To mark the birth and death anniversary of Satyajit Ray, a four-day-long film festival will be inaugurated on April 26, at EMK Center, Dhaka.
Jointly organised by EMK Center and International Academy of Film and Media, the festival features two of Ray’s finest work along with a tribute film to Subir Banerjee, the actor who played Apu in “Pather Panchali” and a writing venture by Ray which is directed by his son Sandip.
“Pather Panchali” and “Ashani Sanket,” the two films by the honourary Academy Award winner in 1992, will be screened on April 26 and 27 respectively while Kaushik Ganguly’s “Apur Panchali” and Sandip Ray’s “Uttoran” will be screened on April 29 and 30 respectively.
Besides for these screenings, a workshop on Satyajit Ray’s screenplay analysis will take place at the Sirajul Islam Lecture Hall, Dhaka University on April 1 and 2. In collaboration with the Television and Film Studies Department of Dhaka University, the workshop will be conducted by Anindya Sengupta, a faculty member of Jadavpur University’s Film Studies Department.