“Ray’s legacy was his characters in the film, which featured the struggle of ordinary person. He had a cinematic ability to transform newcomers into characters and ability to create music from ordinary everyday humming of things like the train and telegraph post,” said Sharmila Tagore.
Sharmila Tagore, who inaugurated a show on Satyajit Ray’s cinema here, said she is forever indebted to the great director for introducing her to the wonderful world of cinema.
The actress was just 14 when she debuted as an actor with Ray’s ‘Apur Sansar’, the last part of Ray’s ‘Apu Trilogy.
Speaking at the screening of Ray’s 1955 classic ‘Pather Panchali’, the inaugural film of the 24-day long retrospective on Ray’s cinema, Tagore said, “He introduced me to the wonderful world of cinema and it has been a privilege since then.”
“Fifty years after he made his first film and some 20 years after he has expired, Ray remains an integral part of the film world,” said Tagore about India’s most famous filmmaker.
