May 2nd 2022 is the 101st birth anniversary of India’s greatest filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Here is a quiz on Manikada (as she was popularly called) and her creations.
May 2nd 2022 is the 101st birth anniversary of India’s greatest filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Here is a quiz on Manikada (as she was popularly called) and her creations.
May 2nd 2022 is the 101st birth anniversary of India’s greatest filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Here is a quiz on Manikada (as she was popularly called) and her creations.
1, The original publisher of Jawaharlal Nehru’s Discovery of India, this publishing house was founded by Dilip Kumar Gupta and also employed Satyajit Ray as a visual designer, who designed the cover of several books including The Discovery.., Pather Panchali Did it name of publishing house
2, In a 1950 tour of London, Ray claimed to have seen 100 strange films in 6 months. But there was one film which he considered representative of neorealist cinema and remained with him and is considered to be his inspiration for the work he did in India – notably his first directorial debut, Pather Panchali. Name the Italian film which was made largely with amateur actors in realistic situations, and was ranked the 10th best film of all time by directors in the list prepared for Sight & Sound magazine in 2012.
answer :
Bicycle Thief, directed by Vittorio De Sica
3, Jatayu created characters both on screen and in books, Jatayu made his mark in the film Sonar Khela in his first scenes. In one of them, Jatayu (played by Santosh Dutta) asks the protagonist about the size of Feluda’s waist and chest, to which he replies, “26 inches”. In response Jatayu says, “Are you a pig?” And then drawing smiles from the gills, Feluda and her “satellite” cannon. Which “nonsense” term was Jatayu referring to in his rhetorical question?
answer :
Sukumar Ray, Satyajit Ray’s father, whose nonsense poetry novel, Hajabarala is referred to by Jatayu in his question.
4, Which anthology film by Ray marked his entry as a music director, after which he later composed the music for all his films?
5, Renowned film critic Roger Ebert had this to say of one of Ray’s best films – “Ray’s people have genuine feelings and ambitions, like the people next door and the people of Peoria and the people of Kansas City. This review There is no one reading this film who would not immediately and deeply identify with the characters of ….. Name this movie which is an adaptation of Narendranath Mitra’s book Abatarnika.
