Sandip Ray (born 8 September 1953) is an Indian film director and music director who mainly works in Bengali cinema. He is the only child of the famous Bengali director

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 ...

and

Bijoya Ray Bijoya Ray ('' née'' Das; 27 October 1917 – 2 June 2015) was the wife of the Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Their son Sandip Ray is also a film director. Bijoya and Satyajit were first cousins. Bijoya's father was the eldest half brother of ...

Life and education

Sandip Ray was born in

Calcutta Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...

. Initially schooled at the

South Point School South Point is a higher-secondary co-educational private school located in Kolkata, West Bengal and affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education, consisting of three organisations – South Point School (Nursery to Class V), South Poi ...

and the

Patha Bhavan, Kolkata Patha Bhavan () is a mixed medium independent co-educational day school in Kolkata, India, which is affiliated to the state secondary and higher secondary boards. It was established on 28 June 1965. History The school was named after the unive ...

, he subsequently attended the

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate State university (India), state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered ...

Career

Ray started his professional career in film at the age of 24 as

assistant director The role of an assistant director on a film includes tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, and maintaining order on the set. They also have to tak ...

on the sets of his father's film ''

Shatranj Ke Khilari ''Shatranj Ke Khilari'', also subtitled and later internationally released with the translated title ''The Chess Players'', is a 1977 Indian film written and directed by Satyajit Ray, based on Munshi Premchand's short story of the same name ...

'' (''The Chess Players'', 1977). Prior to this, he had aided his father in various capacities including still photographer on

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. His own directorial debut was ''Phatik Chand'' (1983) based on

's Fatik Chand – the film received an award in the International Children's Film Festival in Vancouver. Sandip Ray is also a noted photographer. He was the director of photography on Satyajit Ray's last three films, ''

Ganashatru ''Ganashatru'' ( bn, গণশত্রু ''Gônoshotru'' 'Enemy of the People') is a 1990 Indian film directed by Satyajit Ray. It is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 1882 play '' An Enemy of the People'', and was released under that title in t ...

'' (''An Enemy of the People'', 1989), ''

Shakha Proshakha ''Shakha Proshakha'' ( en, Branches of the Tree, italic=yes) is a 1990 film directed by Satyajit Ray. It deals with four generations of a well-to-do Bengali family, with a focus on the third generation. This film displays an extraordinary use ...

'' (''The Branches of the Tree'', 1990) and ''

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 ...

'' (''The Stranger'', 1991). Sandip Ray also guided the children's magazine ''

Sandesh Sandesh may refer to: *Sandesh (confectionery), a Bengali sweet prepared in Bangladesh and India *Sandesh (magazine), ''Sandesh'' (magazine), a children's magazine in West Bengal *Sandesh (Indian newspaper), ''Sandesh'' (Indian newspaper), a Gujara ...

'', which was founded by his great-grandfather

Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury (12 May 1863 – 20 December 1915) was a Bengali writer and painter. One of his written book is ''Chotoder Shera Biggan Rochona Shongkolon''. He was the son-in-law of reformer Dwarkanath Ganguly. He was also an entre ...

, and continued by his grandfather

Sukumar Ray Sukumar Ray (; 30 October 1887 – 10 September 1923) was a Bengali writer and poet from the Indian subcontinent. He is remembered mainly for his writings for children. He was the son of children's story writer Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury and ...

and his father

. From 1992, after the death of Satyajit, Sandip was the Joint Editor of the

. Since 2003 he has been the editor of the magazine. Sandip Ray has recently come up with his account of the time he has had with

Feluda Feluda, or Prodosh Chandra Mitra itter'', is a fictional detective, Private investigator created by famous Indian director and writer Satyajit Ray. Feluda resides at 21 Rajani Sen Road, Ballygunge, Calcutta, West Bengal. Feluda first made his ap ...

, the famous Bengali detective created by his father, in a book named ''Aami aar Feluda'', published by Deep Prakashan. ''Aami aar Feluda'' was one of the best sellers in the last Kolkata Book Fair. First published in the magazine ''Sukhi Grihokon'' as a short series, ''Aami aar Feluda'' retains the flavour of ''Ekei Bole Shooting'', written by Satyajit Ray. Sandip's book deals with the background stories of all

movies and

telefilms A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie or TV film/movie, is a feature film, feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical f ...

. ''Aami aar Feluda'' is ghost-written by author Sebabrata Banerjee. Sebabrata has tried to follow the smart and fluent style of writing introduced by Satyajit Ray which has made the new Feluda number a good reading experience. He has made a video-documentary film on the late

Kishore Kumar Kishore Kumar (born as Abhas Kumar Ganguly (); 4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian playback singer and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest, most influential and dynamic singers in the history of Indian music. He ...

in the year 1989. In 2003, Sandip Ray began working on adapting his father

's original 1962 story '' Bankhubabur Bandhu'' into a Bengali television film of the same name. The film, directed by

Kaushik Sen Koushik Sen (born 19 September 1968) is an Indian actor of film, television and theatre based in Kolkata. He is the director of the well-acclaimed theatre group Swapnasandhani. He has won the BFJA awards for best supporting actor for his perfor ...

, was eventually shown on

Indian television The television industry in India is very diverse and produces thousands of programs in many of the Indian languages. More than half of all Indian households own a television. As of 2016, the country had over 857 channels of which 184 were pay ...

in 2006. He started to score background music for Feluda from the film '' Bombaiyer Bombete'' (2003). Sandip Ray used his first written thriller story for his own directed film ''Hitlist'', 2009. In 2016, he directed a new Feluda film titled ''

Double Feluda ''Double Feluda'' is a 2016 Bengali language crime thriller detective film, based on the Bengali sleuth ''Feluda'', created by the acclaimed and renowned ''Oscar''- winning director Satyajit Ray. It is the 19th film in the ''Feluda'' series. ...

'' which is the sequel to ''

Royal Bengal Rohosso ''Royal Bengal Rahashya'' (Bengali: রয়েল বেঙ্গল রহস্য), The Royal Bengal Mystery, is a 2011 Indian Bengali thriller film directed by Sandip Ray based on the novel of the same name by Satyajit Ray. The film was r ...

'' (2011). During the shooting of ''Double Feluda'', produced by

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, Sandip Ray filmed his father's famous library. Currently he is directing a new film titled ''Professor Shonku O El Dorado'', based on a story of

Professor Shonku Professor Trilokeshwar Shonku (Bengali: প্রফেসর শঙ্কু) is a fictional scientist and inventor created by Satyajit Ray in a series of Bengali science fiction books of the same name published from 1965. He is the central pr ...

series called ''Nakur Babu O El Dorado''. The film will star veteran actor

Dhritiman Chatterjee Dhritiman Chatterjee is an Indian actor. He began his acting career in 1970 as the protagonist of Satyajit Ray's ''Pratidwandi'' (''The Adversary''). Most of his acting work has been in India's "parallel", or independent, cinema with filmmaker ...

as Professor Shonku. The film is being produced by

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Filmography

Sandip Ray has directed the following TV films and movies: # ''Hatyapuri'' ( Feluda movie, 2022) # ''

Professor Shonku O El Dorado ''Professor Shonku O El Dorado'' () is a Bengali science fiction drama film directed by Sandip Ray based on ''Nakur Babu O El Dorado'', a story of Satyajit Ray. Dhritiman Chatterjee portrayed the protagonist character of Professor Shonku. The ...

'' (2019) # ''

'' ( Feluda movie, 2016) # ''

Monchora ''Monchora'' ( bn, মনচোরা, en, The Heart Stealer) is a 2016 Bengali film directed by Sandip Ray, based on the story of same name by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay starring Abir Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee, Raima Sen, Paran Bandopadhyay. ...

'' (2016) # '' Badshahi Angti'' ( A stand-alone Feluda reboot, 2014) # ''

Chaar ''Chaar'' (English: Four) is a 2014 Indian Bengali anthology film, directed by Sandip Ray and produced by Shrikant Mohta, Mahendra Soni and Nispal Singh under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films and Surinder Films. It based on four stories by d ...

'' (2014) # ''

Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy ''Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy'' (English: ''Where there is a fear of ghosts'') is a 2012 Indian Bengali film directed by Sandip Ray. There are three short ghost stories in this film. Plot The film starts with Tarinikhuro or Tarinicharan Banerjee, ...

'' (2012) # ''

'' ( Feluda movie, 2011) # '' Gorosthaney Sabdhan'' ( Feluda movie, 2010) # ''Hitlist'' (2009) # '' Tintorettor Jishu'' ( Feluda movie, 2008) # '' Kailashey Kelenkari'' ( Feluda movie, 2007) # ''

Nishijapon ''Nishijapon'' ( bn, নিশিযাপন, After the Night... Dawn) (2005) is a Bengali film directed by Sandip Ray, based on a novel of the same name by Narayan Gangopadhyay. Synopsis Bimal (Soumitra Chatterjee) is visited by his family ...

'' (2005) # '' Bombaiyer Bombete'' ( Feluda movie, 2003) # '' Satyajiter Priyo Galpo'' (A series of seven TV films including one

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, 2000) #'' Dr. Munshir Diary'' (A TV film of ''Satyajiter Priyo Golpo'' TV film series, 2000) # ''Eker Pithe Dui'' (unreleased series of 12 short films made for television, 2000) # '' Satyajiter Goppo'' (A series of four TV films based on four

mysteries and six short films based on six different stories of

, 1999) # ''My Mother: A Freudian introspection'' (Documentary, 1997) # '' Feluda 30'' (A series of five TV films based on

, 1996) # '' Baksho Rahashya'' (first TV film of ''Feluda 30'', 1996) # ''

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'' (1995) # ''

Uttoran ''The Broken Journey'' ( bn, Uttoran) is a 1994 Bengali drama film directed by Sandip Ray. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. It won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay at the 41st Nation ...

'' (1994) # ''

Goopy Bagha Phire Elo ''Goopy Bagha Phirey Elo'' () is a 1992 Indian Bengali language comedy film directed by Sandip Ray and written by Satyajit Ray. A sequel to the 1980 film ''Hirak Rajar Deshe'' and the third installment of '' Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne series'', the ...

'' (1992) # ''Pregnant Silence: Conception of a Genius'' (A Documentary on a rather surprising personal triumph, 1991) # ''Zindagi Ek Safar'' (A Homevideo Documentary on Kishore Kumar, 1989) # ''Satyajit Ray Presents II'' ( Hindi TV film series, 1987) # ''

Kissa Kathmandu Mein ''Kissa Kathmandu Mein'' (Chaos in Kathmandu) is a Hindi Mini-television series directed by Sandip Ray based on the Feluda story of Satyajit Ray, ''Jato Kando Kathmandute''. This series was published in 1986-87 by DD National. Plot Feluda fin ...

'' ''Satyajit Ray Presents'' (Hindi TV film series, 1986) # ''

Phatik Chand (film) ''Phatik Chand'' is a Bengali children's film directed by Sandip Ray based on the novel of Satyajit Ray in the same name. This was the directorial debut of Sandip Ray, and was released in 1983. This film received Best feature film award at the I ...

'' (Based on a story by

, 1983), Directorial debut # ''

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'' (Based on a story of

, 1980) as Assistant Director and Still Photographer # ''Trailer for

'' (1978)

Books

*''Aami Aar Feluda'' (2006, ghost written by Sebabrata Banerjee)

Remarks

* Satyajit Ray felt Sandip was the best assistant (director) he ever had. (Satyajit) Ray told–

Sandip is handicapped by the additional weight of being my son. His latest work – The Return of Goopy & Bagha is hundred percent his own work. Only the plot and a few songs were mine. But the direction, the photography, the script were all Sandip's. In his handling of the camera, he is a master. His skill is better than mine. The bravura work of his cinematography is incomparable...

References

External links

*
Sandip Ray's biography at SatyajitRay.org

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