biography
pronunciation:
[riy]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1921–92)
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| biography:
| Film director, born in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), E India. He studied at Santiniketan University, then worked as a commercial artist while writing screenplays. His first film, Pather Panchali (1954, On the Road), was undertaken in his spare time with very limited finance. Its international success at the Cannes Film Festival allowed him to complete the trilogy with Aparajito (1956, The Unvanquished) and Apu Sansar (1959, The World of Apu), and he continued as India's leading film-maker. Later features include The Kingdom of Diamonds (1980), Pickoo (1982), The Home and The World (1984), and An Enemy of the People (1989). He received an Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1991. |
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