Nemai Ghosh (8 May 1934 – 25 March 2020) was a noted Indian photographer most known for working with

Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. One of the greatest auteurs of fil ...

, as a

still photographer A unit still photographer, or simply a still photographer, is a person who creates film stills, still photographic images specifically intended for use in the marketing and publicity of feature films in the motion picture industry and network te ...

for over two decades, starting with ''

Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne ''Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne'' (Bengali: গুপী গাইন বাঘা বাইন ''Gupi Gain Bagha Bain'') is a 1969 Indian fantasy adventure comedy film written and directed by Satyajit Ray and based on a story by his grandfather Upend ...

'' (1969) till Ray's last film ''

Agantuk ''Agantuk'' () is a 1991 Bengali language, Bengali-language Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray. Notable for being Ray's last film, it was based on one of his own short stories, ''Atithi''. A joint Indo-F ...

'' (1991). He was a jury member at the 2007 National Film Awards, and was awarded the

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

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in 2010. He died on 25 March 2020. He was 85.

Bibliography

* ''Satyajit Ray 70 ans''; Photographies de Nemai Ghosh; Contributions éditées par Alok B. Nandi,1991, Eiffel Editions, Bruxelles. * ''Satyajit Ray at 70'' ; Photographs by Nemai Ghosh; Contributions edited by Alok B. Nandi, 1993, Point of View and Orient Longman * * * * * * *

References

Samik Bandyopadhyay Samik Bandyopadhyay (Bengali: শমীক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়; born 1940) is a Kolkata-based critic of Indian art, theatre and film. His father Sunit Kumar Banerjee did his Ph.D. on Elizabethan lyrics under Sir H.&nb ...

. ''Nemai Ghosh: Portfolio''. ''Seagull Theatre Quarterly'', Issue 2, Apr 1994. pp 52–57.

External links

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Nemai Ghosh: Satyajit Ray and Beyond
DAG Exhibition
Nemai Ghosh - a RAY of light
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