Directors: Satyajit Ray
Widely recognized as one of the best directors of all time, Satyajit Ray directed 36 films for which he received numerous prestigious awards, but our favorite tribute comes from fellow master Akira Kurosawa: “Not to have seen the cinema of Ray means existing in the world without seeing the sun or the moon.”
The Stranger
(আগন্তুক)
A well-off Indian family is paid an unexpected, and somewhat unwelcome, visit by a man claiming to be a long lost relative.
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- India, France • 1991
- Director Satyajit Ray
- Cast Utpal Dutt, Dipankar Dey, Mamata Shankar, Bikram Bhattacharya, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Subrata Chatterjee
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Elephant God
(জয় বাবা ফেলুনাথ)
Feluda, a detective, heads to Varanasi for a vacation. But when he meets a Bengali family, who have recently suffered the theft of a priceless statue, Feluda agrees to investigate.
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- India • 1979
- Director Satyajit Ray
- Cast Soumitra Chatterjee, Siddhartha Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta, Utpal Dutt, Parinita Banerjee, Satya Banerjee
- Genre Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery
- Available on Criterion Channel
Distant Thunder
(অশনি সংকেত)
In 1943, when Gangacharan becomes the new leader of his village, a major famine is under way. He and his wife respond very differently to the crisis.
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- India • 1973
- Director Satyajit Ray
- Cast Soumitra Chatterjee, Bobita, Sandhya Roy, Chitra Banerjee, Paritosh Banerjee, Sachin Chakraborty
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoichoi, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
The Hero
(নায়ক)
A matinee idol is going by train to collect an acting award and is suddenly interviewed by a reluctant journalist.
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- India • 1966
- Director Satyajit Ray
- Cast Uttam Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Bireswar Sen, Somen Bose, Nirmal Ghosh, Premangshu Bose
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Charulata
(চারুলতা)
After several months, Charu and Amal's feelings for each other move beyond literary friendship.
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- India • 1964
- Director Satyajit Ray
- Cast Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Shailen Mukherjee, Shyamal Ghoshal, Gitali Roy, Bholanath Koyal
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
The Big City
(মহানগর)
Life at home changes when a housewife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a salesperson.
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- India • 1963
- Director Satyajit Ray
- Cast Anil Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Jaya Bachchan, Haren Chatterjee, Sefalika Devi, Prasenjit Sarkar
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
The Expedition
(অভিযান)
After his wife leaves him and he loses his livelihood, Narsingh, a taxi driver, attempts to reinvent his life by returning to rural Bengal, where he was born.
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- India • 1962
- Director Satyajit Ray
- Cast Soumitra Chatterjee, Waheeda Rehman, Rabi Ghosh, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Charuprakash Ghosh, Bireswar Sen
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoichoi, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Teen Kanya
(তিন কন্যা)
Three central female characters -- an orphan, a wife, and a bride-to-be -- link the film’s stories together.
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- India • 1961
- Director Satyajit Ray
- Cast Chandana Banerjee, Nripati Chatterjee, Anil Chatterjee, Khagen Pathak, Kali Bannerjee, Kanika Majumdar
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Criterion Channel
Apur Sansar
(অপুর সংসার)
Apu is a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer. One day, an old friend talks him into taking a trip into the country to attend his cousin's wedding....
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- India • 1959
- Director Satyajit Ray
- Cast Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty, Swapan Mukherjee, Dhiresh Majumdar, Sefalika Devi
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Music Room
(জলসাঘর)
A wealthy landlord has a passion for music and devotes much of his fortune to it. But this same passion may prove his undoing…
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- India • 1958
- Director Satyajit Ray
- Cast Chhabi Biswas, Padmadevi, Kali Sarkar, Gangapada Basu, Pinaki Sengupta, Sardar Akhtar
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Criterion Channel, Hoichoi, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Aparajito
(অপরাজিত)
The second part of the Apu Trilogy, in which Apu excels as a young student and receives a scholarship to attend college in Calcutta.
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- India • 1956
- Director Satyajit Ray
- Cast Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Smaran Ghosal, Pinaki Sengupta, Santi Gupta, Ramani Sengupta
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Hoichoi, Max Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Pather Panchali
(পথের পাঁচালী)
Together, Apu and his sister, Durga, make do with what they have and enjoy the simple joys of childhood.
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- India • 1955
- Director Satyajit Ray
- Cast Subir Banerjee, Uma Das Gupta, Karuna Banerjee, Kanu Bannerjee, Chunibala Devi, Runki Banerjee
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Hoichoi, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel