Bengali Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray repeatedly pondered the intersection of post-colonial identity and rural tradition ...

Revered Indian actor and filmmaker Aparna Sen is the subject of Suman Ghosh‘s documentary “Parama: A Journey with Aparna Sen,” which has its world premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam‘s ...

Little Terrorist' is still one of India's most well-known internationally celebrated short films. It was nominated for an Oscar in 2005 for Best Live Action Short Film. Directed by Ashvin Kumar, it ...

Once upon a time, a landless illiterate woman, with two children, and no husband, felt attraction for the village teacher, a ...

Starring Paresh Rawal and Adil Hussain, The Storyteller has won admiration online for its portrayal of a touching journey of ...

After showing to sell-out audiences in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles during a major retrospective of Satyajit Ray’s work, The Expedition (Abhijaan, 1962), a newly restored film by the ...

Satyajit Ray, whose evocative films of life in dirt-poor Bengal drew small audiences at home but critical acclaim worldwide, died Thursday (April 23, 1992). He was 70. Mr. Ray, who last month was ...

KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - The Oscars academy has restored a rare print of a controversial film by India's famed director Satyajit Ray that was banned by Indian censors for glorifying monarchy in a ...

A six-year restoration journey spearheaded by filmmaker Wes Anderson has culminated in Satyajit Ray’s 1970 masterpiece “Aranyer Din Ratri” (“Days and Nights in the Forest”) securing a slot at Cannes ...

Sundeep Bhutoria is a culturist, social activist and wildlife enthusiast based in Kolkata, India. He is associated with various non-governmental organizations and is at the forefront of several social ...

The last segment of the "Apu Trilogy," 'Apur Sansar,' traces Apu's journey from adolescence to adulthood and through love and loss—it earned Ray the National Film Award for Best Film in part due to ...