National Museum of Indian Cinema to host film festival on Satyajit Ray’s birth anniversary
The Hindu
Films made by, and on Satyajit Ray will be screened in the National Museum of Indian Cinema, Mumbai as well as Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Pune, from his birth anniversary today till 4th May
On the 101st birth anniversary of Satyajit Ray, the National Museum of Indian Cinema, Mumbai under the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry will host a three-day film festival at various venues across India to screen films made by the legendary filmmaker.
It will also screen films made on Satyajit Ray.
An NFDC statement on Saturday said the screenings will be held in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, and Pune on May 2, 3 and 4 for free.
Ray was born on May 2, 1921.
National Museum of Indian Cinema, Mumbai in association with the National Film Development Corporation, Films Division, National Film Archives of India and Doordarshan and supported by Government of West Bengal and Aurora Film Corporation and Friends Communication is organising the Film Festival, the statement said.
The opening film at the festival will be Anik Dutta’s Aparajito, which will have its ‘India Premier’. The film is inspired by the making of Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali and is a tribute to the Ray masterpiece of the 50s.
A panel discussion will be held on May 4 post the screening of Pather Panchali, the world acclaimed feature on human documentation which first introduced by Ray to the world.
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