Sukumar Ray

Sukumar Ray

1987
Documentary
Short Film
29m
In 1987, Satyajit Ray made a documentary on a legend of Bengali Literature - Sukumar Ray - incidentally also the father of the filmmaker. Sukumar ray was an extraordinary individual. He was a gifted artist, photographer, activist and a person who gathered the cream of intellectuals in renaissance bengal around him. Yet he is remembered as the greatest humourist Bengal has ever produced, equalling great literateurs like Lewis Carrol and Edward Lear. (KG)
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Sukumar Ray

1987
Documentary
Short Film
29m
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Rated 20 Apr 2010
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Satyajit Ray's brief portrait of his father's life. It was a very short life, cut down at age 36 by a tropical disease. In that time he made some significant contributions to the printing industry, and carried on his father's (i.e., Satyajit's grandfather) work on "Sandesh", the children's magazine. The bits we see of Sukumar's writing and art has a whimsical, Carroll-esque quality. The film is well-produced and reasonably interesting, with some more of Satyajit's wonderful score.

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