The topic was - Who is the greatest Bengali of all time?
Satyajit Ray is a rare talent in the modern Bengali culture world. His extraordinary craft in film direction and humanitarian approach created a new dimension in Bengali cinema.
It may not be wrong to say that it is only because of Satyajit Ray that films made in the Bengali language are regarded with respect all over the world today. Many people say that Satyajit Roy presented the society and culture of Bengal to the world through his films.
Filmmaker, screenwriter, art director, music director and writer Satyajit Roy was recognized worldwide as one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century.
His ancestral home was Masua village of Katiadi Upazila in Kishoreganj (now Bangladesh) of then British India.
His paternal grandfather Upendrakishore Roy Chowdhury was a well-known writer, painter and philosopher. At that time he was one of the leaders of the Brahmo movement. He also had his own printing press.
Satyajit Ray's father is well-known children's writer Sukumar Roy and mother Suprabha Devi. After losing his father as a child, Satyajit Ray grew up with his mother.
Satyajit Ray was born in Calcutta on May 2, 1921. He spent the first five years of his childhood at 100 Garhpar Road in North Kolkata.
Father was one of the greatest children's writers, Sukumar Roy. Mother Suprabha Devi. He lost his father when he was only two and a half years old.
Within two or three years, they moved to his uncle's house in Bakul Bagan, South Kolkata. After going there, he got admission in Ballygunge Government School. Satyajit Ray grew up in the presence of his mother.
Satyajit Roy graduated in Economics from Presidency College in 1940. After that he went to Santiniketan to study fine arts at Visva Bharati University on his mother's wish.
During this time, he had as his teacher Acharya Nandalal Bose and Vinod Bihari Mukhopadhyay, two masters of modern Indian painting.
Returning to Calcutta in 1943, he joined the British advertising agency D.J. Kimer. There he worked in advertisement design.
At the same time he also got involved with the publishing house 'Signet Press' and there he designed many book covers. These include the covers of Jeebananda Das's 'Banlata Sen' and 'Rupsi Bangla', Vibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's 'Chander Pahar' and Jawaharlal Nehru's 'Discovery of India'.
But his massive enthusiasm for film shaped the rest of his life.
His journey into the film world began with a visit to London in the early nineteen fifties. Film critic Sunetra Ghatak, a professor at the Satyajit Ray Film Institute in Kolkata, told BBC Bengal that the journey was very significant for Satyajit Ray's life.
He brought together some inexperienced crew to make this world-famous film of his. He started shooting the film by spending his saved money. Due to lack of financial support, the shooting of the film continued for three long years.
Later Satyajit Roy completed the production of the film in 1955 with a loan from the West Bengal government and the film was released in the same year. Soon after its release, the film was praised by the audience and critics and won many awards. The film was critically acclaimed at home and abroad.
He made a total of 32 story films and four informational films.
Since 1955, Satyajit Roy has been awarded various awards. At the end of his life, he received the highest honor of the film Oscar in 1992.
Satyajit Ray was a versatile talent. He not only made films but also wrote many short stories and novels. Children had a special place in his literary works. He is the creator of two of the most popular characters in Bengali literature. One is detective Feluda, the other is scientist Professor Shanku.
Satyajit Ray died at the age of seventy-one on April 23, 1992, in Calcutta.
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