Touring Talkies Movie Review 2024 @ ICAT, Chennai

I can't think of being anything else but what is represented by my films. I am not conscious of being a humanist. It's simply that I am interested in human beings. I would imagine that everyone who makes a film is to some extent interested in human beings... I'm slightly irritated (laughs) by this constant reference to humanism in my work - I feel that there are other elements also. It's not just about human beings. It's also a structure, a form, a rhythm, a face, a temple, a feeling for light and shade, composition, and a way of telling a story. - Satyajit Ray

In 1947, with a few friends like Bansi Chandra Gupta, Ray co-founded Calcutta's first film society. Battleship Potemkin was the first film they screened. In the same passion, with the great initiation and guidance of our beloved Dean, Ms. Lakshmi Kumar Madam, we have screened 'Pather Panchali' on 6.4.2024 at ICAT FILM TALKIES and discussed filmmaker Satyajit Ray as an auteur with cinematographer Dinesh K. Babu.