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	'''''Sukumar Ray''''' is a 1987 [[Bengali language\|Bengali]] short [[documentary film]] made by [[Satyajit Ray]] on his father, [[Sukumar Ray]]. It was released during the birth centenary year of Sukumar Ray, who was born on 30 October 1887.<ref name="SRDaily">{{cite web\|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=160490\|title=Sukumar Ray: Breaking ground with literary nonsense\|publisher=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)\|The Daily Star]]\|date=30 October 2010\|accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref> The thirty minutes documentary features the life and some of the works by Sukumar Ray in the form of paintings, photographs and readings.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://satyajitray.org/films/sukumarray.htm\|title=Sukumar Ray@satyajitray.org\|accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref>		'''''Sukumar Ray''''' is a 1987 [[Bengali language\|Bengali]] short [[documentary film]] made by [[Satyajit Ray]] on his father, [[Sukumar Ray]]. It was released during the birth centenary year of Sukumar Ray, who was born on 30 October 1887.<ref name="SRDaily">{{cite web\|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=160490\|title=Sukumar Ray: Breaking ground with literary nonsense\|publisher=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)\|The Daily Star]]\|date=30 October 2010\|accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref> The thirty minutes documentary features the life and some of the works by Sukumar Ray in the form of paintings, photographs and readings.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://satyajitray.org/films/sukumarray.htm\|title=Sukumar Ray@satyajitray.org\|accessdate=24 October 2012\|archive-date=2 February 2009\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202125751/http://satyajitray.org/films/sukumarray.htm\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	This is the last documentary made by Satyajit Ray as a tribute to his father, before he died in 1992.<ref name="SRSR">{{cite web\|url=http://satyajitray.org/films/filmo_directed.htm\|title=Films Directed by Satyajit Ray@satyajitray.org\|accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/24/movies/satyajit-ray-70-cinematic-poet-dies.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm\|title=Satyajit Ray, 70, Cinematic Poet, Dies\|work=[[The New York Times]]\|date=24 April 1992\|accessdate=24 October 2012\|author=Flint, Peter B.}}</ref> The documentary used Sukumar Ray's photographs and paintings than video recording as the film was considerably a new medium in India when Sukumar Ray died in 1923.		This is the last documentary made by Satyajit Ray as a tribute to his father, before he died in 1992.<ref name="SRSR">{{cite web\|url=http://satyajitray.org/films/filmo_directed.htm\|title=Films Directed by Satyajit Ray@satyajitray.org\|accessdate=24 October 2012\|archive-date=26 July 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726133728/http://www.satyajitray.org/films/filmo_directed.htm\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/24/movies/satyajit-ray-70-cinematic-poet-dies.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm\|title=Satyajit Ray, 70, Cinematic Poet, Dies\|work=[[The New York Times]]\|date=24 April 1992\|accessdate=24 October 2012\|author=Flint, Peter B.}}</ref> The documentary used Sukumar Ray's photographs and paintings than video recording as the film was considerably a new medium in India when Sukumar Ray died in 1923.

	==Background==		==Background==
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	Sukumar Ray was a [[Bengali people\|Bengali]] humorous poet, story writer and playwright who mainly wrote for children. Born in Bengali family on 30 October 1887 to Bidhumukhi and [[Upendrakishore Ray]], Ray is a second children of six and illustrator of [[literary nonsense]] and [[Nonsense verse\|nonsense rhyme]] in Bengali literature.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.satyajitrayworld.com/family_history.php\|title=Ray History @satyajitrayworld.com\|access-date=24 October 2012\|url-status=~~dead~~\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420100713/http://www.satyajitrayworld.com/family_history.php\|archive-date=20 April 2014\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Graduated with Honours degree in Physics and Chemistry from the [[Presidency University, Kolkata\|Presidency College, Kolkata]], Ray got training in photography and printing technology in England at the School of Photo-Engraving and Lithography, London.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www8.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/sukumar-ray\|title=Sukumar Ray @The Open University, Britain\|accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref> He formed the "Nonsense Club" and the "Monday Club", the members of which included some of the young artists, writers, scholars and critics of that time.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HAp5P65ZonIC&q=sukumar+ray%2Bmonday+club&pg=PA243\|title=The Literary Utopias of Cultural Communities, 1790-1910\|isbn=978-9042029996\|accessdate=24 October 2012\|last1=Corporaal\|first1=Marguérite\|last2=Leeuwen\|first2=Evert Jan van\|year=2010}}</ref> Ray was also associated with [[Brahmo Samaj]] and wrote a poem called "Atiter Katha" for young readers.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ohsA1rdovbwC&q=%22Atiter+Katha%22&pg=PA178\|title=Wordygurdyboom!\|accessdate=24 October 2012\|author=Ray, Sukumar\|date=September 2016\|isbn=9780143330783}}</ref> His works such as the collection of poems ''[[Abol Tabol]]'' (Gibberish), novella ''[[HaJaBaRaLa]]'' (The Absurdity), short story collection ''[[Pagla Dashu]]'' (Crazy Dashu) and play ''Chalachitta Chanchari'' are considered nonsense masterpieces.<ref name="SRDaily"/> Father of film-maker [[Satyajit Ray]], Sukumar Ray died of severe infectious fever, [[Leishmaniasis]] on 10 September 1923.<ref name="SRSR"/>		Sukumar Ray was a [[Bengali people\|Bengali]] humorous poet, story writer and playwright who mainly wrote for children. Born in a Bengali family on 30 October 1887 to Bidhumukhi and [[Upendrakishore Ray]], Sukumar Ray is a second children of six and illustrator of [[literary nonsense]] and [[Nonsense verse\|nonsense rhyme]] in Bengali literature.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.satyajitrayworld.com/family_history.php\|title=Ray History @satyajitrayworld.com\|access-date=24 October 2012\|url-status=usurped\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420100713/http://www.satyajitrayworld.com/family_history.php\|archive-date=20 April 2014\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Graduated with Honours degree in Physics and Chemistry from the [[Presidency University, Kolkata\|Presidency College, Kolkata]], Sukumar Ray got training in photography and printing technology in England at the School of Photo-Engraving and Lithography, London.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www8.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/sukumar-ray\|title=Sukumar Ray @The Open University, Britain\|accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref> He formed the "Nonsense Club" and the "Monday Club", the members of which included some of the young artists, writers, scholars and critics of that time.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HAp5P65ZonIC&q=sukumar+ray%2Bmonday+club&pg=PA243\|title=The Literary Utopias of Cultural Communities, 1790-1910\|isbn=978-9042029996\|accessdate=24 October 2012\|last1=Corporaal\|first1=Marguérite\|last2=Leeuwen\|first2=Evert Jan van\|year=2010 \|publisher=Rodopi }}</ref> Ray was also associated with [[Brahmo Samaj]] and wrote a poem called "Atiter Katha" for young readers.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ohsA1rdovbwC&q=%22Atiter+Katha%22&pg=PA178\|title=Wordygurdyboom!\|accessdate=24 October 2012\|author=Ray, Sukumar\|date=September 2016\|publisher=Penguin Books India \|isbn=9780143330783}}</ref> His works such as the collection of poems ''[[Abol Tabol]]'' (Gibberish), novella ''[[HaJaBaRaLa]]'' (The Absurdity), short story collection ''[[Pagla Dashu]]'' (Crazy Dashu) and play ''Chalachitta Chanchari'' are considered nonsense masterpieces.<ref name="SRDaily"/> Father of film-maker [[Satyajit Ray]], Sukumar Ray died of severe infectious fever, [[Leishmaniasis]] on 10 September 1923.<ref name="SRSR"/>

	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
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{{Infobox film
| name = Sukumar Ray
| image = Sukumar Ray (documentary, 1987) title card.jpg
| image_size = 235px
| border = 1px
| alt = Sukumar Ray (documentary, 1987) title card
| caption = Title card of the film
| director = [[Satyajit Ray]]
| producer = [[Government of West Bengal]]
| writer =
| screenplay = Satyajit Ray
| story =
| based_on = Life and works of Sukumar Ray
| narrator = [[Soumitra Chatterjee]]
| starring = [[Utpal Dutt]]<br/>[[Soumitra Chatterjee]]<br/>[[Tapen Chatterjee]]<br/>[[Santosh Dutta]]
| music = Satyajit Ray
| cinematography = Barun Raha
| studio = [[Indrapuri Studio]]
| editing = [[Dulal Dutta]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1987}}
| runtime = 30 minutes
| country = India
| language = Bengali
}}

'''''Sukumar Ray''''' is a 1987 [[Bengali language|Bengali]] short [[documentary film]] made by [[Satyajit Ray]] on his father, [[Sukumar Ray]]. It was released during the birth centenary year of Sukumar Ray, who was born on 30 October 1887.<ref name="SRDaily">{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=160490|title=Sukumar Ray: Breaking ground with literary nonsense|publisher=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|date=30 October 2010|accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref> The thirty minutes documentary features the life and some of the works by Sukumar Ray in the form of paintings, photographs and readings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://satyajitray.org/films/sukumarray.htm|title=Sukumar Ray@satyajitray.org|accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref>

This is the last documentary made by Satyajit Ray as a tribute to his father, before he died in 1992.<ref name="SRSR">{{cite web|url=http://satyajitray.org/films/filmo_directed.htm|title=Films Directed by Satyajit Ray@satyajitray.org|accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/24/movies/satyajit-ray-70-cinematic-poet-dies.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|title=Satyajit Ray, 70, Cinematic Poet, Dies|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=24 April 1992|accessdate=24 October 2012|author=Flint, Peter B.}}</ref> The documentary used Sukumar Ray's photographs and paintings than video recording as the film was considerably a new medium in India when Sukumar Ray died in 1923.

==Background==
{{Main|Sukumar Ray}}
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Sukumar Ray was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] humorous poet, story writer and playwright who mainly wrote for children. Born in Bengali family on 30 October 1887 to Bidhumukhi and [[Upendrakishore Ray]], Ray is a second children of six and illustrator of [[literary nonsense]] and [[Nonsense verse|nonsense rhyme]] in Bengali literature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.satyajitrayworld.com/family_history.php|title=Ray History @satyajitrayworld.com|access-date=24 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420100713/http://www.satyajitrayworld.com/family_history.php|archive-date=20 April 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Graduated with Honours degree in Physics and Chemistry from the [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College, Kolkata]], Ray got training in photography and printing technology in England at the School of Photo-Engraving and Lithography, London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www8.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/sukumar-ray|title=Sukumar Ray @The Open University, Britain|accessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref> He formed the "Nonsense Club" and the "Monday Club", the members of which included some of the young artists, writers, scholars and critics of that time.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HAp5P65ZonIC&q=sukumar+ray%2Bmonday+club&pg=PA243|title=The Literary Utopias of Cultural Communities, 1790-1910|isbn=978-9042029996|accessdate=24 October 2012|last1=Corporaal|first1=Marguérite|last2=Leeuwen|first2=Evert Jan van|year=2010}}</ref> Ray was also associated with [[Brahmo Samaj]] and wrote a poem called "Atiter Katha" for young readers.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ohsA1rdovbwC&q=%22Atiter+Katha%22&pg=PA178|title=Wordygurdyboom!|accessdate=24 October 2012|author=Ray, Sukumar|date=September 2016|isbn=9780143330783}}</ref> His works such as the collection of poems ''[[Abol Tabol]]'' (Gibberish), novella ''[[HaJaBaRaLa]]'' (The Absurdity), short story collection ''[[Pagla Dashu]]'' (Crazy Dashu) and play ''Chalachitta Chanchari'' are considered nonsense masterpieces.<ref name="SRDaily"/> Father of film-maker [[Satyajit Ray]], Sukumar Ray died of severe infectious fever, [[Leishmaniasis]] on 10 September 1923.<ref name="SRSR"/>

==Synopsis==
With [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] as a narrator, the documentary begins by showcasing some of the drawings by [[Sukumar Ray]], drawn for the children books ''[[Abol Tabol]]'', ''[[HaJaBaRaLa]]'' and a short story, ''Heshoram Hushiarer Diary'' (The Diary of Heshoram: The Clever). Explaining the lineage of Ray family starting from Hari Krishna Roy Chowdhury and [[Upendrakishore Ray]], the documentary describes initial days of Sukumar Ray, his formation of the "Nonsense Group" in the college and publication of handwritten humorous magazine, "Thirty Two and a Half Fries".

[[Utpal Dutt]] enacts as a teacher from Ray's first published poetical "nonsense"-play ''Jhala Pala'' (The Cacophony) and provides humorous explanation/translation of the sentence "I go up, we go down" in Bengali. Soumitra Chatterjee appears as [[Rama]], the [[avatar]] of the Hindu god [[Vishnu]], in a spoof based on an Indian epic ''[[Ramayana]]'', ''Lakshmaner Shaktishel'' (The magical spear of [[Lakshmana]]). The spoof is based on Rama's dream about the central antagonist of the ''Ramayana'', the demon-king [[Ravana]] and the spy ([[Tapen Chatterjee]]) providing further information about it. The documentary also focusses on Ray's college days in London while studying photography, lithography and his meeting with [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize–winning]] littérateur, [[Rabindranath Tagore]]. While narrating his first poem ''Khichudi'' (The mixture) published in children's magazine, ''[[Sandesh (magazine)|Sandesh]]'', launched by his father, the documentary explains how entire Ray family worked together for the growth of the magazine after the death of Upendrakishore Ray.

Mentioning his association with [[Brahmo Samaj]], the documentary ends with Sukumar Ray's terminal disease and his death on 10 September 1923.

==Credits==

===Cast===
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* [[Utpal Dutt]] as Village teacher (character of the play ''Jhala Pala'')
* [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] as [[Rama]] (from the play ''Lakshmaner Shaktishel'' (The magical spear of [[Lakshmana]]))
* [[Tapen Chatterjee]] as informer (from the play ''Lakshmaner Shaktishel'')
* [[Chiranjeet]] as [[Lakshmana]] (from the play ''Lakshmaner Shaktishel'')
* [[Santosh Dutta]]
* Nirmal Ghosh
* Bimal Deb
* Ramesh Mukhopadhyay
* Sambarta Sarkar
* Soumya Patra
* Chinmay Chatterjee
* Utpal Roy
* Shamik Banerjee
* Sougata Banerjee
* Ankur Chatterjee
* Soumendranath Das

===Crew===
* Narration: Soumitra Chatterjee
* Editor: Dulal Dutta
* Art direction: Ashoke Bose
* Sound designer: Sujit Sarkar
* Cinematographer: Barun Raha
* Still photographer: [[Nemai Ghosh (photographer)|Nemai Ghosh]], Hirak Sen, Satyaki
* Make up: Ananta Das

===Music===
* Music direction: Satyajit Ray
* Assistant music director: Aloknath Dey
* Singer: [[Anup Ghoshal]]
* Chorus: Biswajeet Gupta, Debashish Roy Chowdhury, Arup Majumder, Prabuddha Raha, Shekhar Gupta, Aditya Narayan Biswas
* Song recording: Sushanta Banerjee
* Re-recording: Jyoti Chatterjee, Anup Mukhopadhyay
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0094069|Sukumar Ray}}

{{Satyajit Ray}}

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[[Category:1987 films]]
[[Category:1987 documentary films]]
[[Category:1987 short films]]
[[Category:1980s Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Documentary films about writers]]
[[Category:Films directed by Satyajit Ray]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian short documentary films]]
[[Category:1980s short documentary films]]