The Best of Satyajit Ray (Boxset, Volume 1 & Volume 2) (The Penguin Ray Library)

From the everpopular adventures of Rays enduring creation, the professional sleuth Feluda to the chronicles of Professor Shonku; short stories; writings on filmmaking; and thoughts on world as well as Indian cinema, among others, this anthology, a twovolume boxset, The Best of Satyajit Ray is not only a treat for the Ray enthusiasts but also a collectors edition.Satyajit Ray (19211991), polymath, polyglot, novelist, shortstory writer, illustrator, designer, music composer, was one of the most eminent film directors of world cinema. His Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road, 1955) established his position as a major film director, winning numerous awards. Recipient of the Lifetime Academy Award in 1992 In recognition of his rare mastery of the art of motion pictures and for his profound humanitarian outlook, which has had an indelible influence on filmmakers and audiences throughout the world, Ray took Indian cinema to a grand platform hitherto unachieved by any Indian film director. Not to have seen the cinema of Ray means, said Akira Kurosawa, existing in the world without seeing the sun or the moon.While Rays films are fairly wellknown, his writingsfiction and nonfictionwritten in Bengali and English continue to attract attention. His illustrations, design works, comic strips, science fictions, detective stories are gems of Indian literature. Rays nonfictions are gems, which bring to lights his thoughts on filmmaking, film appreciation, composition of music, art, design and screenplay, among others. The Penguin Ray Library is an endeavor to open a window to the masters writings to a wide spectrum of readers.