Satyajit Ray Palak Sanghani 201314001

Nitendra Singh 201314006

Relevance of Satyajit Ray Movies in the Modern Times


Satyajit Ray has filmed masterpieces of lyrical realism set in India. Throughout his work,
Ray focused his eyes on and attuned his ears to the extra ordinary drama of everyday life.
Something every individual could relate himself to at one or the other level.

Whether is the story of a guy who lost every family member (Apu trilogy), or a woman
who chooses to work (mahanagar), or a zamindar who loses everything (jalsaghar) Ray's
films have people in the center. People whom one could relate through the emotion they
underwent, the love they felt, the jealousness they felt victim too, or the weakness they
tried to overcome. Satyajit Ray's stories are still relevant because emotions, values and
feelings are universal and transcend generations.

We want to make a short 2-3 minute documentary featuring the situations and issues
touched by Satyajit Ray and how they are still existing in the modern times.
For instance, in the movie Mahanagar, Aarti decides to go out and earn and faces
hesitation from the family, and women today also face the same situation when they
wish to pursue their career after marriage.

We would like to prepare a small questionnaire which will try and analyze mindset that
people have towards Ray's Movies, aiming to convey how the satyajit ray movies are
relevant even today and create a perception Ray's movies have on its viewers. For
example, in reference to the movie kanchenjungha, we would ask a girl of marriageable
age what choice would she make, marrying a rich well off guy or the man of her dreams.

Thus, we wish to explore how all his tales have been spell bounding, the travails and
tribulations of the poor, rural family and celebration of their life and how these stories
remain relevant even today and show that the stories hold a universal appeal to this day,
cutting across language and geographical barriers, tugging at heart strings across age
groups and continents.