Last, but not least -- in fact, this is most important -- you need a happy ending. However, if you can create tragic situations and jerk a few tears before the happy ending, it will work much better.
The director is the only person who knows what the film is about. - Satyajit Ray
The director is the only person who knows what the film is about.
- Satyajit Ray
At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music. - Satyajit Ray
At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music.
I mix Indian instruments with Western instruments all the time. - Satyajit Ray
I mix Indian instruments with Western instruments all the time.
My films play only in Bengal, and my audience is the educated middle class in the cities and small towns. They also play in Bombay, Madras and Delhi … - Satyajit Ray
My films play only in Bengal, and my audience is the educated middle class in the cities and small towns. They also play in Bombay, Madras and Delhi …
It was only after Pather Panchali had some success at home that I decided to do a second part. But I didn't want to do the same kind of film again, s… - Satyajit Ray
It was only after Pather Panchali had some success at home that I decided to do a second part. But I didn't want to do the same kind of film again, s…
There is a ban on Indian films in Pakistan, so that's half of our market gone. - Satyajit Ray
There is a ban on Indian films in Pakistan, so that's half of our market gone.
If the theme is simple, you can include a hundred details that create the illusion of actuality better. - Satyajit Ray
If the theme is simple, you can include a hundred details that create the illusion of actuality better.
Well the Bombay film wasn't always like how it is now. It did have a local industry. There were realistic films made on local scenes. But it graduall… - Satyajit Ray
Well the Bombay film wasn't always like how it is now. It did have a local industry. There were realistic films made on local scenes. But it graduall…
Cinema’s characteristic forte is its ability to capture and communicate the intimacies of the human mind. - Satyajit Ray
Cinema’s characteristic forte is its ability to capture and communicate the intimacies of the human mind.
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