Google Celebrates the
Birthday of Great Auteur – Satyajit Ray
After paying tribute to the first passenger train run in
India, yesterday Google designed a doodle to celebrate the birthday of the
veteran Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray. As an appreciation for his work and in the memory of legendary Satyajit Ray here is the yesterday's Google Doodle.
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Google doodles Satyajit Ray's
Pather Panchali on filmmaker's birth anniversary
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This doodle is as a tribute to his phenomenal
contribution to the film industry and literature. He has directed feature
films, documentary and shorts that earned him status amidst the finest auteurs
of the world cinema. His novels and short stories were mainly focused on
adolescent and children. His contribution as a fiction writer, publisher,
illustrator, calligrapher, graphic designer, and film critic, has given some of
the award winning movies like Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Apur Sansar, and many
more to the Indian film Industry.
Satyajit Ray has also been the recipient of laurels for his
debut film Pather Panchali (1955) that won the Best Human Documentary at the
Cannes Film Festival including ten other international awards. His work in
films like Aparajito (1956) and Apur Sansar (1959) were also appreciated. Throughout
his career, he received 32 Indian National Film Awards. In the year 1992, he
was also honored with Academy Award and Bharat Ratna for his contribution to
the Indian literature.