Satyajit Ray Was Very Secular, Tolerant and a True Liberal - Aparna Sen | The Quint
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Satyajit Ray has influenced the lives of many aspiring filmmakers and film enthusiasts and continues to do so. The Quint celebrates Ray’s birth centenary year with a very special series called ‘My Ray’ - where current generation of filmmakers share their experiences of Ray’s films and how he influenced them.
Actor-filmmaker Aparna Sen talks about her memories of Satyajit Ray, whom she fondly called ‘Manik Kaka’. She shares some of her fond memories of Ray as an actress and as a filmmaker.
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My dad loved his movies, we are from Assam and my dad used to watch in theaters, when he was posted in Agartala. He always said, Satyajit Ray was way ahead of times.
Way ahead. Watch the film ‘Hirak rajar deshe’
I cant believe she is 74 years old.. she can easily pass off as just a lil over a 40 year old bengali woman
my goodness what skin..
yeas
A mysterious thing is why I don’t remember Ray or Tagore whenever I remember India. Maybe that suggests they are beyond the boundaries of nations?
they were extremely grounded and their works too
Don't know about Ray but tagore is definitely beyond the boundaries of nations he criticised nationalism directly described as danger for humanity. He is strong believer of internationalism like baghat Singh.
@@manikantabudigi2147 very much agreed. but i wasn’t talking about their ideologies. i was saying that their words are so intense and impactful that they cannot stay within the boundaries of any single country
Had he been alive now he would have been labeld as Anti national.
The Ray was a TRUE secular and has left us a path to follow
After Samapti which film directed by Ray Ms. Aparna Sen became heroine. . So far can remember 20 min in Jana Aranya and Aranyer Din Ratri beginning probably half an hr!
Was he pro muslim? Like so supportive of Jihadist efforts like Arundhathi Roy... Quint wants to make sure of that....
Why don't you give your verdict? Watch Ghare Baire. You will get your answer.
He was master class story teller. Period. No need to bring secular, liberal and all. His stories depict different cultures of Bengal during the end of British rule. People do criticize him showcasing Indian poverty to world.
the way he is described in the caption it feels like the left is trying to use his identity for an agenda.
every time i hear he is a great director, artist, writer.
not sure why he is described like that...
he was someone who truly appreciated Indian culture.
such things are portrayed in many of his stories.
he learnt film making from the west and someone who never forgot his roots. not sure why that is not said that much.
and yes people are forgetting he has portrayed both the glamorous and poor aspects.
to all those who think Satyajit Rai only highlighted the poor check out the film Sheemabadha.
Also check out Agantuk where he criticizes western idea of consumerism, division caused by organised religion and every other negative aspects of countries we consider "civilised" civilization to a huge extent and makes us question who is actually living their life to the fullest -this materialistic modern civilization or the wild tribes.
to the owners of this video i would simply request to not use him for his political agenda.
@@adityabhattacharyya8727 Soja shuji bolun ki bolte chan.
So long as Punjab and Bengal led the culture India remained a progressive, modern, scientific and liberal land but once Maharashtra plus Gujrat took over India everything become hindu extremist , violent, bigoted and superstitious hindu way of life. Roy would have kicked kangna ranut, anu kher, amitabh etc out of window
Lets not blame certain states for the problem. There are morons everywhere just like there are nice sane people everywhere. Unfortunately the crazy ones have taken over.
Bro don't blame any state, every state has such people so you can not generalize, every state is our part, don't comment like this 🙏 it only creates conflicts among our own people.
Absolutely agree to the main comment
Sad but true sir.
That being said, the southern states - Karnataka and Kerala in particular have always stood for the very same values.
Degrading your own knowledge?? Talk less boss, think more.
Thanks madam sharing your experience of time spent with one of the greatest film director satyajit ray with us.
Madam Aparna Sen
I always loved watching your films being as actor or director. Simply amazing to watch your this video. Thanks
the stories of an intellectual person by another intellectual one
More such videos should come up... Everyone who had chances to work with these legends should open up for development of art.
আজকের দিনে হলে সত্যজিৎ কেও হয়তো "পাকিস্তান যাও" শুনতে হতো
Hotoi hoto
In Aparna Di's Gharey Baire Aaj, the protagonist Brinda's character resembles the part of today's Indian society which have felt deceived by the people current people in power. And her husband Nikhilesh resembles the liberals of India
Satyajit Ray and Guru Dutt are legends. Their contribution to Indian Cinema is unparalleled and profound!!
Yes, a larger than life personality....Satyajit Ray ...The greatest of all times
If Ray watch ghare baire aaj
..he would say this is shit...with all respect to Aparna Sen....I am a fan of her works
What an admiration for Master Filmmakers SATYAJIT RAY.
Aparna Sen Sen dives deep and highlights the hidden layers of themes of Ray films.
Ray of Hope 🌻🍁
Lovely video Quint. Keep up the good work. Satyajit Ray was indeed a filmmaker par excellence, even Akira Kurosawa, one of the most famous directors during his time, considered Mr Ray to be best.
He was highly educated, polished, thoughtful, a polymath, and most importantly, empathetic. He UNDERSTOOD human emotions and had a gift of portraying those on the silver screen.
Sad thing is, the Indian audience in general is not upto the intellectual capacity required to genuinely appreciate his work.
That is why even for this video, under the comments section, we have morons saying Hindutva is great and Satyajit Ray wouldn't have been famous if he was in Pakistan.
Simply put, we are dumb.
@souvik deb I consider him one of the greatest filmmakers of all time but not the greatest. And you're saying Kurosawa considered him the best is a false statement. He admired his work a lot for sure. And you should not use the name of greats to justify the greatness of another and when they belong to same period of time.
@@charliesmith6549 I agree, Kurosawa didn't refer to Ray as being the 'best' but he did consider him one amongst the best. However, most of the famous Hollywood directors like Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and Nolan (to some extent) consider Ray's work to be their cinematic inspiration.
My point is, there are VERY FEW Indian directors who can actually admire and understand Ray, let alone make movies like him. Yes, there are a few avant-garde filmmakers here in India but most of them do commercial movies on the side to keep their craft running.
Ray was unique because he consciously tried not to do commercial movies. Not that he detested them or anything, it was more so because he was a micromanager of sorts and I can imagine him running into a fit when a producer would ask him to include a peppy dance number for 'grabbing eyeballs'. Ray was beyond all this.
@@souvikdeb2523 totally agree
Modiji is doing the right things now
Great legend in our country
Big fan of both of you. Missed Manikkaku 😢
One criticism of Ray however is that he was still an elite. The Bengali refugees from Bangladesh never showed up in his films. His movies are about middle class Bengalis. This was the big difference between Ray and Ritwick Ghatak. And Aparna Sen , these elite Bengali cultural leftists are the reason why Bengal is in a shit hole.
Tui ekta gud-na-mara dhamna ... ja fradendra bhai er pod chaat
Totally agreed.
Ghatak was a bigger Leftist than both.
@@justineray9001 Franendro 😅😅😅😅
@@sauron2000000 Why me? I don't see any comments from me posted here!
I hope you will meet again🙏
My tribute to Satyajit Ray. His movies are real and most valuable resources in my mind.
From Samapti to Bahoman,
She Madam Aparna Sen spreads Her charisma. Her beauty, intelligency and magic are beyond to describe. And Her directed films are just valuable jewels,i think.
Satyajit Ray is a legend 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Aparna Sen's father = Professor Shonku
Aparna Sen - wouldn’t Ray would have been equally emotionally perturbed and hurt by the genocide and pogroms against Kashmiri minorities - the Hindus which actually occurred 1989-94 ?! You conveniently mention about the demolition of Babri Masjid but fail to mention about the pogroms against lakhs of Kashmiri Hindus !
He was alive then. Did he join Advani's rath Yatra? No.
He also worked with a very old Bengali BJP member, Victor babu. You should personally get in touch with Victor Bannerjee and get to know what Ray thought of BJP.
আপনি আরও সুস্থ ও শান্তিতে থাকুন। অনেক স্মৃতি মনে পড়লো।
When we talk about secularism, tolerant then Aparna Sen, Anurag Kashyap etc those names comes on the front but when we talk about corona relief, Amphan cyclone relief, migrant workers transit issue and community kitchen etc, then Sonu Sood, Vikas khanna, SRK, bacchan , salman bhai, Swastika Mukherjee, shreelekha mitra etc many unsung heros names comes on the front. This is the main difference between so called media made intellectuals vs true intellectual. True intellectuals work on field , help to helpless poor in the crisis time but media made intellectual gives bite or speed in a Ac room .
Or maybe they don't brag about their work unlike the actors
This lady so called intellectual used to tweet and protest about anything incident outside Bengal but today when our state is in complete mayhem and the TMC govt is incompetent there's not a word from her ...nor she is seen anywhere
Do your IT cell chamchagiri somewhere else. Why don't you go to Gujarat ,Wuhan of India ? Shameless chamchaas.
Akdom thik... Akhan abr kichu LIBRANDU k dekha jacce
Still, while we are in the mayhem, India faces a standoff against China in the Gulwan Valley. What our current govt has done, neither we are stronger in our economy nor in our ingenious military technologies. Wah Modiji Wah...
BJP bugs,,, this lady is highly educated ,,,she's way higher than ur level
@@shubhankardasgupta4777 Albert Einstein you are still alive we didn't knew it😂😂
lol this joker can never understand RAY to his core
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If Krishan were a good man he would have stopped pandavs from killing own family friends and guru in mahabharat gita over property and woman. Krishan must be condemned.
@@gurindersingh8109 Here comes the liberandu uncle who in his whole life hasn't ever read and understood the core essence of Mahabharat/Bhagwad Geeta but he has the audacity to condemn Lord Krishna....Lol🤣🤣🤣🤣.....I guess you are smoking some next level stuff.... Before speaking this shit which you obviously have in your mind, go and read some authentic and unabridged version of Mahabharat.....And you seriously think Mahabharat was fought for Wealth, property and Women..... Ohhh bhaiiii 🤣🤣🤣.... Deadly combination of Stupidity, Misinformation and Hinduphobia
That's not true. Satyajit ray was true bengali culture person.
Lol yes, but he was liberal , he was from bramho samaj. They didn't believe in idol worshipping
@kolkata 97 hmm but like you India isn't a stupid nation. India has a history that you should read. Our religion , gods have histories. Read them . It's not so EASY to find god bu just worshipping an idol like a blind faith person , right? First understand what shiva says when he says I am omnipresent. So, I don't find him in idols anymore that actually insulting to limit their persona. Anyway a person like you won't understand. Bangalir naame dhabba , onek bewakoof ache bangali der modheo.. not everyone is Tagore or Ray...
@@navinasimoes They didn't complain but didn't practice it. They read vedas tho.
Mr Ray😪😪😪
If a bunch of innocent rabbits living with a vicious wolf, and if one rabbit raises voice, does that rabbit makehim right wing hindutva
Ofcourse he was a Hindu so he would definitely be secular.....
He was a Brahmo, the most liberal movement inside Hinduism. So was Tagore. They do not believe in idol worship.
@@hallu6666call it sanatan Dharma anyway......what I meant was since he is a Hindu he would a secular.....whether it be idol worshipper or a non idol worshipper....
@@snehanath1705 Would he blindly support BJP? That is the question I want answered.
@@sauron2000000 BJP 😂.....is Hinduism n BJP even co related.....get ur brain checked plz
@@snehanath1705 Yes they are now
Vry depressing....bcz of gvrnmnt failure
Way too early
He's got his oscar for his films not for his seculariam or any other characteristics. Stop quenching your political thirst by bringing a person who is no more.
Aparna Sen is old enough not to change herself, Quint can... I believe.
Those films also represent his thoughts which are progressive and liberal in nature. An artist's art is the expression of his or her true persona :) You are not old enough to change your thought process I hope
@@14debanjan First off, What is Being Liberal ?? Do you have a black and white definition ??
Secondly, I'll obviously change my thoughts, if it is for the good. Building a round restaurant and a plastic Big Ben doesn't do any good. At least for me.
If it is for the good I'll obviously change. No approvals required.
Thirdly , If I choose Hirakbrajar deshe, it seems to be a movie portraying the power of the working class (communist belief) which infact is nothing but a utopian concept... Doesn't exist in real.
So let's not being an honourable film maker from the dead and quench political thirst. He's a film maker, let him be one. There were and are seasoned politicians in WB.
@@subhrajitdey5608 Being a liberal, in short, is being progressive in values. Being progressive, in short, is being supporter of the thought process and activities that contributes to human growth. Human growth, in short, is being better in different aspects of life, including education, skills and career and living the life of one's own choosing and simultaneously expanding the worldview. Only tried to explain. I am sure there are many people who are more accomplished would be able to explain it better. About utopia, it's all an utopia. The se utopias are called ideals. Being ultimately kind or compassionate or resilient or loving and so on are utopias. When we create policies and try to put those into action in order to at least strive to reach these utopias, it is called humanist policies. A state (be it a province or a nation), when tries to implement these policies, is called a welfare state. When a state achieves remarkable results in uplifting the standards of living of its citizens by following these policies, they are called developed.. hence, "developed countries". About quenching political thirst, better to take the word politics in the greater sense of the world. Politics is none other than our day to day life when affected by policies taken by authority.. be it good or bad, hence all great artists like Ray are aware about the importance of being political while demonstrating human lives through art, because we all are political..so called 'non-political' is also political. About change, nobody needs approval from nobody but needs awareness.
Absolutely wrong. Ray and quite a few other world directors' greatness came not just from mastery over their craft, but from the universality of their outlook, their humanism. This is now being resisted today by rulers who have an unlimited lust for power, which they know can best be achieved by dividing people.
@@subhrajitdey5608 Not being a director like Sudipto Sen
The background music is irritating. Why do Bongs always want background music? Whoever comes to this video is already the type who wants to know what Aparna Sen will say. They don't have to be entertained.
Not really true. This is Quint.
She was crypto and Christian missinary manipulator 🤪 in name of secularism
No wonder india ain't a secular country anymore cz people like you don't know the meaning of secularism... Bewakoof
From aparan sen we know one things babri masjid is an icon of indian secularism and liberalism. 😲🤩😍.
Bal er liberalism, secularism dekhay era tai kokkhono kashmiri pandit er kotha bole na era... Hate them
From Ramayan we learn how a kashtriya king ram chander of ayodhya abused brahmin princess Saroopnkha and then killed shiv Bhagat brahmin king ravan. Let's kill all Shiv Bhagat brahmin king ravans in Nagpur
Gurinder Singh you assume they have read the ramayan? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Go and work on your English... LOL... 😂😂😂
@@bidishadey3815 Exactly what I was going to write... Maybe Rs2 is getting credited to their accounts for such comments...😜 #ITCell