About 28 years ago, critically-acclaimed filmmaker Satyajit Ray received the Academy Honorary Award in 1992. While presenting the award, Audrey Hepburn said, "T ...

After receiving the award, Douglas termed Satyajit Ray as a world-class filmmaker. “Cinema is one of the few mediums that have the power to unite and transform us.

The 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa, concluded on Tuesday with Hollywood veteran Michael Douglas accepting the Satyajit Ray lifetime achievement award for excellence in ...

Satyajit Ray was hospitalised in Kolkata at the time of the 64th Academy Awards. He could not catch a flight to Los Angeles, but a video message from him was showcased at the ceremony at the Dolby ...

India has instituted the ‘Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Cinema’ to be given at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) every year, starting from this year ...

Satyajit Ray Although he did not win a competitive Oscar, Ray was awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 1992 for his lifetime achievements in cinema.

Ray was too ill to receive the award in person and accepted it via live feed from his hospital room. He died less than a month later, on April 23, at age 70. ALSO: ...

Satyajit Ray, after receiving his OSCAR award/India Today Preserving Ray’s legacy is not an act of nostalgia; it is a necessity.

Speaking about the Satyajit Ray award, Sil said, “I think it is a commendable effort by the union ministry. This is exactly what the centenary celebrations of the legend should start off with.” ...

Ray had no formal training in making movies, but he was determined to adapt one of the most cherished Indian novels. Satyajit Ray would go on to shoot more than thirty feature films from 1955 to 1991.

IFFI: Michael Douglas awarded Satyajit Ray lifetime achievement award ‘Cinema can make people laugh, cry or rejoice and reveal our shared humanity’, says the Hollywood star ...

The 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa, concluded on Tuesday with Hollywood veteran Michael Douglas accepting the Satyajit Ray lifetime achievement award for excellence in ...