Ray A Renaissance Man | Utpal Dutta

[@dhimankundu4147]

A sharp-tongued versatile genius delivering a genuinely magical speech on another iconic figure of Indian cinema & the last breed of cultural enlightenment in India.

[@uttarasarkar9530]

Correct 💯

[@celestialwafts3452]

Utpal Dutta is being absolutely brutal here. This is what I admire about the man. Many of us fail to realize that here's a man who was erudite, well read, well travelled and most of all a man of conviction.

[@manvendrathakur7165]

What a magnificent monologue... I can't think of any actor of this generation who can even understand this talk...the depth of understanding..the knowledge of world history and art..are awesome... Gone the days of intellectual actors and directors... We only hope for this kind of greatness,for our next generation and the present one.

[@manasjana4589]

The things are getting worse in 2022. Classics are getting wiped out. Technology brings back classics without test and flavour.

[@aparajitaxyz]

This generation neither has the depth nor the maturity to reflect or connect with whatever he mentioned. Neither surely would they have an exposure of rich vocabulary as this monologue. What satire...what thoughts, what amazing debates and conclusions. Such were the men we lost without giving them back the due reverence whilst alive.

[@dante666jt]

Ok boomer

[@bidishabasu8190]

'Renaissance is an inadequate term for Ray. He was a moment in the conscience of men'--- simply brilliant👌👌👌

[@somdeepkundu2506]

Such a beautiful lecture... A speech of 1992 200% relevant in 2022

[@commonersperceptions382]

Will claim it's relevance for infinite period. Domains like intellectual, genuine, impeccable, versatile are rare nowadays 😢 Gems aren't found in abundance and history rarely repeats itself.

[@Kuldeep-vb8mi]

It is same as it was back then. What a speech. This is the standard we need in the country. Do you have more of this man? Do you know books about him? Brilliant Man. If we had 1000 men like him, India will be world superpower. He speaks like Sam Manekshaw.

[@sjayban]

Extraordinary - brilliant, poignant, unmasked speech by a sharp, intelligent man. Many thanks for sharing this gem.

[@joshilayz]

Articulate and Powerful at the same time. As much as it is a tribute to a Legend it also speaks in volumes about the legend of a person Utpal Dutta was. Thanks for sharing. Such clarity in thought amidst all the gibberish in the world right now. Still relevant.

[@manasjana4589]

Utpal Dutta remained underrated in the country. He was a brilliant and versatile actor, but he could have been a brilliant professor with his depth of knowledge. An humble, sharp and intelligent personality whom we miss so much.

[@paulbk2322]

Knife edge sharpness in speech....courage of honesty... something we miss so terribly in today's time

[@kaustavchakraborty1406]

প্রতিটা শব্দ চাবুক ❤️❤️❤️

[@bidishabasu8190]

'Men in coma cannot refuse awards'-- what a sarcastic remark!

[@MegaMithu123]

Touché!

[@krishanuA]

That single sentence can cut glass.

[@bidishabasu8190]

@@krishanuA Well said.

[@krishanuA]

@@bidishabasu8190 Thank you, madam Basu. I thought it was an apt description.

[@madanmahajan469]

Haven't heard or read any article more inter-linkable in between history, culture ,society, politics and CINEMA.. It's a 30 years old speech but it is more relevant today and gives a clear Idea how our society and cinema reached where it is now...

[@rajivesingh69]

A bright vision laid by Mr.Ray for the Country and shaping its arts and minds but brutally shattered by the ignorant citizens and cunning government. Thank Utpal ji but still after 28 years with there is 60% of country's population unaware RAY . What a state we living in what governance we had and are having Thanks publisher and people of this calibre who can bring the renaissance are needed in high numbers to change the masses and shaping their minds.

[@classiceuropeanshortstorie3152]

"Rubbish has been ennobled in India which goes by the name main stream cinema" couldn't be more true.... Salute 🙏🙏🙏

[@apurbamandal3683]

আমি জানি না আপনি কোথা থেকে এইসব দুর্লভ ভিডিও গুলো পাচ্ছেন, তবে আমি এইটুকু বলতে পারি আপনি আমার মতো সত্যজিতের অসংখ্য ভক্তদের অনেক অনেক সাহায্য করছেন। আপনার প্রতি আমরা কৃতজ্ঞ।

[@drizzlegolden2205]

This is a gem of Utpal Dutta's honesty towards truth! He's calling a spade a spade. Realize that! Respect lies there!

[@अस्मिरीति]

What a revelation for those of us listening avidly to this great speech. Thank you for sharing this informative video revealing what we too missed out...honouring the author and orator- none other than the late Utpal Dutt himself 🙏🙏🙏

[@crazydiamond91]

Extraordinary speech that unmasks the true face of Indian 'democracy' and the popular culture.

[@azizhasan138]

An honest example of hitting the target out of wisdom - no malice nothing of personal bias. Of course ideological belief is there but it logically finds the truth. Truth always tastes bitter. This is a gem of critical appreciation that well exposes both sides of the coin. Many thanks to the uploader.

[@anbee8127]

Oh dear. He said this 29 years ago. I only wonder what he would have felt and said in today's world.

[@DebD0773]

Atleast in Nowadays India he Dutta would have been leveled Urban Naxal , Deshdrohi

[@Little_Thing_Speaks]

Hirak Rajar Deshe won’t have released if Ray were to make it today! It is, after all, a fairy tale! I wonder why this isn’t shown to kids in schools ? Be it Bengal or other states? May be because it would teach them the most dangerous stuff: to think!! Mr. Dutta could be the only person who could be so lethal in stating the facts without being abusive! Thank you for posting this gem.

[@antarasinha8639]

I'm just speechless. I would like to hear it time and again to know, feel, understand, realize the truths ... truths of our life and reality through the minds of 2 great men. Thank you so much for uploading it. I'm just missing all those times and moments in my heart when they worked together for creating something great in art with a mission for fulfilling the grand purpose of portraying reality truly.🙏🙋

[@subhajitpal288]

"we honour you..we worship you..but your creations are not accepted here"👌

[@ngautam007]

How indebted we feel to you for sharing this piece of sound where Mr. Utpal Dutt gave his piece of mind to the contemporary GOI for its callousness on conferring honour to such maestros like Satyajit Ray in a knee jerk reaction post oscar award to Ray. Thank you so much Mr. Soorajit Mookherjee ! At the same time I wonder what Mr. Dutt would have said today had he been alive?

[@Little_Thing_Speaks]

Knee jerk reaction! Wonder why I never thought of this expression whenever I thought of this blasphemy. Your comment is truly lit!

[@manjushrichanda8951]

যে সাহসীকতা নিয়ে অকাট্য সত্য কথাগুলো বলে গেলেন এবং এই দুর্ভাগা দেশের মানুষকে সত্যজিৎ রায়ের সিনেমার অন্তরনিহিত উদ্দেশ্য বুঝিয়ে দিয়ে গেলেন তা অতুলনীয়।

[@debrajbhattacharyya5453]

Perhaps the best speech I have heard in the last few years…..not surprised that it came from one of the greatest actors of our times.

[@planurcareer]

It is a pity that Ray had to wait till the very end to receive a Lifetime Achievement award when he was in hospital counting his last days. Had he been a Director born in the West, I am sure many of his movies today would have won the Academy Awards for Best films. Only recently Hollywood film-makers like Martin Scorsese have started openly acknowledging the immense contribution of Ray on world cinema. But it is too late. Thank you for sharing this masterpiece..

[@tausifz99]

Ray was ahead of his time.One of the greatest Bengali ever.

[@stxfdt1240]

the greatest along with tagore

[@saikatbanerjee9612]

After listening to the first 2-3 minutes I was reminded of the Utpal Dutta monologue in “Aguntuk”!

[@prabirbhowmick8788]

The legendary actor, Utpal Dutt had superbly explained the iconic director Satyajit Ray as a human being. Reasons of selecting characters for his movies. It's a long and bold speech by Mr.Dutt..... whomever wants to know about the director Satyajit Ray, simply search youtube again and again. There are lots of jems here and there.

[@Jamshedpur-Agrico]

What a special speech by Dutt sir what a piece of pronunciation ?

[@utpalsengupta61]

It takes one great mind to recognise a genius. And only Mr Dutta could put so much in so few words. Excellent. Thank you for uploading this

[@sayanbanerjee8459]

I am speechless to describe the feeling after listening to it.....

[@senwalter7722]

Thanks a lot for uploading such rare speech. Both are my lifetime favourite. I admire for another reason which is relationship. It's not easy when both are such talented and class is so high! Old was really gold. Heerak Rajar Deshe can never be old. I still watch in my 37 years of age. Agantuk! who can forget? Ray has worked with 02 other great talents also, Chhabi Biswas and Tulsi Chakraborty. One shouldn't forget Pahari Sanyal's own song in advanced age in Aranyer Dinratri- that was the quality bengali cinema used to have in those days. In last, movie within movie or Nayak with Uttam Kumar!

[@suvojitroy2734]

What a wonderful tribute!! I bow to a genius called Utpal Dutta. Those who revel in today's central governance and despise the so-called 'commies' must understand what richness of culture these natural nationalists have. Being a 'commie' is not a shame, it's being the true believers of the condition of this country ... hats off! what a great speech ... breathtaking!

[@sanjoybhattacharjee8261]

This speech should be nationally archived. Every Indian must listen to this lecture at least once, preferably before they become vegetable. Please share the link to everyone you know and every social network platform you traverse... thanks as always for sharing this .

[@sdasgupta2848]

Useless eloquence... Hypothetical attitude

[@SutirthaChatterjee-ii9cl]

​@@sdasgupta2848 An image of your brain scan is not what we are talking about

[@RAJIBDAS-dm7pj]

28 mins 37 secs. Please hear it. Excuse me for once, but I had to say this.This used to be the class and identity of a BENGALI Intellectual. And I am not talking about Ray, but Utpal Dutta. Courage, Conviction and Articulation🙏🙏🙏 This channel got one more subscriber just for this video. Please keep in mind that the bar is set high now.🙂

[@celestialwafts3452]

So true. Very high indeed.

[@rajeswarroychowdhury744]

What a great work you have done Soorajit by uploading this piece! I cannot be thankful enough!

[@ishaani1]

Brilliant!! Each statement is 100% true and frightfully relevant and more pronounced at this moment in time!

[@amazingearth6738]

বর্তমান বিদ্বজনদের নির্লজ্জ পা চাটা সমাজের সময়ে এই speech সত্যি ই অসাধারণ। অনেক ধন্যবাদ। হঠাৎ যেন মনে পড়ে গেল পশ্চিমবঙ্গ এতো সমৃদ্ধ ছিল।আজ যেন ইতিহাস।

[@lopamudramazumder6809]

What a speech! Each word penetrate s like a knife and absolutely true .Utpal Dutta's profound knowledge about film as well as indian socio political views has been depicted .He believes in Marxism that doesn't mean he was a follower of the then Marxist. I am very fond of Buddhism that doesn't mean I am a Buddhist.

[@dr.rabindranathmukhopadhya3439]

সুরজিৎ-বাবু, অনেক অনেক ধন্যবাদ | আপনার উৎসাহে এরকম একটা জ্বালাময়ী ভাষণ শুনতে পেলাম | চমকে গেলাম | আমাদের প্রণাম নেবেন |

[@mysticcross]

eke bole asol intellectual - Utpal Dutta - darun darun darun bolechen Utpal Dutta....Huge respect to Utpal Dutta for pronouncing "Michelangelo" correctly. He was so thorough with his subjects.

[@madhuridutta6752]

A wonderful speech by Mr. Dutt who himself was a man of exceptional intellect, about India"s greatest movie maker. Thank you so much for sharing it!

[@dhimankundu4147]

Whar a superbly articulated speech decorated with well carefully chosen words & phrases of a versatile genius on an iconic figure of Indias cultural , social, economic&cultural Renaissance of India who was not given his rightful honour in his lifetime.

[@planetlondon6145]

A great tribute, utterance of hard truth and great speech by the great actor Utpal Dutta.Many thanks for finding out and uploading this video.

[@rangitsengupta3025]

Imagine what Utpal Dutt would say in today's political situation

[@bhaskyOld]

buncharamer bagan

[@omnandita12]

Bringing today's politics to this is shaming his words altogether. Today we don't shamelessly award Padma Shree to Saif Ali Khan but instead confer it to the poorest of the lot who actually are doing worthwhile services be it the Forest Man of Assam or half illiterate poet of Odisha.... It is exactly what Utpal Dutta is so passionately pointing at you idiot.....

[@omnandita12]

@@AzeemaFaizunnisa Where were you till now under some clouds....disbelieving Utpal Dutta's personality , I mean I have no words...for you

[@rangitsengupta3025]

@@omnandita12 sitting abroad and living a life of privilege and talking of Indian issues is what you pseudo intellectuals are good at doing . The fact that you blindly chose to react to it by using an irrelevant name like Saif proves how similarly you think like other members of extremist right wing tribe , it's interesting that I didn't mention any particular part yet you took it on yourself to defend your supreme leader , your loyalty is admirable. Since you wanna play it let answer me WHY KARAN JOHAR AND KANGANA RENAUT ARE CONFERRED WITH PADMASHREE ?? what GOOD have they done to SOCIETY. Also I wouldn't go on to to give a random tag of Idiot to a stranger just because my ideas conflict their opinion . You may lack decency and etiquette it's however not unusual for people coming from your trail of though however I wouldn't degrade myself to your level Mam . Best of luck 👍🙏

[@sibajyotibardhan3332]

@@AzeemaFaizunnisa that's your misfortune. Not Utpal Dutta's.

[@jayantamukherjee386]

A true intellectual speaking about Ray!!

[@surojitbose5645]

This speech is spectacular . ♥️

[@dbasu1983]

astounded by the speech . Satyajit Ray and Utpal Dutt are legends.

[@rajorshee]

Poignant, sharp, scathing and yet enriching. Thanks for the upload!

[@subhadeepdas1182]

This piece of gold should've been published in a well-known film magazine somewhere in the world. What a searing critique on Ray's reception in India and the world outside!

[@jijonice]

You made my day dear by uploading this rarest of rare gems...My ears thoroughly relished every word uttured by the great Utpal Dutt..Can't thank you enough for this!👍

[@pinakichatterjee5793]

এই রকম অসাধারণ বক্তব্য, sharp and threadbare analysis of Fact can be done by a man of his clsss only !

[@drizzlegolden2205]

A gem of Utpal Dutta's honesty towards truth! He's calling a spade a spade. Let us enlighten ourselves, across political view!

[@aniruddhamukherjee9474]

A speech which has rendered me into a state of speechlessness! Thanks!

[@avijitghosal6884]

Oh man, what a treat.... Thanks a million

[@thessianheart9816]

Utpal Dutt, a great actor and a great villain on screen. A great orator and speaker of truth in real life.

[@sunilbanerjee]

Utpal Datta is widely appreciated in the Hindi-speaking world as a talented comedian and villian for his many loveable performances starting from Bhuvan Shome to Golmal.But,the "much nahin to kuch nahin"spouting cussed senior citizen, was little known,perhaps,beyond Bengal as a pioneering stage artist, who learnt his craft from Geoffrey Kendal,was a pioneering Director,writer, actor of stage plays,founder of a famous play group and a respected afficiniado and critic of Western and Indian classical and folk music before he acted in movies both Bangla and Hindi.In fact,before all of this and for the better part of his life he was a committed Communist who used to regularly sent most of his earnings from Mumbai to his Party and Theatre Group in Bengal. Utpal Datta is "versatile" and not a "Renaissance Man", as he himself in this Seminar, dedicated to Satyajit Ray in 1992, expounds and critically examines. Utpal Datta hectors, quite literally, the bureaucratic cognoscenti for their philistinism and hypocricy in their celebration of Ray.And in this tirade you shall get to see what Ray is but paradoxically, invisibilised despite the almost cult-like following and heaps of writings on him.Importantly,one gets to see what is it that makes Utpal Datta,a Maverick and the crusading intellectual.

[@SureshDhanya]

Insightful. Inspiring. Impactful. The Master deserved every word that was said here and who better to deliver than Utpal Da.

[@srayosihazra9539]

Very recently I discovered your channel....you are a gem of a person ...I was looking for these contents for so long and now getting it all ...because of your channel...thank you for all the uploads.

[@indrajitdas3017]

An inspiration 👍

[@nilanjanghatak7847]

একজন প্রতিভাবান শিল্পীর সৃষ্টিকর্মের ওপর আর একজন প্রতিভাবান শিল্পীর অনবদ্য আলোচনা। 🙏🙏

[@rajatbhattacharjee5894]

Awesome collection..... Kotha Theke pelen. Ray was much beyond any Awards.... and yes , as usual we Indians wake up late Everytime.

[@pabitrabiswas9792]

Enriched . Proud to be a Bengali. Proud to have seen Ray's films. Proud to have watched Utpal Dutt's films.

[@kaustavbose9773]

Thank you so much for sharing this... I simply wonder what would have happened if Utpal Datta would have spoken similarly in today's Indian politico-social scenario...

[@subhodeepb]

What an extraordinary speech - straight talk and sublime wit! Thanks for sharing this gem.

[@bazlur-Vancouver]

after one year of Ray's death, the next year Dutta died. He was one of the best actors in Bengal.

[@d.k.sengupta9612]

What a powerful speech coming from an enlightened mind full of knowledge and scholarship. Simply amazing! Enough ammunition in it to hold the listeners spellbound. Thanks so much for uploading it.

[@pbiswas01]

THIS IS THE BEST SPEECH ABOUT MR RAY'S WORK THAT I HV HEARD IN LIVING MEMORY!! 🙏🙏 SIR UTPAL DUTTA WE R INDEBTED TO YOU FOR THIS!! "Keep on rocking in the free world" NY

[@naamnei]

What a find ! Thank you Soorajit 💕🙏🏾

[@manasjana4589]

Thank you so much for this excellent Piece on Satyajit Ray , the legend, by a brilliant actor and very learnef personality as Utpal Dutta.

[@ankanroy4718]

This is the man who really understood the the reality of Indian politics of future... 👌

[@chucha2]

Most of it is so very relevant in the 2021's India!

[@Little_Thing_Speaks]

Almost every bit is relevant in 2022. The only difference is that he remained alive after delivering this speech. In today’s India, he would have been shot dead on the stage!

[@0662able]

Brilliant, hard hitting and so relevant. Utpal Dutta' s intellectual calibre is on display. We don't have any great artists like him now. And that's a pity.

[@shankarseal]

I wonder how the current Indian generation, mesmerized by the pipe dream of Hindutva laced nationalism, react to this speech?? I wish someone translated this into bangla and Hindi and shared it with the masses.

[@RIJU9285]

The ‘current generation’ in Bengal have conveniently discarded their own language, so they shouldn’t have trouble comprehending the eloquent speech by the late thespian. As for the masses, they are too busy drinking Didi’s kool aid.

[@dhimankundu4147]

Awarding Ray, the last ray of hope in the cultural Indian cinema, who inevitably & obviously brought revolution to the multi faced dimension of film & film making of Bengal was dishonoured to such a level that a highest honour of India was conferred on man who was about to breath his last in the hospital bed.

[@nilanjanabagchi8544]

What brilliance! This man is overwhelming!❤️❤️❤️🙏

[@thrilingmoments5758]

Goosebumps in every word what a speech every word is diamond

[@drbkg61]

Speechless! Why we are getting it so late! Needs wide circulation in every local language! Of course dubbing must be done by a right person !🙏🙏🌷🌷🙏🙏

[@KakaliMajumdarShrujanaPal]

Just Wow!!!Speechless listening to this stalwart of our Bengali art and culture

[@wrijudebomitbanerjee7357]

Thank you for sharing this paper. This is so appropriate, so timely still, after nearly thirty years. The part about a free market in the arts, especially, is essentially timeless.

[@BanglaPlaylist]

Fantastic collection Soorajit! Jealous of you.

[@indrajeetchakraborty5161]

আপনি ১০০ বছর বেঁচে থাকুন। আর এই হীরেগুলো আপলোড করতে থাকুন। ❤

[@sudiptabhaskardutta5811]

Intellectual assessment of the master director, Ray by another master mind, Utpal Dutta.

[@Arrihant_Halder]

:( ..the words are so relevant even at the present time.. . !

[@koustavbiswas6386]

28 minutes of sheer sarcasm. Well done, Sir.

[@basude4330]

It's an extraordinary speech by an extraordinary man for an extraordinary great artist. Thanks for uploading this valuable and informative video speech.

[@jayantamaji85]

Exceptional speech by a maestro of film on another maestro.This is a brilliant perspective of a Legend on another legend.

[@kamikaze-rc1cs]

maestro of theater. So many theorists label him as one of the best dramaturgs of all time.

[@infinitedimensionalman]

How beautiful the words ..with so much unknown !! ❤️

[@sujoy1968]

Great speech by a great actor about an absolute genius!

[@anirbanbanarjee2739]

What an erudite exposition. This emancipates us from all forms of stereotyped ideals and propels us to think afreash. Think in the line of Ray and in the line of Dutt's majestic interpretation of the works of Ray. Thanks for uploading this masterpiece.

[@poojabhat86]

Thinking in line is a deviation from thinking afresh unless it is a consequence of the latter

[@sumantabandyopadhyay3497]

A fitting tribute to a genius, by a genius!! Each word of Utpal Babu's speech has been consciously selected, with utmost care, to shake us to the core and compel us to rethink on our subjective evaluation standards for showering heaps of praise for Ray and his works. Truly, an eye opener!! 🙏🙏

[@anjananeogi9663]

Brilliant share.looking for more.

[@sujitgoswami6675]

A Statesman. Thank you Mr Mukherjee for this post.

[@tuhintarafdar7986]

what a blistering sarcasm from Mr. Dutta !!

[@sudarshan71]

Erudition, Eloquence, Education, Excellence found in abundance in both men the one speaking and one being spoken of.

[@maninsearch99]

Wish I was on school when he (Utpal Dutta) was teaching english ... The school ... South Point of the late 60s and 70s !

[@maninsearch99]

In*

[@ArchismanMozumder]

A fiesty speech... Nicely articulated, Lots of relentless stabs at the Bombay film industry & 'mainstream cinema' (many of which have had Mr. Utpal Dutt acting in them).

[@CinemaSatsang]

Brilliant! Thnx brother for releasing this!

[@deepakjena3628]

He is a legendary actor ....his expressions are out of the world....

[@tamonashadhikari9731]

Darun laglo...I love Utpal Ji..as well as Ray..

[@umraosalodia]

Things have remained the same even after thirty years 😢😢😢

[@amitavadas2628]

This speech made my day !