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Video: Shyam Benegal on Satyajit Ray's influence on his work

Satyajit Ray
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The legendary film-maker Satyajit Ray suffered a heart attack in 1984, and shortly after, renowned director Shyam Benegal shot an unforgettable documentary on the Academy-award winning maestro. Benegal's film features other giants of Indian cinema like acclaimed editor Bhanudas Divkar and fellow film-maker Govind Nihalani in in-depth and intimate interviews Satyajit Ray who reminisces about how he established his own way of film-making, composing shots and scenes, handled the camera and so on. Clips from the maestro's films are sensitively played all along the documentary providing glimpses of the genius of Satyajit Ray.

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Type: Documentary
Rating: NR
Running Time: 140 minutes
Starring: Shyam Benegal, Bhanudas Divkar, Govind Nihalani
Directed by: Shyam Benegal