparajito]]'' (''The Unvanquished'')
***Winner** - 1958 - Golden Gate for Best Director - ''[[Aparajito]]'' (''The Unvanquished'')
***Winner** - 1958 - International Critics' Award - ''[[Aparajito]]'' (''The Unvanquished'')
***Winner** - 1992 - [[Akira Kurosawa]] Award for Lifetime Achievement

;[[Vancouver International Film Festival]]
***Winner** - 1958 - Best Film - ''[[Pather Panchali (film)|Pather Panchali]]'' (''Song of the Little Road'')

;[[Stratford, Ontario|Stratford]] Film Festival
***Winner** - 1958 - Critics' Award for Best Film - ''[[Pather Panchali (film)|Pather Panchali]]'' (''Song of the Little Road'')

;[[New York Film Festival]]
***Winner** - 1959 - Best Foreign Film - ''[[Pather Panchali (film)|Pather Panchali]]'' (''Song of the Little Road'')

;[[Melbourne International Film Festival]]
***Winner** - 1962 - Golden Boomerang for Best Film - ''[[Teen Kanya]]'' (''Three Daughters / Two Daughters'') [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/teenkan.htm] 
***Winner** - 1970 - Best Film - ''[[Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne]]'' (''The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha'')

;[[Adelaide Film Festival]]
***Winner** - 1969 - Silver Cross - ''[[Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne]]'' (''The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha'')

;[[Auckland International Film Festival]]
***Winner** - 1969 - Best Director - ''[[Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne]]'' (''The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha'')

;[[Chicago International Film Festival]]
***Winner** - 1974 - Golden Hugo for Best Film - ''[[Ashani Sanket]]'' (''Distant Thunder'') [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/ashani.htm] 

;[[Hong Kong International Film Festival]]
***Winner** - 1979 - Best Feature Film - ''[[Joi Baba Felunath]]'' (''The Elephant God'') [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/joibaba_felunath.htm] 

;[[Cyprus International Film Festival]]
***Winner** - 1984 - Special Award - ''[[Hirak Rajar Deshe]]'' (''The Kingdom of Diamonds'') [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/hirak_rajar_deshe.htm] 

;[[Tokyo International Film Festival]]
***Winner** - 1991 - Special Achievement Award (Young Cinema Competition)

===Annual film awards===
;[[Academy Award]]s (United States)
***Winner** - 1992 - [[Academy Honorary Award|Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement]]

;[[National Board of Review of Motion Pictures|National Board of Review Awards]] (United States)
***Winner** - [[National Board of Review Awards 1958|1958]] - [[National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Film]] - ''[[Pather Panchali (film)|Pather Panchali]]'' (''Song of the Little Road'')
***Winner** - [[National Board of Review Awards 1960|1960]] - [[National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Film]] - ''[[The World of Apu|Apur Sansar]]'' (''The World of Apu'') [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/apursan.htm] 

;[[Kinema Junpo|Kinema Junpo Awards]] (Tokyo)
***Winner** - 1967 - Best Foreign Film - ''[[Pather Panchali (film)|Pather Panchali]]'' (''Song of the Little Road'') [http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Kinema_Junpo_Awards/1967]

;[[Bodil Awards]] (Denmark)
***Winner** - 1967 - [[Bodil Award for Best Non-European Film|Best Non-European Film]] - ''[[Aparajito]]'' (''The Unvanquished'')
***Winner** - 1967 - [[Bodil Award for Best Non-European Film|Best Non-European Film]] - ''[[Nayak (1966 film)|Nayak]]'' (''The Hero'')
***Winner*' - 1969 - [[Bodil Award for Best Non-European Film|Best Non-European Film]] - *Pather Panchali* (*Song of the Little Road*) [http://www.filmkritik.dk/1b.lasso?n=4] 

;[[British Academy Film Awards]] (United Kingdom)
*Nominated - [[11th British Academy Film Awards|1958]] - [[BAFTA Award for Best Film]] - *Pather Panchali* (*Song of the Little Road*)
*Nominated - [[12th British Academy Film Awards|1959]] - [[BAFTA Award for Best Film]] - *Aparajito* (*The Unvanquished*)
*Nominated - [[15th British Academy Film Awards|1962]] - [[BAFTA Award for Best Film]] - *Apur Sansar* (*The World of Apu*)

===Other international film awards===
;*Pather Panchali* (*Song of the Little Road*), 1955 [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/pather.htm] 
* Vatican Award, [[Rome]], 1956 
* Golden Carbao, [[Manila]], 1956 

;*Aparajito* (*The Unvanquished*), 1956 [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/aparaji.htm] 
* Golden Laurel for Best Foreign Film, 1958-1959, USA 

;*Rabindranath Tagore* (documentary film), 1961 [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/tagore.htm] 
* Special Mention, [[Montevideo]], 1962

;*Charulata* (*The Lonely Wife*), 1964 [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/charu.htm] 
* Best Film, [[Acapulco]], 1965

;*Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne* (*The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha*), 1968 [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/goopy.htm] 
* Merit Award, [[Tokyo]], 1970

;*Sonar Kella* (*The Golden Fortress''), 1974 http://www.satyajitray.org/films/sonar_kella.htm 
* Best Feature Film for Children and Young Adults, Tehran, 1975

## References