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37 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Pather Panchali. 1955 2h 5m Not Rated. 8.2 (39K) Rate. Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. Director Satyajit Ray Stars Kanu Bannerjee Karuna Bannerjee Subir Banerjee. 2. Aparajito. 1956 1h 50m Not Rated. 8.2 (16K)
- 'The World of Apu' (1959) IMDb: 8.5/10. The World of Apu is the concluding chapter of the Apu Trilogy. It continues the journey of Apu (Soumitra Chatterjee) as he navigates the complexities of adulthood.
- 'Jana Aranya' (1975) IMDb: 8.4/10. Much like Pratidwandi, Jana Aranya (meaning "The Middleman") is a social critique looking at the stifling economic conditions of mid-70s India.
- 'Nayak: The Hero' (1966) IMDb: 8.3/10. Here, Ray draws inspiration from Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries to tell a story about Arindam Mukherjee (Uttam Kumar), a famous film actor traveling by train from Kolkata to Delhi to receive an award.
- 'Mahanagar' (1963) IMDb: 8.3/10. Mahanagar (aka "The Big City") revolves around the Mazumdar household family, made up of dad Subrata (Anil Chatterjee), mom Arati (Madhabi Mukherjee), their children, and Subrata's parents.
Full Satyajit Ray movies with English subtitles. Duplicate movies are the bottom in case they get removed from Youtube.
- 7 Distant Thunder
- 6 Nayak
- 5 The Music Room
- 4 Days and Nights in The Forest
- 3 The Big City
- 2 Charulata
- 1 The Apu Trilogy
Ashani Shanket, or Distant Thunder, was Ray’s first movie in color. Released in 1973, the movie details life in a Bengal village during World War II. In a decade where starvation was rampant due to the ongoing war and a rapidly increasing population, a doctor and teacher journeys with his wife to the many villages in the region. As he passes throug...
In Nayak, a famous Bengali actor travels on a train to Delhi to accept an award. As he sits in his section with the morning newspaper, he spots that one of the articles is about him and describes an altercation he got into with another man. When a young female journalist traveling on the train discovers that the actor is on it as well, she begins t...
Many of Ray’s first stories were book-to-film adaptations from the Bengali writer Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, and The Music Room was one of them. The Music Room was the first film to incorporate Indian dance and music within the story, setting an entirely new precedent that can be seen even in Bollywood today. A local zamindar/landlord in Bengal is f...
Aranyer Din Ratri, or Days and Nights in the Forest, is a classic tale now in cinema, although it was not at the time. A group of four friends from Kolkata decides that they want to leave the city behind for a bit and head off into the wilderness. These four friends come from different walks of life, but the constant cycle of work and hustling in t...
The Big City is considered to be one of Ray’s greatest films. During the 1950s, somewhere in Kolkata, a young woman decides to defy all expectations about what she can and cannot do by becoming a saleswoman. Naturally, her family is scandalized and wants her to quit, especially when she becomes more successful than her husband. The Big City represe...
Charulata was released in 1964 and was adapted from the beloved writer Rabindranath Tagore’s 1901 novel Nastanirh. At the end of the 1800s, the Bengali Renaissance is in full swing despite Indian being under British colonial rule. Charulata is the wife of an editor at a political newspaper, and her husband has no time for her. Lonely, she turns to ...
The Apu Trilogy defined Satyajit Ray’s career and put him on the global map. It consisted of three films tracking the life of one boy: Pather Panchali, Aparajito, and Apur Sansar. While the first story, Pather Panchali, follows Apu as he is a young boy, the following movies progress through the doldrums of life: the death of his parents, going off ...
With over one hundred combined writing, directing and music composing credits, we spotlight Satyajit Ray's National Award winning films, to celebrate the prolific filmmaker's centenary this May.
Best Satyajit Ray’s Best Films. Let’s take a look at Satyajit Ray’s best films. 1. Pather Panchali (Song Of The Little Road) (1955) Pather Panchali (Song Of The Little Road) is a breathtaking masterpiece that captures the struggles and joys of a family living in rural India.
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Apr 23, 1992 · Satyajit Ray (2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian filmmaker, widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century. Ray was born in the city of Calcutta into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature.
