Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker, widely
regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th
century.Ray was born in the city of Calcutta into
a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature.
Starting his career as a commercial artist, Ray
was drawn into independent film making after meeting
French filmmaker Jean Renoir and viewing Vittorio De
Sica's Italian neorealist film Bicycle Thieves (1948) during
a visit to London.
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