| He took Indian cinema to the world stage.
But very few know that Oscar-winning film director Satyajit Ray while
being a perfectionist was almost an "autocrat" when it came
to filmmaking, right from scripting to camera handling to direction.
A rare series of photographs depicting the "real"
Ray - the man and his passion - are currently being depicted at an exhibition
hosted by the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Bangalore.
Titled "Satyajit Ray: From Script to Screen",
it displays a suite of photographs by Nemai Ghosh who was closely associated
with Ray. With 101 photos, the month-long exhibition was inaugurated by
Jawahar Sircar, secretary in the union culture ministry Tuesday evening.
"Satyajit Ray is a film institution. Nobody can
take his place. The exhibition is an attempt to discover the man and his
work. We're grateful that Ghosh made an attempt to capture some of the
most interesting moments from his life," Rajiv Lochan, director of
NGMA, told IANS.
Narrating his close association with Ray, the director
who made films like "Pather Panchali", Ghosh said, "I was
lucky. I came in touch with Ray during the beginning of my career in photography
in 1968. I saw him closely while he was at work. Be it during the shooting
schedule or while writing his scripts, he was like an autocrat. He took
control of the entire cast and crew."
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