Sandip Ray

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{{short description|Indian film director and music director and music composer (born 1953)}}
{{distinguish|Sandip Roy (disambiguation){{!}}Sandip Roy}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Sandip Ray<br>সন্দীপ রায়
| image = Sandip Ray - Kolkata 2014-12-02 0885.JPG
| caption = Ray in Kolkata (2014)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1953|09|08}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| occupation = Film director, composer and music director
| years_active = 1976–present
| spouse = Lalita Ray
| height =5ft 10 inch
| domesticpartner =
| parents = [[Satyajit Ray]] (father)<br/>[[Bijoya Ray]] (mother)
| children = Souradeep Ray
| website =
}}

'''Sandip Ray''' ({{indic|lang=bn|indic=সন্দীপ রায়|trans=Shôndip Rae}}; born 8 September 1953) is an Indian film director and music director who mainly works in [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali cinema]]. He is the only child of the famous Bengali director [[Satyajit Ray]] and [[Bijoya Ray]].

==Life and education==
Sandip Ray was born in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]]. Initially schooled at the [[South Point School (India)|South Point School]] and the [[Patha Bhavan, Kolkata]], he subsequently attended the [[University of Calcutta]].<ref name=Kolkata_Bengal_Info>{{cite web|url=http://www.kolkatabengalinfo.com/2011/08/sandip-roy-profile-family-education.html|title=Sandip Roy Profile Family Education Film Career - Bengali Film Director Sandip Roy - Kolkata Bengal Information|first=S|last=Kumar}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Sandip Ray - Kolkata 2015-01-02 2074.JPG|thumb|Ray in January 2015]]
Ray started his professional career in film at the age of 24 as [[assistant director]] on the sets of his father's film ''[[Shatranj Ke Khilari (film)|Shatranj Ke Khilari]]'' (''The Chess Players'', 1977). Prior to this, he had aided his father in various capacities including still photographer on [[Set construction|set]]. His own directorial debut was ''Phatik Chand'' (1983) based on [[Satyajit Ray]]'s [[Literary works of Satyajit Ray#Fatik Chand|Fatik Chand]] – the film received an award in the International Children's Film Festival in Vancouver.

Sandip Ray is also a noted photographer. He was the director of photography on Satyajit Ray's last three films, ''[[Ganashatru]]'' (''An Enemy of the People'', 1989), ''[[Shakha Proshakha]]'' (''The Branches of the Tree'', 1990) and ''[[Agantuk]]'' (''The Stranger'', 1991).

Sandip Ray also guided the children's magazine ''[[Sandesh (magazine)|Sandesh]]'', which was founded by his great-grandfather [[Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury]], and continued by his grandfather [[Sukumar Ray]] and his father [[Satyajit Ray]]. From 1992, after the death of Satyajit, Sandip was the Joint Editor of the [[Sandesh (magazine)|Sandesh]]. Since 2003 he has been the editor of the magazine.

Sandip Ray has recently come up with his account of the time he has had with [[Feluda]], the famous Bengali detective created by his father, in a book named ''Aami aar Feluda'', published by Deep Prakashan. ''Aami aar Feluda'' was one of the best sellers in the last Kolkata Book Fair. First published in the magazine ''Sukhi Grihokon'' as a short series, ''Aami aar Feluda'' retains the flavour of ''Ekei Bole Shooting'', written by Satyajit Ray. Sandip's book deals with the background stories of all [[Feluda]] movies and [[Television film|telefilms]]. ''Aami aar Feluda'' is ghost-written by author Sebabrata Banerjee. Sebabrata has tried to follow the smart and fluent style of writing introduced by Satyajit Ray which has made the new Feluda number a good reading experience. He has made a video-documentary film on the late [[Kishore Kumar]] in the year 1989.

In 2003, Sandip Ray began working on adapting his father [[Satyajit Ray]]'s original 1962 story ''[[The Alien (unproduced film)|Bankhubabur Bandhu]]'' into a Bengali television film of the same name.<ref>{{cite news|title=Close encounters with native E.T. finally real|date=5 April 2003|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/42443247.cms|access-date=24 March 2009}}</ref> The film, directed by [[Kaushik Sen]], was eventually shown on [[Television in India|Indian television]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=BANKUBABUR BANDHU & SAMUDRER MOUNA at Rangashankara|publisher=Events Bangalore|date=11 October 2006|url=http://eventsbengaluru.com/2006/10/11/bankubabur-bandhu-samudrer-mouna-at-rangashankara|access-date=24 March 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710205633/http://eventsbengaluru.com/2006/10/11/bankubabur-bandhu-samudrer-mouna-at-rangashankara/|archive-date=10 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He started to score background music for Feluda from the film ''[[Bombaiyer Bombete (film)|Bombaiyer Bombete]]'' (2003). Sandip Ray used his first written thriller story for his own directed film ''Hitlist'', 2009. In 2016, he directed a new [[Feluda in film|Feluda film]] titled ''[[Double Feluda]]'' which is the sequel to ''[[Royal Bengal Rahashya (film)|Royal Bengal Rohosso]]'' (2011). During the shooting of ''Double Feluda'', produced by [[Eros International]], Sandip Ray filmed his father's famous library.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asiatimes.com/inside-rays-famous-study/|title=Inside Satyajit Ray's famous study|last=Mukherjee|first=Amrita|date=22 November 2016|website=www.atimes.com|access-date=2 December 2016}}</ref>

Currently he is directing a new film titled ''Professor Shonku O El Dorado'',<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/satyajit-rays-prof-shonku-is-ready-for-the-big-screen/article21382154.ece Professor Shonku O El Dorado]</ref> based on a story of [[Satyajit Ray]]'s [[Professor Shonku]] series called ''Nakur Babu O El Dorado''. The film will star veteran actor [[Dhritiman Chatterjee]] as Professor Shonku. The film is being produced by [[Shree Venkatesh Films|SVF Entertainment]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Singh|first=Shiv Sahay|date=2020-11-22|title=Satyajit Ray's Feluda and Professor Shanku to share screen|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/satyajit-rays-feluda-and-professor-shanku-to-share-screen/article33155514.ece|access-date=2021-03-09|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Filmography==
Sandip Ray has directed the following TV films and movies:
# ''Hatyapuri'' (2022)
# ''[[Professor Shonku O El Dorado]]'' (2019)
# ''[[Double Feluda]]'' ([[Feluda in film|Feluda movie]], 2016)<ref>[http://abpananda.abplive.in/entertainment/who-will-be-next-feluda-181191]. ''ABP Ananda''</ref><ref>[http://www.anandabazar.com/supplementary/anandaplus/who-will-be-the-next-feluda-mystery-sloved-1.368758]. ''Anandabazar''</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Shaheb-makes-a-comeback-as-Topshe/articleshow/52238564.cms]. ''The Times of India''</ref><ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-sandip-ray-s-next-feluda-film-to-be-made-from-two-stories-2208523]. ''dnaindia''</ref><ref>[https://www.absoluteweddingstudio.com/]''absoluteweddingstudio.com''</ref>
# ''[[Monchora]]'' (2016)
# ''[[Badshahi Angti (film)|Badshahi Angti]]'' ([[Feluda in film|A stand-alone Feluda reboot]], 2014)
# ''[[Chaar (film)|Chaar]]'' (2014)
# ''[[Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy]]'' (2012)
# ''[[Royal Bengal Rohosso]]'' ([[Feluda in film|Feluda movie]], 2011)
# ''[[Gorosthaney Sabdhan (film)|Gorosthaney Sabdhan]]'' ([[Feluda in film|Feluda movie]], 2010)
# ''Hitlist'' (2009)
# ''[[Tintorettor Jishu (film)|Tintorettor Jishu]]'' ([[Feluda in film|Feluda movie]], 2008)
# ''[[Kailashey Kelenkari (film)|Kailashey Kelenkari]]'' ([[Feluda in film|Feluda movie]], 2007)
# ''[[Nishijapon]]'' (2005)
# ''[[Bombaiyer Bombete (film)|Bombaiyer Bombete]]'' ([[Feluda in film|Feluda movie]], 2003)
# ''[[Feluda in film|Satyajiter Priyo Galpo]]'' (A series of seven TV films including one [[Feluda]] [[Feluda in film|film]], 2000)
#'' [[Feluda in film|Dr. Munshir Diary]]'' (A TV film of ''Satyajiter Priyo Golpo'' TV film series, 2000)
# ''Eker Pithe Dui'' (unreleased series of 12 short films made for television, 2000)
# ''[[Feluda in film|Satyajiter Goppo]]'' (A series of [[Feluda in film|four TV films]] based on four [[Feluda]] mysteries and six short films based on six different stories of [[Satyajit Ray]], 1999)<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/old/20010518/rbengali.html Sandip Ray presents Satyajiter Gappo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323151153/http://www.screenindia.com/old/20010518/rbengali.html |date=23 March 2009 }}</ref>
# ''My Mother: A Freudian introspection'' (Documentary, 1997)
# ''[[Feluda in film|Feluda 30]]'' (A series of five TV films based on [[Feluda]], 1996)
# ''[[Baksho Rahashya (film)|Baksho Rahashya]]'' (first TV film of ''Feluda 30'', 1996)
# ''[[Target (1995 film)|Target]]'' (1995)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.pardo.ch/filmdetails.do?oc=238593|title=TARGET}}</ref>
# ''[[The Broken Journey|Uttoran]]'' (1994)
# ''[[Goopy Bagha Phire Elo]]'' (1992)
# ''Pregnant Silence: Conception of a Genius'' (A Documentary on a rather surprising personal triumph, 1991)
# ''Zindagi Ek Safar'' (A Homevideo Documentary on Kishore Kumar, 1989)
# ''Satyajit Ray Presents II'' ( Hindi TV film series, 1987)
# ''[[Kissa Kathmandu Mein]]'' ''Satyajit Ray Presents'' (Hindi TV film series, 1986)
# ''[[Phatik Chand (film)]]'' (Based on a story by [[Satyajit Ray]], 1983), Directorial debut
# ''[[Hirak Rajar Deshe]]'' (Based on a story of [[Satyajit Ray]], 1980) as Assistant Director and Still Photographer
# ''Trailer for [[Satyajit Ray]]'s [[Shatranj Ke Khilari]]'' (1978)

==Books==
*''Aami Aar Feluda'' (2006, ghost written by Sebabrata Banerjee)

== Remarks ==
* Satyajit Ray felt Sandip was the best assistant (director) he ever had. (Satyajit) Ray told–<ref name="Ray on Sandip">{{cite web|title=Ray on Sandip|url=http://www.satyajitrayworld.com/family_son.php#1|access-date=29 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107001008/http://www.satyajitrayworld.com/family_son.php#1|archive-date=7 November 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><blockquote>Sandip is handicapped by the additional weight of being my son. His latest work – The Return of Goopy & Bagha is hundred percent his own work. Only the plot and a few songs were mine. But the direction, the photography, the script were all Sandip's. In his handling of the camera, he is a master. His skill is better than mine. The bravura work of his cinematography is incomparable...</blockquote>

==See also==
* [[Cinema of West Bengal]]
* [[Literary creations of Satyajit Ray|Literary works of Satyajit Ray]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|712994}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121107001008/http://www.satyajitrayworld.com/family_son.php#1 Sandip Ray's biography at SatyajitRay.org]
* [https://archive.today/20130118015339/http://www.banglafilmsonline.com/item5 Watch Phatik Chand on your phone, tablet or computer]

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[[Category:Indian movie stills photographers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian film directors]]
[[Category:Film directors from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Bengali film directors]]
[[Category:Brahmos]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
[[Category:Satyajit Ray]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian film directors]]
[[Category:Photographers from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Special Mention (feature film) National Film Award winners]]

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