Cast and Crew
Pather Panchali (Song of the Road)
Production: Government of West Bengal. Screenplay and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on a novel by Bibhuti Bhusan Bandopadhyay. Music: Ravi Shankar. Photography: Subrata Mitra. Art director: Bansi Chandragupta. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: Bhupen Ghosh. Date of release in India: 26 August 1955.
Cast: Kanu Banerjee (Harihar), Karuna Banerjee (Sarbajaya), Runki Banerjee (child Durga), Chunibala Devi (Indir Thakrun), Reba Devi (Sejo Thanrun), Aparna Devi (Nilmoni’s wife), Tulsi Chakravarty (Prasanna childteacher), Benoy Mukherjee (Baidyanath Majumdar), Haren Banerjee (Srinibas, the sweet seller), Harimohan Nag (Doctor), Haridhan Nag (Chakraborty), Nibhanoni Devi (Dasi), Kshirod Roy (Priest), Roma Gangoli (Roma).
Still from Pather Panchali (Song of the Road)
Aparajito (The Unvanquished)
Production: Epic Films. Screenplay and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on a novel by Bibhuti Bhusan Bandopadhyay. Music: Ravi Shankar. Photography: Subrata Mitra. Art director: Bansi Chandragupta. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: Durgadas Mitra. Date of release in India: 11 October 1956.
Cast: Kanu Banerjee (Harihar), Karuna Banerjee (Sarbajaya), Pinaki Sengupta (Apu as a little boy), Smaran Ghosal (Apu as a teenager), Santi Gupta (Lahiri’s wife), Ramani Sengupta (Bhavataran), Ranibala (Teli), Sudipta Roy (Nirupama) , Ajay Mitra ( Anil), CharuprakashGhosh (Nanda Babu), Subodh Ganguly (Headmaster), Mani Srimani (School inspector), Hemanta Chatterjee (Professor), Kali Banerjee (Kathak), Lalchand Banerjee (Lahiri), K.S. Pandey (Pandey), Meenakshi Devi (Pandey’s wife), Anil Mukherjee (Abinash), Harendra Kumar Chakvarty (Doctor), Bhagnu Palwan (Palwan).
Still from Aparajito (The Unvanquished)
Parash Pathar (The Philosopher’s Stone)
Production : Promod Lahiri. Screenplay and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on a short story by Parashuram (Rajshekhar Basu). Music: Ravi Shankar. Photography: Subrata Mitra. Art director: Bansi Chandragupta. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: Durgadas Mitra. Date of release in India: 17 January 1958.
Cast: Tulsi Chakvarty (Paresh Chandra Dutta), Ranibala (Paresh’s wife), Kali Banerjee (Priyotosh Henry Biswas), Gangapada Bose (Kachalu) Haridhan Mukherjee (Inspector Chatterjee), Jahar Roy (Bhajahari) Bireswar Sen (Police officer), Moni Simani (Dr Nandi), Chhabi Biswas, Janar Ganguly, Pahari Sanyal, Kamal Mitra, Nitish Mukherjee, Subodh Ganguly, Tulsi Lahiri, Amar Mullick (Male guests at cocktail party), Chandrabati Devi, Renuka Roy, Bharati Devi, (female guests at cocktail party).
Still from Parash Pathar (The Philosopher's Stone)
Jalsaghar (The Music Room)
Production: Satyajit Ray Productions. Screenplay and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on a short story by Tarashankar Banerjee. Music: Ustad Vilayet Khan. Photography: Subrata Mitra. Art director: Bansi Chandragupta. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: Durgadas Mitra. Date of release in India:10 October 1958.
Cast: Chhabi Biswas (Biswambhar Roy), Padma Devi (Mahamaya, his wife), Pineka Sengupta (Bireswar, his son), Gangapada Bose (Mahim Ganguly), Tulsi Lahiri (Taraprasanna, manager of Biswambhar’s estate), Kali Sarkar (Ananta, cook). Wahed Khan (Ustad Uzir Khan), Roshan Kumari (Krisna Bai).
Still from Jalsaghar (The Music Room)
Apur Sansar (The World of Apu)
Production: Satyajit Ray Productions. Screenplay and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on a part of Aparajito, a novel by Bibhuti Bhusan Bandopadhyay. Music: Ravi Shankar. Photography: Subrata Mitra. Art director: Bansi Chandragupta. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: Durgadas Mitra. Date of release in India: 1 May 1959
Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee (Aru), Sharmila Tagore (Aparna), Alok Chakravarty (Kajal), Swapan Mukherjee (Pulu), Dhiresh Majumdr (Apu’s father-in-law), Sefalika Devi (mother-in-law), Dhiren Ghosh (Landlord), Tusar Banerjee (Groom).
Still from Apur Sansar (The World of Apu)
Devi (The Goddess)
Production: Satyajit Ray Productions. Screenplay and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on a short story by Pravat Kumar Mukherjee. (Music: Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. Photography: Subrata Mitra. Art director: Bansi Chandragupta. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: Durgadas Mitra. Date of release in India: 19 February 1960
Cast: Chhabi Biswas (Kalikinkar Roy), Soumitra Chatterjee (Umaprasad, his youngest son), Purnendu Mukherjee (Taraprasad, his elder son), Sharmila Tagore (Dayamoyee, Umaprasad’s wife), Karuna Banerjee (Harasundari, Taraprasad’s wife) Arpan Chakravarty (Khoka, child), Anil Chatterjee (Bhudeb), Kali Sarkar (Professor Sarkar) Md Israil (Nibaran), Khagesh Chakravarty (Kaviraj), Nagendranath Kabya-byakaran-tirtha (Priest), Santa Devi (Sarala).
Still from Devi (The Goddess)
Teen Kanya (Three Daughters)
Production: Satyajit Ray Productions. Screenplay, music and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on three short stories by Rabindranath Tagore. Photography: Soumendu Roy. Art director: Bansi Chandragupta. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: Durgadas Mitra. Date of release in India: 5 May 1961
The Postmaster
Cast: Anil Chatterjee (Nandalal), Chandana Banerjee (Ratan), Nripati Chatterjee (Bishu, crazy), Khagen Pathak (Khagen), Gopal Roy (Bilas).
Monihara (The Lost Jewels)
Cast: Kali Banerjee (Phanibhusan Saha), Kanika Majumdar (Manimalika), Kumar Roy (Madhusadan), Gobinda Chakraborty (schoolmaster and narrator)
Samapti (The Conclusion)
Soumitra Chatterjee (Amulya), Aparna Dasgupta (Mrinmoyee), Sita Mukherjee (Jogamaya), Gita Dey (Nistarini), Mihir Chakraborty (Rakhal), Debi Neogy (Haripada), Santosh Dutta (Nirupama’s father).
Kanchenjungha
Production: NCA Productions, Original screenplay, music and direction: Satyajit Ray. Photography: Subrata Mitra. Art director: Bansi Chandragupta. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: Durgadas Mitra. Date of release in India: 19 May 1962.
Cast: Chhabi Biswas (Indranath Roy), Anil Chatterjee (Anil), Karuna Banerjee (Labanya), Anubha Gupta (Anima), Subrata Sen (Sankar), Sibani Singh (Tuklu), Alakanda Roy (Manisa), Arun Mukherjee (Ashok), N. Viswanathan (Mr Banerjee), Pahari Sanyal (Jagadish), Nilima Chatterjee . Vidya Sinha (Girlfriends of Anil)
Still from Kanchenjungha
Abhijan (The Expedition)
Production: Abhijatrik. Screenplay, music and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on a short story by Tarashankar Banerjee. Photography: Soumendu Roy. Art director: Bansi Chandragupta. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: Durgadas Mitra, Nripen Paul, Sujit Sarkar. Date of release in India:24 September 1962.
Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee (Narsing), Waheeda Rehman (Gulabi), Ruma Guha Thakurta (Neeli), Jnasesh Mukherjee (Joseph), Charuprakash Ghosh (Sukhanram), Rabi Ghosh (Rama), Arun Roy (Naskar), Shekhar Chatterjee (Rameswar), Ajit Banerjee (Banerjee), Reba Devi (Joseph’s mother), Abani Mukherjee (Lawyer).
Mahanagar (The Big City)
Production: R.D.B & Co. (R.D. Bansal). Screenplay, music and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on the short story ‘Abataranika’ by Narendra Mitra. Photography: Subrata Mitra. Art director: Bansi Chandragupta. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: Debesh Ghosh, Atul Chatterjee, Sujit Sarkar. Date of release in India: 27 September 1963.
Cast: Anil Chatterjee (Subrata Mazumdar), Madhabi Mukherjee (Arati Mazumdar), Jaya Bhaduri (Bani), Haren Chatterjee (Priyagopal, Subrata’s father), Sefalika Devi (Sarojini, Subrata’s mother), Prasenjit Sarkar (Pintu), , Haradhan Banerjee (Himangsu Mukherjee), Vicky Redwood (Edith).
Charulata (The Lonely Wife)
Production: R.D.B & Co. (R.D. Bansal). Screenplay, music and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on the story ‘Nastoneer’ by Rabindranath Tagore. Photography: Subrata Mitra. Art director: Bansi Chandragupta. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: Nripen Paul, Atul Chatterjee, Sujit Sarkar. Date of release in India: 17 April 1964.
Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee (Amal), Madhabi Mukherjee (Charu), Sailen Mukherjee (Bhupati), Shyamal Ghosal (Umapada), Gitali Roy (Mandakini), Bholanath Koyal (Braja), Suku Mukherjee (Nisikanta), Dilip Bose (Sasanka), Subrata Sen Sharma (Motilal), Nilotpal Dey (Joydeb), Bankim Ghosh (Jagannath).
Kapurush-O-Mahapurush (The Coward and The Holy Man)
Production: R.D.B & Co. (R.D. Bansal). Screenplay, music and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on the short story. Janaiko Kapurusher Kahini’ by Premendra Mitra and the short story ‘Birinchi Baba’ by Parasuram. Photography: Soumendu Roy. Art director: Bansi Chandragupta. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: Nripen Paul, Atul Chatterjee, Sujit Sarkar. Date of release in India: 7 May 1965.
Cast: Kapurush: Soumitra Chatterjee (Amitava Roy), Madhabi Mukherjee (Karuna Gupta), Haradhan Banerjee (Bimal Gupta).
Mahapurush: Charaprakash Ghosh (Birinchi Baba), Rabi Ghosh (His assistant), Prasad Mukherjee (Gurupada Mitter), Gitali Roy (Buchki), Satindra Bhattacharya (Satya), Somen Bose (Nibaran), Santosh Dutta (Professor Nani), Renuka Roy (Nani’s wife). Satya Banerjee (Netai Babu)
Nayak (The Hero)
Production: R.D.B & Co. (R.D. Bansal). Screenplay, music and direction: Satyajit Ray. Photography: Subrata Mitra. Art director: Bansi Chandragupta. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: Nripen Paul, Atul Chatterjee, Sujit Sarkar. Date of release in India: 6 May 1966.
Cast: Uttam Kumar (Arindam Mukherjee), Sharmila Tagore (Aditi Sengupta), Bireswar Sen (Mukunda Lahiri) Somen Bose (Sankar), Nirmal Ghosh (Jyoti), Premangsu Bose (Biresh), Sumita Sanyal ((Promila), Ranjit Sen (Mr Bose), Bharati Devi (Monorama, his wife), Lali Chowdhury (Bulbul, his daughter), Kamu Mukherjee (Pritish Sarkar), Susmita Mukherjee (Molly, his wife), Subrata Sen Sharma (Ajoy), Jamuna Sinha (Sefalika, his wife), Hiralal (Kamal Misra), Jogesh Chatterjee (Aghore, elderly journalist), Satya Banerjee (Swamiji), Gopal Dey (Conductor).
Chiriakhana (The Zoo)
Production: Star Productions (Harendranath Bhattacharya), Screenplay, music and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on the novel ‘Chriakhana’ by Saradindu Banerjee. Photography: Soumendu Roy. Art director: Bansi Chandragupta. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: Nripen Paul, Atul Chatterjee, Sujit Sarkar. Date of release in India: 29 September 1967.
Cast: Uttam Kumar (Byomkesh Bakshi), Sailen Mukherjee ((Ajit), Susil Majumdar (Nisanath Sen), Kanika Majumdar (Damyanti, his wife), Subhendu Chatterjee (Bijoy), Shyamal Ghosal (Dr Bhujagandhar Das), Prasad Mukherjee (Nepal Gupta), Subira Roy (Mukul, his daughter), Nripati Chatterjee (Muskil Mia), Gitali Roy (Banalakshmi) Kalipada Chakravarty ((Rasiklal), Chinmoy Roy (Panugopal),Ramen Mallick (Jahar Ganguly), Brajadas (Bankim Ghosh), Nilotpal Dey (Inspector).
Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha)
Production: Purnima Pictures (Nepal Dutta, Asim Dutta). Screenplay, music and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on the story by Upendrakisore Ray. Photography: Soumendu Roy. Art director: Bansi Chandragupta. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: Nripen Paul, Atul Chatterjee, Sujit Sarkar. Date of release in India: 8 May 1969.
Cast: Tapen Chatterjee (Goopy), Rabi Ghosh (Bagha), Santosh Dutta (King of Shundi/King of Halla), Jahar Roy (Prime minister of Halla), Santi Chatterjee (Commander-in-chief of Halla), Harindranath Chatterjee (Barfi, magician), Chinmoy Roy (Spy of Halla), Durgadas Banerjee (King of Amloki), Gobinda Chakravarty (Goopy’s father), Prasad Mukherjee (King of ghosts), Haridhan Mukherjee, Abani Chatterjee, Khagen Pathak, Binoy Basu (Village elders), Joykrishna Sanyal, Tarun Mitra, Ratan Banerjee, Kartick Chatterjee (Singers at the court of Shundi), Gopal Dey (Executioner), Ajoy Banerjee, Sailen Ganguli, Moni Srimani, Binoy Bose, Kartick Chatterjee (Visitors to Halla).
Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Ratri in the Forest)
Production: Purnima Pictures (Nepal Dutta, Asim Dutta). Screenplay, music and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on a novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay. Photography: Soumendu Roy. Art director: Bansi Chandragupta. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: Sujit Sarkar. Date of release in India: 16 January 1970.
Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee (Asim), Subhendu Chatterjee (Sanjoy), Samit Bhanja (Harinnath), Rabi Ghosh (Sekhar), Pahari Sanyal (Sadasib Tripathy), Sharmila Tagore (Aparna), Kaveri Bose (Jaya), Simi Garewal (Duli), Aparna Sen (Atasi).
Pratidwandi (The Adversary)
Production: Purnima Pictures (Nepal Dutta, Asim Dutta). Screenplay, music and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on a novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay. Photography: Soumendu Roy, Purnendu Bose. Art director: Bansi Chandragupta. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: J.D. Irani, Durgadas Mitra. Date of release in India: 29 October 1970.
Cast: Dhritiman Chaterji ((Siddhartha Chaudhuri), Indira Devi (Sarojini), Debraj Roy (Tunu), Krishna Bose (Sutapa), Kalyan Chatterjee (Shiben), Joyshree (Keya), Sefali (Lotika), Soven Lahiri (Sanyal), Pisu Majumdar (Keya’s father), Dhara Roy (Keya’s aunt), Mamata Chatterjee (Sanyal’s wife).
Seemabaddha (Company Limited)
Production: Bharat Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana for Chitranjali. Screenplay, music and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on a novel by Sankar. Photography: Soumendu Roy. Art director: Ashoke Bose. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: J.D. Irani, Durgadas Mitra. Date of release in India: 24 September 1971.
Cast: Barun Chanda (Shyamal Chatterjee), Sharmila Tagore (Sudarsana, known as Tutul), Paromi Chaudhuri (Shyamal’s wife), Harindranath Chattopadhyay (Sir Baren Roy), Haradhan Banerjee (Talukdar), Indira Roy (Shyamal’s mother), Pramod Ganguli (Shyamal’s father).
Still from Seemabaddha (Company Limited)
Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder)
Production: Sarbani Bhattacharya for Balaka Movies.. Screenplay, music and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on a novel by Bibhuti Bhusan Bandopadhyay. Photography: Soumendu Roy. Art director: Ashoke Bose. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: J.D. Irani, Durgadas Mitra. Date of release in India: 15 August 1973.
Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee (Gangacharan Chakraborti), Babita (Ananga, Gangacharan’s wife), Ramesh Mukherjee (Biswas), Chitra Banerjee (Moti), Gobindo Chakraborti (Dinabandhu), Sandhya Roy (Chhutki), Noni Ganguli (Scarfaced Jadu), Sheli Pal (Mokshada), Suchita Roy (Khenti), Anil Ganguly (Nibaran), Debatosh Shosh (Adhar).
Still from Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder)
Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress)
Production: Government of West Bengal. Screenplay, music and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on a novel by Satyajit Ray. Photography: Soumendu Roy. Art director: Ashoke Bose. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: J.D. Irani, Anil Talukdar. Date of release in India: 17 December 1974.
Soumitra Chatterjee (Prodosh Mitter, ‘Feluda’), Santosh Dutta (Lalmohan, Ganguli,‘Jatayu’), Siddhartha Chatterjee (Tapesh Mitter, known as Topse), Kushal Chakravarti (Mukul Dhar), Sailen Mukherjee (Dr Hemanga Hazra), Ajoy Banerjee (Amiyanath Burman), Kamu Mukherjee (Mandar Bose), Santanu Bagchi (Mukul2), Harindranath Chattopadhyay (Uncle Sidhu), Sunil Sarkar (Sudhir Dhar, Mukul’s father), Shiuli Mukherjee (Mukul’s mother), Haradhan Banerjee (Tapesh’s father), Rekha Chatterjee (Tapesh’s mother), Ashok Mukherjee (Journalist), Bimal Chatterjee (Advocate).
Jana Aranya (The Middle Man)
Production: Indus Films (Subir Guha), Screenplay, music and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on a novel by Sankar. Photography: Soumendu Roy. Art director: Ashoke Bose. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: J.D. Irani, Anil Talukdar, Sujit Ghosh, Adinath Nag. Date of release in India: 20 February 1976.
Cast: Pradip Mukherjee (Somnath Banerjee), Satya Banerjee (Somnath’s father), Dipankar Dey (Bhombol), Lili Chakravarti (Kamala, his wife), Aparna Sen (Somnsath’s girlfriend), Gautam Chakravarti (Sukumar), Sudesna Das (Kauna, known as Juthika), Utpal Dutta ((Bisu), Rabi Ghosh (Mr Mitter), Bimal Chatterjee (Alok), Arati Bhattacharya (Mrs Ganguli), Padma Devi (Mrs Biswas), Sovan Lahiri (Goenka), Santosh Dutta (Hiralal), Bimal Deb (Jagabandhu, MLA/MP), Ajeya Mukherjee (Pimp), Kalyan Sen (Mr Bakshi), Alokendu Dey (Fakirchand, office bearer).
Still from Jana Aranya (The Middle Man)
Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players)
Production: Suresh Jindal for Devaki Chitra. Screenplay, music and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on a story by Munshi Premchand. Dialogue: Satyajit Ray, Shama Zaidi, Javed Siddiqui. Art director: Bansi Chandragupta. Associate art director: Ashok Bose. Costumes: Shama Zaidi. Photography: Soumendu Roy. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: Narinder Singh. Date of release in India: 29 September 1978.
Cast: Sanjeev Kumar (Mirza Sajjad Ali), Saeed Jaffrey (Mir Roshan Ali), Amjad Khan (Wajid Ali Shah), Richard Attenborough (General Outram), Shabana Azmi ((Khurshid), Farida Jalal (Nafeesa), Veena (Aulea Begum, Queen Mother), David Abraham (Munshi Nandlal), Victor Banerjee (Ali Naqi Khan, Prime Minister), Farooque Shaikh (Aqil), Tom Alter (Captain Weston), Leela Mishra (Hiria), Barry John (Dr Joseph Fayrer), Samrath Narain (Kaloo), Budho Advali (Imtiaz Hussain), Kamu Mukherjee (Bookie).
Joi Baba Felunath (The Elephant God)
Production: R.D.B and Co. (R.D. Bansal). Screenplay, music and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on the novel Joi Baba Felunath by Satyajit Ray. Photography: Soumendu Roy. Art director: Ashoke Bose. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: Robin Sengupta. Date of release in India: 5 January 1979.
Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee (Prodosh Mitter, ‘Feluda’), Santosh Dutta (Lalmohan Ganguli,‘Jatayu’), Siddhartha Chatterjee (Tapesh Mitter, known as Topse), Utpal Dutta (Maganlal Meghraj), Jit Bose (Ruku Ghosal), Haradhan Banerjee (Umanath Ghosal), Bimal Chatterjee (Ambika Ghosal), Biplab Chatterjee (Bikash Sinha), Satya Banerjee (Nibaran Chakravarti), Moloy Roy (Gunomoy Bagchi), Santosh Sinha (Sasi Pal), Manu Mukherjee (Machhli Baba), Indubhusan Gujral (Inspector Tiwari), Kamu Mukherjee (Arjun).
Hirak Rajar Deshe (The Kingdom of Diamonds)
Production: Government of West Bengal. Original screenplay, music and direction: Satyajit Ray. Photography: Soumendu Roy. Art director: Ashok Bose. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: Robin Sengupta, Durgadas Mitra . Date of release in India: 19 December 1980.
Cast: Soumitra CHatterjee (Udayan, the schoolteacher), Utpal Dutta (King Hirak), Tapen Chatterjee (Goopy), Rabi Ghosh (Bagha), Santosh Dutta (King of Shundi)/Gabesak, inventor), Promod Ganguli (Udayan’s father), Alpana Gupta (Udayan’s mother), Rabin Majumdar (Charandas), Sunil Sarkar (Fazl Mia), Nani Ganguli (Balaram), Ajoy Banerjee (Bidusak), Kartik Chatterjee (Court poet), Haridhan Mukherjee (Court astrologer), Bimal Deb, Tarul Mitra, Gopal Dey, Sailen Ganguli, Samir Mukherjee (Ministers).
Still from Hirak Rajar Deshe
(The Kingdom of Diamonds)
Ghare Baire (The Home and the World)
Production: National Film Development Corporation of India. Screenplay, music and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on the novel Ghare Baire by Rabindranath Tagore. Photography: Soumendu Roy. Art director: Ashok Bose. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: Robin Sengupta, Jyoti Chatterjee, Anup Mukherjee. Date of release in India: 4 January 1985.
Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee (Sandip), Victor Banerjee (Nikhilesh), Swatilekha Chatterjee (Bimala)Gopa Aich (Nikhilersh’s sister-in-law), Jennifer Kapoor ((Miss Gilby), Manoj Mitra (Headmaster), Indrapramit Roy (Amulya), Bimal Chatterjee (Kulada).
Ganasatru (An Enemy of the People)
Production: National Film Development Corporation of India. Screenplay, music and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on the play An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen). Photography: Barun Raha. Art director: Ashok Bose. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: Sujit Sarkar. Date of release in India: 19 January 1990.
Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee (Dr. Ashok Gupta), Ruma Guha Thakurta (Maya, his wife), Mamata Shankar (Indrani, his daughter), Dhritiman Chaterji (Nisith), Sipankar Dey (Haridas Bagchi), Subhendu Chatterjee (Biresh), Manoj Mitra (Adhir), Viswa Guha Thakurta (Ranen Haldar), Rajaram Yagnik (Bhargava), Satya Banerjee (Manmatha), Gobindo Mukherjee (Chandan).
Shakha Prosakha (Branches of a Tree)
Production: Satyajit Ray Productions (Calcutta). Erato Filma (Paris), DD Productions (Paris). Story, original screenplay, music and direction: Satyajit Ray. Photography: Barun Raha. Art director: Ashok Bose. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: Pierre Lenoir. Date of release in India: 5 May 1991.
Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee (Proshanto), Ranjit Mallick (Pratap), Dipankar Dey (Prabir), Haradhan Banerjee (Prabodh), Mamata Shankar (Tapati), Lily Chakraborty (Uma), Ajit Banerjee (Anandamohan), Master Soham Chakraborty (Dingo), Viswa Guha Thakurta (Dr Ashok DE), Kamu Mukherjee (Ramhodin), Rajaram Yagnik (Dr Sahay), Pradip Mukherjee (Bijan, journalist), Sunil Guptakabiraj (Dr Som), Ashok Mukherjee (Joydeb), Tarun Mitra (President).
Still from Shakha Prosakha
(Branches of a Tree)
Agantuk (The Stranger)
Production: National Film Development Corporation of India. Screenplay, music and direction: Satyajit Ray. Based on the story Atithi by Satyajit Ray. Photography: Barun Raha. Art director: Ashok Bose. Editing: Dulal Dutta. Sound: Sujit Sarkar. Date of release in India: 20 December 1991.
Cast: Dipankar Dey (Sudhindra Bose), Mamata Shankar (Anila Bose), Bikram Bhattacharya (Satyaki/Bablu), Utpal Dutta (Manomohan Mitra), Dhritiman Chaterji (Prithwish Sengupta), Rabi Ghosh (Ranjan Rakshit), Subrata Chatterjee (Chhanda Rakshit), Pramode Ganguli (Tridip Mukherjee), Ajit Banerjee (Sital Sarkar).
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