Satyajit Ray - the Versatile Genius
Created | Updated Apr 14, 2010
Satyajit Ray, the Oscar winning film-maker from Kolkata, India, is regarded to be the most famous figure from Bengal second only to Rabindranath Tagore,the Nobel laureate.
Born on 2nd May,1921, Ray was a versatile genius. Besides film-making, he was adept in commercial art, which he learnt from the famous Vishvabharati University, founded by Rabindranath Tagore, at Shantiniketan, and was a great writer of stories for children just like his famous father Sukumar Ray and grand-father Upendrakishore Raychoudhury. He was also a great talent in the field of music as well. He used to direct music in his films and had directed music in a few of others' as well, including James Ivory's Shakespearewallah.