Original English Film Scripts

by Aditi Nath Sarkar, Sandip Ray, Satyajit Ray

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Satyajit Ray started the creative process of making a film with the screenplay. This collection of film scripts and treatments written originally in English by Satyajit Ray is intended for both his fans and a reader new to Ray’s works. The collection consists of the scripts of Ray’s well-known feature and TV films as well as some lesser known works. Also included are a science-fiction script Ray wrote for a Hollywood studio and an early version of the idea of a space traveler who lands in an Indian village.

The Introduction by Sandip Ray and Aditi Nath Sarkar discusses the importance of these film scripts in Ray’s film-making and some of the key themes which recur in these scripts.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray (1921-92) was one of the greatest filmmakers of his time, renowned for films like Pather Panchali, Charulata, ARanyer Din Ratri and Ghare Baire. He was awarded the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1992, and in the same year, was also honoured with the Bharat Ratna. Ray was also a writer of repute, and his short stories, novellas, poems and articles, written in Bengalim have been immensely popular ever since they first began to appear in the children's magazine Sandesh in 1961. Among his most famous creation are the master sleuth Feluda and the scientist Professor Shonku.