roshiq
05-02-2009, 01:18 PM
There are some writers, artists, composers or even filmmakers who we always admire & follow in our amazing beautiful word of fantasy; some of them even have enrich the completeness of enjoyment in our beloved childhood days and remains an icon for us who influence even the smallest effort of our creative thoughts & works. Satyajit Ray (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyajit_Ray#Literary_works), who globally known as one of the greatest auteur of 20th century cinema have always been inspiring us such a way. And it�s always a mesmerizing experience for me whenever I tried to interpret, evaluate or just talk about the arts & works of Satyajit Ray.
Today, on his 88th Birthday I like to share with you the other infamous sides of creative milestones that also contributed to call him the 2nd most prominent Bengali in history after Rabindranath Tagore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore).
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/3159/raybio.jpg
I'm nor sure but Most of us here may know him as a filmmaker specially for his remarkable films like Apu trilogy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apu_Trilogy), but he is also very much beloved by every proud Bengali all over the word for his other amazing aspects of creative works.
In addition to filmmaking, Ray was a composer, a writer and a graphic designer. In 1961, he revived and continued to publish the Bengali children's magazine "Sandesh" (The Sweets), which was founded by his grandfather Upendrakishore Ray.
Ray's grandfather, Upendrakishore Ray (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upendrakishore_Ray) was a writer, illustrator, philosopher, publisher, amateur astronomer and a leader of the Brahmo Samaj, a religious and social movement in nineteenth century Bengal.
Upendrakishore's son...Sukumar Ray (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukumar_Ray) (1887-1923), Satyajit's father, was a pioneering Bengali writer of bizarre and 'nonsense' rhyme and children's literature, an illustrator and a critic. He was a Bengali humorous poet, story writer and playwright. As perhaps the most famous Indian practitioner of literary 'nonsense' or bizarre aspect, he is often compared to Lewis Carroll. His works such as the collection of poems "Aboltabol" ("Gibberish"), novella "HaJaBaRaLa", short story collection "Pagla Dashu" ("Crazy Dashu") and play "Chalachittachanchari" are considered the most beautifully bizarre masterpieces equal in stature to Alice in Wonderland, and are regarded as some of the greatest treasures of Bangla literature. More than 80 years after his death, Sukumar Ray remains one of the most popular of children's writers in both West Bengal (India) and Bangladesh.
They are one of the greatest family trio in Bangla/Bengali literature...their literary pieces have enhanced and enriched the Bangla literature to a great extent and gave it a new dimension in their own time..they had their own style and surely they made themselves solitary in skills and imaginations....and no one can deny that their writings not only give enjoyment to the children but also to the grown ups.
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/6655/triop.jpg
The Family trio...Upendrakishore, Sukumar and Satyajit.
One of the most favorite fictional writers of Ray was Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle. To the tribute of his admired writer Satyajit Ray created two very popular characters in Bengali children's literature� Feluda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feluda), a private eye, and Professor Shonku (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Shonku), a scientist. But they are very unique and stand out in their own way as Ray characterized them in a very simple, non fashionable and down to earth manner like the person he was.
Ray's interest in puzzles and puns is reflected in his stories; Feluda (http://www.thrillingdetective.com/eyes/feluda.html) often has to solve a puzzle to get to the bottom of a case. The Feluda stories are narrated by Topshe, his cousin, somewhat like Watson to Feluda as Holmes. Later he introduced another regular partner on Feluda stories..a mystery writer: Lal Mohon Ganguly aka Jatayu and Ray brought an delegate touch of humor through that character. Satyajit wrote 35 mystery cases of detective Feluda and made 2 films out of them that won several international film awards.
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/5489/hdcfeludapics.jpghttp://img161.imageshack.us/img161/9675/badhshashiangti2.jpg
Ray's illustration and cover arts of Feluda stories & books.
Today, on his 88th Birthday I like to share with you the other infamous sides of creative milestones that also contributed to call him the 2nd most prominent Bengali in history after Rabindranath Tagore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore).
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/3159/raybio.jpg
I'm nor sure but Most of us here may know him as a filmmaker specially for his remarkable films like Apu trilogy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apu_Trilogy), but he is also very much beloved by every proud Bengali all over the word for his other amazing aspects of creative works.
In addition to filmmaking, Ray was a composer, a writer and a graphic designer. In 1961, he revived and continued to publish the Bengali children's magazine "Sandesh" (The Sweets), which was founded by his grandfather Upendrakishore Ray.
Ray's grandfather, Upendrakishore Ray (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upendrakishore_Ray) was a writer, illustrator, philosopher, publisher, amateur astronomer and a leader of the Brahmo Samaj, a religious and social movement in nineteenth century Bengal.
Upendrakishore's son...Sukumar Ray (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukumar_Ray) (1887-1923), Satyajit's father, was a pioneering Bengali writer of bizarre and 'nonsense' rhyme and children's literature, an illustrator and a critic. He was a Bengali humorous poet, story writer and playwright. As perhaps the most famous Indian practitioner of literary 'nonsense' or bizarre aspect, he is often compared to Lewis Carroll. His works such as the collection of poems "Aboltabol" ("Gibberish"), novella "HaJaBaRaLa", short story collection "Pagla Dashu" ("Crazy Dashu") and play "Chalachittachanchari" are considered the most beautifully bizarre masterpieces equal in stature to Alice in Wonderland, and are regarded as some of the greatest treasures of Bangla literature. More than 80 years after his death, Sukumar Ray remains one of the most popular of children's writers in both West Bengal (India) and Bangladesh.
They are one of the greatest family trio in Bangla/Bengali literature...their literary pieces have enhanced and enriched the Bangla literature to a great extent and gave it a new dimension in their own time..they had their own style and surely they made themselves solitary in skills and imaginations....and no one can deny that their writings not only give enjoyment to the children but also to the grown ups.
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/6655/triop.jpg
The Family trio...Upendrakishore, Sukumar and Satyajit.
One of the most favorite fictional writers of Ray was Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle. To the tribute of his admired writer Satyajit Ray created two very popular characters in Bengali children's literature� Feluda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feluda), a private eye, and Professor Shonku (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Shonku), a scientist. But they are very unique and stand out in their own way as Ray characterized them in a very simple, non fashionable and down to earth manner like the person he was.
Ray's interest in puzzles and puns is reflected in his stories; Feluda (http://www.thrillingdetective.com/eyes/feluda.html) often has to solve a puzzle to get to the bottom of a case. The Feluda stories are narrated by Topshe, his cousin, somewhat like Watson to Feluda as Holmes. Later he introduced another regular partner on Feluda stories..a mystery writer: Lal Mohon Ganguly aka Jatayu and Ray brought an delegate touch of humor through that character. Satyajit wrote 35 mystery cases of detective Feluda and made 2 films out of them that won several international film awards.
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/5489/hdcfeludapics.jpghttp://img161.imageshack.us/img161/9675/badhshashiangti2.jpg
Ray's illustration and cover arts of Feluda stories & books.