South Bank Show- Satyajit Ray Interview (Better Audio)

The Interview is taken in the year 1978 by Melvyn Bragg for London Weekend Television during Satranj Ke Khiladi/The Chess Player.
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[@saumadeepmukherjee703]

He is an institution in itself ...one of the best filmmakers in the world

[@EverydayScience-bk1vx]

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[@ikay1966]

On only an institution on himself just as a film maker but one of the greatest authors of children fiction ,a great music composer and an artist beyond par . A jewel for the world of Art .

[@r.22r]

I love his written word even more than his films ! So talented!

[@plabanadhikary]

Creator of Feluda,Tarini khuro,Prf. Shanku and more kudos to his legacies

[@subarnasaha9577]

"All stones are not gems , All flimmakers are not Satyajit Ray".🙏🙏🙏

[@anuragjoshi1210]

Absolutely,I agree

[@soumensantu]

One person who was celebrated more abroad than in his own country. But thank you sir for making my childhood so good..

[@Existential_Bengali]

@@meusha846Ray is beyond your ant size brain, you are only showing your idiocy, that's all. 👍

[@kaustavkhastagir9072]

@@meusha846 I hope you are on drugs or by writing comments like this you want to become popular like Dhinchak Pooja. But trust me it's not working. As you know Stanley Kubrick, I think you also know Akiro Kurosawa. There was one dialogue if you remember or probably if you are hearing for the first time by Akiro Kurosawa: Without seeing Ray ffilms is like without seeing sun and moon 🌚

[@abhik1959]

@@meusha846 btw gandu his feluda film's actor won france best award and ray himself also

[@aryanrai2503]

@@meusha846 well you are best example of people who if don't understand something consider it rubbish.

[@indrajitdey1551]

@@meusha846 You are really a big fool. Have you heard of KUROSAWA ? Go and Read him. Your Fool of a brain would cherish and bloom.

[@ishaansen7112]

His voice was louder than Amitabh Bachchan

[@abhishek-euphony-and-euphoria]

What an intelligent comment!!!!!!

[@abhisheksrivastava5014]

Indeed

[@abhishek-euphony-and-euphoria]

Intelligently stupid comment

[@rbyahvrm963]

@ishaansen7112: Sad that you have to regard Bachan as your trigger. He is admittedly rather low down on the acting spectrum, but a good conversation starter.

[@raihanzahir234]

So your brain took you as far as Amithbh! Good for you!

[@tomatoahmed7380]

A gem of Bengal. His father Sukumar Roy was also my most favorite writer in my childhood.

[@ipsitasaha2022]

And Ray's grandfather was Upendra Kishore Roychowdhury the author of my favourite childhood book tuntunir boi.

[@kajuchowdhuri2903]

Roy familly was made for children lila Mazumder er sishu sahitya o osadharon, cheleder ramayan by upendrakishore sukhparhya sukumar Roy er dashu,...koto r bolbo

[@kaligupta2749]

But Sukumar Ray was a mad man... Mentally ill. His writings proves it

[@samyakdas2074]

Satyajit Ray's beautiful way of speaking English touched me

[@riturajkalita4828]

Exactly...even amitabh bachchan has a similar way of speaking...wonderful ..

[@EverydayScience-bk1vx]

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[@somethoughts501]

No doubt his command on English language is just splendid. But to write only about that and not the focus of the interview shows how we Indians still measure the worth or desirability of a person by his knowledge of the English language. I myself am guilty of it. I have been trying to get rid of this notion for some years . But it is too deep rooted. Still, a work in progress.

[@ABhattacharya]

@@somethoughts501 Absolutely

[@MrHellout666]

English is not a measure of intelligence

[@kingbing3315]

What a voice and accent man! Even today after having so much resources we are not even 1% of this..... Today indian guys after acquiring such accent will go to usa or England and settle there...... And he stayed back in Bengal and added up his amazing creations in our bengali literature.

[@SurajInd89]

He did his schooling snd college during the British era, that too in Calcutta. How do you expect him to have Indian accent?

[@kingbing3315]

@@SurajInd89 yes, but today those colleges where he studied, have downgraded like anything....presidency has become like another 2 tier college, due to un educated leaders.

[@souravghosh6997]

@@kingbing3315 Thats the tragedy brother ...

[@mohanramasamy-so4lv]

Yes bro...I am STUNNED by his English...you bengalis are BLESSED to have this GENIUS born amidst you. Love from Tnadu ..

[@user-lw1md4et3o]

Yes, amazing accent and no fillers used like 'you know'. Even today many people born and brought in foreign use fillers. Exceptional talent 👏 Salute

[@souparnosarkar1547]

The sad thing is his literary works are so underrated.

[@ABCD-ex5td]

He was more popular all around the world at that time.

[@bhaskarmaity2890]

Because Bollywood had destroyed the Indian audeience.

[@techmania5957]

Just in india, hollywood and academy has always respected, even scorsese named him as one of the four greatest filmmakers of all times We indians don't reapect him enough because most of us don't even understand cinema

[@KrishanKumar-ec1ch]

@@bhaskarmaity2890 I think in mainstream audience Satyajit ray is no't a household name because he is from Bengali cinema and made art films so the reached is limited.and my friend who is from Bengal 18 years old he also doesn't know ray I told him about that and then he asked about him to his father

[@arijitpalit2756]

@@KrishanKumar-ec1ch him only making art films is a huge misconception. He also made children’s films. Such as Gupi gayen-Bagha bayen trilogy, Feluda films etc.

[@souvikdeb2523]

We don't deserve Ray. The present crop of Indians are in a cultural limbo: They hate everything foreign but somehow can't get over the fact that Ray can speak English without the Indian accent. ALL THE COMMENTS ARE ABOUT HIS ACCENT AND NOT HIS INTERVIEW! It's sad to see the state of this country now. Art is not respected because we don't know what to admire.

[@drishtisen6492]

So well said. We are only interested about what a person eats - beef or pork, how he wears dhoti - bengali or south Indian style, how s/he speaks English, how many times they are married, do they smoke cigar or drink alcohol and much more non sense. And I strongly believe most of us dont understand Ray even this day. Its only because of his Oscar and other numerous International Film Festival Awards that we celebrate him, and not his work. Neither we deserve Ray, nor Ritwik Ghatak.

[@souvikdeb2523]

@@drishtisen6492 You missed out Mrinal Sen and to some extent, Rituparno. I loove them! Indian cinema, just like it's conscience, is still mired in tribalist dichotomies. The stories are so bad that watching a Bollywood movie for even 5 minutes has become a headache. The plotline limps through and sub-standard acting makes it worse. How I miss a proper and well directed Indian movie!

[@souvikdeb2523]

@Hello Halogen Even if they get 'justice' for Sushant, will we ever get justice for the shit which is being served as cinema in India today? And although it's true that we do have some neo-noir filmmakers, none of them are near to the works of Ashghar Farhadi and Bong Joon-ho. And the main reason for this is the illusion most of us Indians like to live in. We live and believe in a make-believe world and that is exactly what we expect in our movies. Until and unless we see the actor bashing a bad guy with some cheeky song playing in the background, we are not satisfied. We get what we ask for.

[@souvikdeb2523]

@Hello Halogen Hi human, so you're a 'True Detective' fan too?☺️ One of my favourite characters on TV is Rust Cohle. Consider Matthew McConahuey's acting in the series. Can any Indian actor act like that? And most importantly, can any director make a series/movie with such a diverse and complex theme? The American South, the swamplands of Louisiana, the emptiness, the greyness sort of mixes in with the characters. While pastors preach moral doctrines from churches, poor church-goers pool in money to seek deliverance from a vaunted 'divine super being'. Can ANY movie/series be made in India on similar lines based on the ills of Hinduism (or mass religion in general) without inviting the ire of the Hindu right? The way Rust speaks about the futility of religion and most importantly, the brevity of life is stunning. It's acting beyond perfection. The scriptwriter and director also need accolades here. So to answer to your question, no, I do not think Indian cinema can match that level of acting or direction. There are a few regional movies which I watch which turn out to be good (I'm a Bong so I normally watch Bengali movies), but even they are not of the same level as that of other countries.

[@joyjr91_]

If you pay more attention and listen carefully, you’ll find that the accent that he has is more of a neutral accent rather than Indian/British. Also, his baritone voice combined with that is what makes him sound less Indian. People often confuse that with British/American accent but if you look closely, it’s nothing alike at all. Also, most people would agree that he has what you call ‘A radio voice’ which justifies his baritone.

[@sutanukamitra5584]

The voice, the pronunciation, the personality..damn!

[@flagellumdei2118]

Walk over Shashi Tharoor , this is what I call Received Pronunciation, What a Great Man, they don't make like them anymore ,God broke the mould.

[@vjmrao]

Befitting comment.apt to the core.

[@subhaschandrabosekijay4130]

Tharoor is famous for his Vocabulary power not for his pronouciation

[@tanmoysaha69]

God didnt broke the mould... The current day parents who drink and smoke cant give birth to Legends like Netaji, Asutosh Mookherjee etc. The ladies who consume Alcohol cant carry Legends in their womb for 9 months... Harsh truth

[@KINGMJ1990]

@@subhaschandrabosekijay4130 His vocabulary is rather mediocre. He doesn't use those words while speaking. Uses it only on twitter.

[@feludaify]

He doesn't even try, it's like he oozes more swag than any Bollywood or even Hollywood superstar

[@chandranibanerjee9074]

The genius What a personality What a knowledge What an English 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@EverydayScience-bk1vx]

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[@debayanbose9983]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@comradesudhir]

None like Ray! He was a great humanist - not just a great filmmaker. Thanks Soorajit for this treasure. Priceless.

[@ashishghosh375]

Satyajit Ray sir was way ahead of his time..

[@madhubantisukul3744]

Yeahh

[@Xavier-vn7ud]

Even at that time the so called hollywood directers and writers dont started thinking about some unique sci-fi genre feature films lile the alien but our sir did even one of his script was stolen and copyrighted by their own agent as they wanted to make a movie like aliens they sent him to talk to foreign producers as no one in our bollywood dared to do something unique🥺 think for a while if ray didnt refused to work in hollywood then we are all living in with a completely different bollywood😔🙏

[@MrAnjanslogger]

When someone describes Ray, there's always a feeling of incompleteness. Such a diverse talent he was.

[@swagatamukherjee4750]

Both his diction and baritone voice are euphonious. I could listen to this gentleman man for hours and not get affected by ennui.

[@donalddavid8199]

Brilliantly said

[@feludaify]

I see people are criticizing that we aren't appreciating his direction but only his English, but i think it's not just the English but the personality, the height, the chiseled jaw, that baritone voice the way he held the pipe, the specs and of course his creative thinking. He would've been a thinking woman's crush in today's times.

[@aryan7767]

He’s sexy and intelligent and one of the best at his work

[@faiyazkabir41]

The world only knows him as a great filmmaker, but we know how great his writings are... Feluda, Professor Sonku, Tarini khuro and a lot of other great stories are written by him which are assets of bengali literature... Love form Bangladesh...

[@sameera3469]

Our local Bal Bhavan in Hyderabad used to play Ray's movies at the theater. I was around 10 years old back in the 80s and completely fell in love with his movies. It was much later when I learned that those movies were by Satyajit Ray.

[@debjyotimandal4927]

Thanks for sharing! Our experience in Kolkata is not different! As little kids we saw his children films without knowing anything about his titanic stature in world cinema!

[@Me_Bangali]

What a voice, priceless 🙏🏻

[@nilesh382000]

his direction was WAY BEYOND his time...💙

[@muderer_executioner]

So sad that most people are applauding his english rather than his filmmaking . Sadly Most Indians don't understand the art of cinema .

[@sutapadhar6094]

?

[@aman-ru5hw]

True

[@ikay1966]

The majority of the viewers are film illiterates

[@r.22r]

While i agree with the initial bit of your comment, its rather unfortunate that you threw your own people under the bus in the latter end! Ray is plenty respected. The issue here is because english is considered a sign of class and intelligence by some, hounded by the colonial past. The almost british accent is attractive to them and almost works like a qualifier to the mans intelligence,worth & class. Its tragic but true.

[@gourabdeb9144]

As he said earlier ,the wide population of India is a backward audience , they prefer commerical film , I myself am an Indian

[@503945158]

Ray was a virtuoso because he read and watched both Indian and foreign literature/films. Today people take pride in being regional (there is something called regional /national pride) that keep people away from exploring other cultures. That is why there will probably not be a second Ray.

[@aryan7767]

Also idk but the 1950s and that period of time was the birth time of this huge art form. So many things that we take for granted now we’re actually being done for the first time ever and so they are revolutionary. It’s tougher to innovate now because almost everything has been done before

[@Nameless-iz3ko]

What a personality ! What an intellectual !

[@jayedkabirjim7554]

He has the real manly voice...🖤🖤and also looks like a real man...❤️

[@arunnaik7257]

His accent is perfect !!

[@bhargava4933]

lol thats all you care about?

[@satheeshr5158]

A director ' s director. We will always miss such a great person.

[@subhasishsingh7860]

Satranj ke khiladi... A true masterpiece...

[@seum_city94]

One of the greatest filmmakers ever.

[@arijitroy929]

A real gem of India. A man with a good accent and in depth knowledge of film direction. Class and elegance reflects from his way of speaking and carrying his stature. Oscar winner as well.....

[@jaychakraborty5011]

he has nothing to do with India! Just like Rabindranath Tagore, etc his family was from Bangladesh So definitely he is more of a gem of Bangladesh than the Union of South Asia given the name "India" by the British But fortunately he just identifies himself as a *Bengali*

[@arijitroy929]

@@jaychakraborty5011 whatever u say before partition it was India until it was divided by this many Indians will be now referred as Bangladeshis or Pakistanis....cant agree

[@soumiksarkar7019]

@@jaychakraborty5011 u know, there are no pride of Bangladesh . So those people always find all Indian Bengali.

[@joedorben3504]

@@jaychakraborty5011 He was born and died in Kolkata. Either way we all know Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka are all also parts of India, they are separated by name but in all practical senses they are all the same people, the same cultural/language/ethnic diversity that is present throughout the entire mainland of India

[@NITBAN]

This guy Ray and Bibhuti Bhushan Bandyopadhyay and Sharadindu defined my formative years. What I am now is because of them.

[@debjoy75]

O hooo! This guy Ray! 🤗🤷🤷 How's that for a more modern way of addressing the master....

[@NITBAN]

@@debjoy75 I am just a big fan of him.

[@akashdas9292]

What are you now?

[@NITBAN]

@@akashdas9292 I am now who I am lol

[@debjoy75]

@@NITBAN Being modern isn't bad but having no shongskar is. When you finally learn maybe that would be too late.

[@prasunlahiri3187]

A true legend of Cinematography.

[@AK-xj2di]

Ray was the God of the movie, & the creative world, his grandfathers forth is still is in Bangladesh. He came from a very rich family also.

[@KrishanKumar-ec1ch]

Can you tell me the name of the women in your picture

[@Nishantpatale9423]

@@KrishanKumar-ec1ch with the help.of google lens I did for you. She is Doris stocker.

[@KrishanKumar-ec1ch]

@@Nishantpatale9423 thanks

[@Nishantpatale9423]

@@KrishanKumar-ec1ch oh welcome

[@drsundipshenoy2471]

Late Shri Satyajit Ray is a legend, from the revered land of West Bengal.🙏

[@subramaniamramamoorthy6816]

All that glitters is not gold but Satyajit Ray is and continues to be.

[@jayasikder1625]

The legend.....The real inspiration... Bengali's kohinoor 'Roy' the one and only Satyajit Roy...

[@sudipmaji3599]

Rare and fascinating interview of Mr. SATYAJIT RAY, My inspiration of creativity 🙏🖤

[@debadritaghosh1531]

Satyajit Ray was way ahead of his time and he inspired not only many filmmakers.. but also the common people.. and his films taught us about the harsh reality of life..

[@JC-kb9ud]

He received Ramon Magsaysay Award long time back and H.H The Dalai Lama received the same award today. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is considered one of Asia's highest honors, reversing the spirit demonstrated by people and organizations through altruistic and selfless dedication to the people of Asia. Asians who stand out in their profession and have a reputation for voluntarily serving others without seeking public awareness are eligible for the Ramon Magsaysay Award.

[@bhanutube1]

Wowww........ What a commanding voice and accent......... I didnt expectedd........... Exceptional......

[@Freerider1502]

Yah kitna great aadmi hai yaar... as a great lover and critic of movie making, directing and story telling... offering many Pranams to you, great sir!! You make Indians proud

[@tanusreebag7499]

No body can compare with satyajit sir as a film director 🔥

[@pritoshsarkar9433]

💥Satyajit Roy is one of the greatest film director💥

[@anshumanroy3393]

Those were the days of cultural richness, when people the likes of Satyajit Ray lived and brought to life such immortal characters with such precision that the commons could relate. Today's directors should look back and reflect how films should be made, in the raw form, with a touch of heritage. It is not that Oscars are not given to Indian directors and actors, it's just that, those golden days are over. In the race to make high budget action films for the youth directors today have forgot their roots.

[@aryan7767]

Making films is tough because it’s a tough balance between commercial success and your artistic intention. It’s very very very hard to make good movies

[@maheiramkhan]

Thankyou for uploading this.

[@sureshmurty6523]

It's a pity that in the sixties and seventies when multistarrers, especially in Hindi, dominated theatres his movies were not dubbed or sub titled and shown across the country. The masses know him mainly due to Shatranj Ke Khiladi. The appreciative of art has declined rapidly in India. In the last fifty years politicians have killed our culture that survived even the British empire. Our leaders barring a few are absolute boors.

[@vmoi71]

Genius ever born. The best director of the world proud of you sir.

[@pankajsarma7812]

I have never heard any sanghis say that they are proud of satyajit ray.

[@saurabhghosh7800]

Wow .. astonishing ...love listening to him

[@srijanidasgupta6158]

Ray was a true gem. He had such a good upbringing,such good family background and such a multi-talented is really hard to find. His movies are masterpieces which makes all Bengali proud. Kudos to him. Thanks for uploading this video.

[@ssengupta943]

Thank you uploader.

[@nilaydas7558]

Thanks for posting this interview, I keep searching his interviews and short movies which are such rich source of storytelling.

[@arshpreetkaur9]

Wish today there could be a podcast by Satyajit Ray.

[@rinidasguptaganguly4118]

Thank you sir, you yourself stand as the definition of cinema for all of us

[@biswadeepnath3984]

thanks for uploading!!!

[@arusarthighosh2273]

thank you bro,for this informative video and a wonderful interview of Satyajit Ray which brought out some glimpses of his incredible directional works

[@souradip06]

Whenever I see this man, I get awestruck. Don't know why. Maybe because I grew up reading his father, him, and watching his creations as well.

[@subhijitdutta8023]

Thank you for uploading this great clip👍

[@shrabasteemitra8424]

Great collection of videos! Thanks for sharing these. ❤

[@pappuchak1271]

These are gems of video!!! So rare!!!

[@jitshreyachoudhury272]

Ohhhhhhhh My God, He spoke like a perfect English man 😰, what an accent, perfect accent that also in 1950s , that also a Director.

[@24later1]

Inferiority complex

[@amiyaadhikari9474]

God gifted man......you are my hero

[@parthadebbarma9143]

Thanks for upload 👏💪✊🙏

[@karanveersingh6367]

Much better documentary than anyone else would make today.

[@vishakhachakravarty]

So thankful to you for this channel

[@pritoshsarkar9433]

🌍We feel proud that we are bengali because of Great Satyajit Roy 🌍 one of the greatest film director all over the world 🌍

[@rupambanerjee2066]

Its not ROY its RAY

[@drjaydeepchakrabarty]

Soorajit Mukherjee....really thankful to you for making this precious piece available.

[@amiamaira3636]

Such prestige in every word Great insight

[@ranadeepghoshrony9164]

Happy birthday legend. ❤ it's 2021

[@bicchu68]

A versatile genius in all of the arts involved in film making. From scripts, music, acting, writing, set design, props, photography, film technique and technology , promotion the list is endless. Only a handful of directors in the world had this versatile capabilities. Like Chaplin. That is why he is the Maestro. Master in every aspect of films.

[@souravbasu5314]

man i have been granted a straight access to heaven..this man was far ahead....

[@kananjoshi6435]

Soorajit mukherjee thank u for uploading this

[@ayandeb8112]

Satyajit Roy talking about films, couldn't have found a better video on KZbin.

[@bmkh10]

Thank you very much for uploading this video and others related to Satyajit Ray. Please keep posting. Thank you.

[@roopalivs6782]

No words for this great Indian craftsman. ❤️❤️❤️

[@RamizZamanJEEPhysics]

Damn that voice of Mr Ray

[@bhaskarsanyal3457]

I am lucky enough that I was born with his time...The real maestro of many masters in India forever..

[@abrarahmed1888]

A culturally refined, proud bangali, honed from his renowned family background. A sense of intellectual gravitas informs his approach. However, although perceptively an Anglophile and avid afficianado of European classical music his films were first and foremost for Bangalees with no concession made for western sensibilities or expectations. And lest we forget, the haunting and evocative music from Pandit Ravi Shankahar amplified the heart-tending emotion of Ray’s films.

[@rabinmukherjee1848]

I think after Tagore he is the second God of the Arts, Culture and literature. This type of personality comes to Earth once in a Century.

[@bongfish1369]

The greatest, not only in India ..... In the world ... ever.

[@ananthanand2474]

When he talks about how the entire unit got affected during the shoot of Pather Panchali during the zenith of monsoons he conveys such a profound truth about how filmmaking ought to be, in such an organic way. No jargons in his talk. But yes, if you can read between lines or maybe beyond them, it's about Advaita or non-duality. How a great piece of art can become itself when every part of it is the whole. What a man! And how his deep simplicity shows up with such sophistication. Paradoxically, so!!

[@phoebusapollo4677]

A true creative individual, supremely self-confident and a risk taker. This is what happens when one believes in oneself.

[@abhinaba__saha]

Infinite Class

[@rajah4507]

What a class ..professionalism on its peak!

[@daydreamer163]

The Pride of India ...incredible Satyajit Ray

[@soumikmazumder]

Your content is amazing brother wish you dig out more of this gems❤️

[@avikghosh3009]

Superb

[@sounakpatra4139]

The voice of a Lion 🙏

[@indianjedi]

@Soorajit Mukherjee - thanks for all the gems u have scattered on youtube

[@sujanshome3823]

Thanks for uploading a rare video .

[@ishratanikapreetha7062]

This is utterly BEAUTIFUL ❤️ Satyajit Ray is our pride ❇️❇️ May his soul rest in peace. Well wishes for everyone from my this bengali poem reciting channel! 🌼🎀🌷

[@paromitadas7618]

What a voice..what a depth

[@itz_shriya8684]

th way he was speaking was so good

[@addictedneel5324]

You got a very underrated channel bruh! People should know , such insane channel too exists!

[@thechanga3731]

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[@SuperBookdragon]

What a superb gentleman and artist

[@jaydeepdey7540]

Wow.. 😍😍

[@soorajitmukherjee844]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@joydeep9352]

Thanks for sharing

[@gautamnath8199]

What a man🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@rogerh7589]

WoW!.what a voice

[@gairikbose8741]

Ingenious filmmaker 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻. Pranam