Satyajit Ray

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Bengali-language writer children's author composer essayist film director film producer graphic designer human illustrator novelist screenwriter short story writer writer

Satyajit Ray was an acclaimed Indian filmmaker, writer, and artist from Bengal, renowned worldwide for his pioneering contributions to cinema and his profound influence on modern Indian culture.

Aliases (1)

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Statements (83)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bengali-language writer → children's author → composer → essayist → film director → film producer → graphic designer → human → illustrator → novelist → screenwriter → short story writer → writer →
awardReceived	Academy Honorary Award → Bharat Ratna → Dadasaheb Phalke Award → Golden Lion → Legion of Honour → National Film Award for Best Direction → Padma Bhushan → Padma Shri → Padma Vibhushan → Silver Bear →
child	Sandip Ray →
countryOfCitizenship	India →
dateOfBirth	1921-05-02 →
dateOfDeath	1992-04-23 →
educatedAt	Presidency College, Calcutta → Visva-Bharati University →
ethnicGroup	Bengali →
familyName	Ray →
father	Sukumar Ray →
fieldOfWork	cinema → graphic design → literature →
gender	male →
genre	children's literature → detective fiction → realist cinema → science fiction →
givenName	Satyajit →
grandfather	Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury →
influenced	Indian cinema → world cinema →
languageOfWorkOrName	Bengali → English →
movement	Indian New Wave → Parallel cinema →
name	Satyajit Ray →
nativeLanguage	Bengali →
notableFor	The Apu Trilogy → pioneering Indian parallel cinema →
notableWork	Aparajito → Apur Sansar → Charulata → Feluda series → Ghare-Baire → Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne → Jalsaghar → Mahanagar → Nayak → Pather Panchali → Professor Shonku series → Shatranj Ke Khilari → The Apu Trilogy →
occupation	composer → film director → film producer → graphic designer → illustrator → screenwriter → writer →
placeOfBirth	Bengal Presidency → British India → Calcutta →
placeOfDeath	Calcutta → India → West Bengal →
religion	Hinduism →
residence	Calcutta →
spouse	Bijoya Ray →
workLocation	Calcutta → West Bengal →

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Bengal →	culturalIcon
Ghare Baire (1984 film) →	director
Satyajit Ray ("Satyajit") →	givenName
West Bengal →	hasCulturalIcon
Visva-Bharati University →	hasNotableAlumnus
Bengali literature →	hasNotableAuthor
Bengali cinema →	hasNotableDirector
Satyajit Ray →	name
Presidency College, Kolkata →	notableAlumnus
Ramon Magsaysay Award →	notableRecipient