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India’s greatest film-maker on the art and craft of films. Exactly fifty years ago, in 1955, the release of Pather Panchali heralded the arrival of a master in the world of cinema. Over the next forty years, Satyajit Ray came to be regarded as one of the world’s finest film-makers ever...

A mysterious incident in Nepal. A dead body on the beaches of Puri. A murder in an abandoned house. The search for a valuable scroll leads Feluda and his friends to a strange cast of characters, and perhaps the most chilling case Feluda has ever been faced with. For among D.G. Sen, the collector...

Visiting the famous hunter and wildlife writer Mahitosh Sinha-Roy in his Jalpaiguri palace, Feluda is presented with a riddle that holds the clue to ancestral treasure. But before he can begin unravelling the puzzle, Mr Sinha-Roy's secretary is found dead in the forest, his body savaged by a big...

Satyajit Ray (1921-1992) was one of the greatest filmmakers of his time, renowned for films like Pather Panchali, Charulata, Aranyer Din Ratri and Ghare Baire. He was awarded the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science in 1992, and in the same year, was...

An incident near the desolate Chhinnamasta temple on the rocky riverbank of Rajrappa leads to the death of Mahesh Chowdhury, the head of a Hazaribagh family. Adding to the mystery are a set of coded diaries, a valuable stamp collection that is missing and a tiger that is roaming the streets of...

Strange things happen all the time—doors creak open, shadows shift when no one’s looking and some places never quite forget their past.Enter the world of mystery, magic and macabre with master storyteller Satyajit Ray as he weaves the finest supernatural tales. Featuring haunted houses...

अधिकतर लोग सत्यजित रे को एक फिल्म निर्देशक के रूप में ही जानते हैं, पर वे उच्चकोटि के कथाकार भी थे। उनकी कहानियों में भारतीय समाज के सभी रूप उभरकर आए हैं। प्रस्तुत संग्रह की कहानियाँ न केवल मनोरंजक हैं, बल्कि पाठकों के मन को उद्वेलित करनेवाली हैं|

A murder in an elevator. A trail of heady perfume. The nanasaheb's priceless naulakha necklace. Feluda, Topshe and Jatayu are in Bombay where Jatayu's latest book is being filmed under the title Jet Bahadur. Soon after Jatayu hands over a package to a man in a red shirt, a murder takes place in...

Frank and funny, these stories written originally for the Bengali children's magazine Sandesh, are an essential read for all Ray enthusiasts as well as those who want to know Ray, the writer and film-maker, better. In this volume, Ray also shares some of his experiences while shooting Pather...

सत्यजित राय भारतीय सिनेमा के जाने-माने व्यक्तित्व हैं और सिनेमा के क्षेत्र में उनके योगदान के लिए उन्हें ‘दादा साहेब फाल्के’ पुरस्कार से सम्मानित भी किया गया। एक सफल फिल्म निर्माता-निर्देशक, पटकथा-लेखक होने के साथ-साथ वे एक साहित्यिक लेखक भी थे। इस पुस्तक में सत्यजित राय की कलम से बारह कहानियों का एक गुलदस्ता प्रस्तुत है, जिसमें मनुष्य के हर भाव के रंग के फूल हैं।

The absorbing story of how one of the greatest directors of our time began his film-making career...