This was followed by two televised serials (in 15 episodes) based mostly on stories by his father and the filming of Goopy Bagha Phire Elo (The Return of Goopy and Bagha 1991), a sequel to the delightful children's film by Ray, Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne.

 

Incidentally it was from the legacy of Feluda, the fictional private detective created by Ray and immortalised by actor Soumitra Chattopadhyay as the on-screen avatar, that Sandip Ray experienced true commercial success. His Bombayer Bombete and the other Feluda films that followed had a certain cinematic dynamism about them, creating a different ‘Feluda’ in starkly different times, yet retaining the original experience intact.

 

 

 

Ray on Sandip

 

“… Sandip is handicapped by the additional weight of being my son. His latest work – The Return of Goopy & Bagha is cent 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...”  said Satyajit Ray in his interview given on 4 January, 1992, to Tim McGrick of  The Independent, London.

 

 

 

His Filmography

Television Films, Short Features and Documentaries

 

Trailer for Shatranj Ki Khilari (Trailer for Satyajit Ray's The Chess Players), 1977

Satyajit Ray Presents (13 short films), 1985-86

Satyajit Ray Presents II (Three short films), 1986-87

Zindagi Ek Safar, Documentary on the legendary singer Kishore Kumar, 1988

Feluda 30 (Five short films), 1996-97

Satyajiter Gappo (Ray Stories), Four short films, 1999

Dr. Munshir Diary (Dr. Munshi's Diary), 2000

Satyajiter Priyo Galpo (Ray's Favourite Stories), seven short films, 2001

Eker Pithe Dui (2 Upon 1), 12 short films, 2001

Mayar Khela, based on a dance-drama (Opera) by Rabindranath Tagore, 2002

 

 

 

Book on Sandip Ray

 

Sandip Ray: Take one by Pradip Biswas. Published by author in December 2002