Sandip Ray, Satyajit Ray’s son and an acclaimed filmmaker, says there are not too many unpublished works of his father. He revealed that there are some which will be made public soon as part of the grand plans to celebrate Satyajit Ray’s birth centenary.
“There are letters to his mother between 1940 and 1942, from Santiniketan, from London, during his DJ Keymer (advertising agency) days. Some of his own translations of his grandfather Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury and father Sukumar Ray (both celebrated Bengali litterateurs), pages from his personal diaries of about three years, sketches, doodles he made while writing, will be part of the new publications,” shared Sandip Ray.
After the pandemic, when the situation improves Sandip wants to start a series of touring exhibitions across the country. “We want the excitement of the physical space, without which the celebration won’t make sense. For Bengalis, Ray is beyond cinema. For a whole generation he was the favourite author. While much of it was children’s literature, his writings for children were also enjoyed by adults. There was non-fiction. People outside of Bengal know him only for his cinema, but Ray as a graphic artiste, calligrapher (in Roman and Bangla scripts), designer of film sets and of attire of his actors, music composer … we want to highlight this side of him. That is why these touring exhibitions will take place,” added the noted filmmaker.
