Monday, January 10, 2011

Munshi Premchand’ Story SADGATI turns 30 Years

SATYAJIT RAY's adaptation of Premchand's critically acclaimed short
story 'Sadgati' is completing 30 years in 2011. Satyajit Ray is
credited with taking Indian cinema to the global sphere where he could
ignite sensibilities. His contributions as a poet apart from being an
ace filmmaker gave cinema new dimensions. His strength of deep vision,
lively presentation and research of historical facts are even today
emulated by several filmmakers across the globe.


Satyajit Ray's Filmography :


Pather Panchali (1955) – Produced by government of West Bengal.
Aprajito (1956) -Produced by Epic Films

Paras Patthar (1958) The Philosopher's Stone or the Paras Pathar was
produced by Pramod Lahiri. The film was inspired from Parsuram's short
story with same name.


Jal Saghar (The music room) (1958)- Ray himself produced the film.
Apur Sansar (The world of Appu) (1959)-Satyajit Ray was himself as producer.

Devi (The Goddess) – Ray himself produced the film. Inspired from
Prabhat Kumar's short story with same name (1960)

Teen Kanya (Three daughters) (1961)-Based on Tagore's three short
stories, Postmaster, Monihara and Sampati.

Rabindra Nath Tagore (1961)-Produced by Films division. Government of India.

Kanchenjunga (1962)-Produced by NCA Productions.

Abhijan (The Expedition) (1962)Produced by Abhijiatrik. The film is
based on Tarashankar Banerjee's novel with similar name.

Mahanagar (The Big city) – Produced by R.D. Bansal and Co (1963).The
film is based on Narendra Nath Mitra's short story Abataranika.

Charulata (1964) – Based on Rabindra Nath Tagore's novel Nasjanirh

Two(1964) – Based on Satyajit Ray's own original screenplay; the film
was produced by Eso World

Nayak (The Hero) (1966) – Produced by R.D. Bansal and Co.

Chiria Khana (Zoo) – Produced by Star productions (1967). It was
inspired from Sarannindu's Novel with same name.

Gopie Gyne Bagha Byne (The Adventures og Gopie & Bagha)(1968) – It was
produced by Poornima Pictures, the film was inspired from Upendra
Kishore's story with similar Name.

The Inner Eye (1972) – Produced by Government of India's Films division.

Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress) (1974) – Produced by Government of
West Bengal. Ray made the film on a book by himself with similar name.

Shatranj Ke Khiladi (1980) – Produced by Devki Chitra's Productions;
film was based on Premchand's Short story with similar title.

Sadgati (1981) – Produced by Doordarshan , Sadgati was based on
Premchand's short story with similar title.

Hirak Rajar Deshe (The Kingdom of Diamonds) (1980) – Produced by
Government of West Bengal.

Ghare Baire(1984) (The Home and the World) – NFDC,Government of India.

Sukumar Ray (1989) – Produced by Government of West Bengal. Attributed
to Ray's multi-faceted father.

Ganashatru (1989) (An Enemy of People)- Produced by NFDC,Government of India.

Agantuk (1991) (Stranger) – Produced by NFDC, Government of India.

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