Satyajit Ray

A Tribute To Satyajit Ray / Moumita


Apu-r Katha..

Saal ta 1992. Ekattor bochorer ek kormojogee'r dheerghyo bornonoy jiboner shika praye nibhu nibhu. Mrityu sojjaye sayito royechen tini, othocho tokhoni pashchatyo totha sara biswa tNake niye, tNar sristi ke niye unmadito, bismito o shihorito.Academy Award nite protham ebong ekhono porjonto ekmatro bharotiyo sedin manche uposthit thakte parenni thiki, kintu sedin biswa chalachitra-jogoter sorboccho asore sobar hRidye chiro-ason pete niyechilen Sree Satyajit Ray. Tini e amake Apu'r moto ek ononto jiggasha-moy jogote protham probesh koriyechilen. Tini e shikhiyechen cinema manei obhineta obhinetri der poshak -ashak dekha ar obeg e knede bharasho noy, cinema ekta chobi aNakar canvas er motoi, cinema holo shilpir sorbottom kolpona, cinema ekta jibon-aalekkhyo! Tobe sudhu chalachitrakar hisebei Satyajit Ray'r kaj ke seemito korle bhul hobe. Tini Sahityik, tini chitro-shilpi, sangeet-boddha, sorbopori ekjon bishal maaper manush.Sree Upendrakishore Ray (Roychowdhury)'r nati, Sukumar Ray 'r chele Satyajit banglar ek oti protibhashali poribarer protinidhi. ekatha amra sobai jani. kintu anekei jeta jani na seta holo, Satyajit Ray'er jonmer pore porei Sukumar Ray prochondo asustho hoye poren.Thakur-da ke jonmer agei hariyechilo Satyajit. Baba keo se beshidin payeni. Babar mrityur tin bochorer modhye poittrik byebsha o bhite chere mayer haat dhore Satyajit mamar bari chole ashe. Tokhon tnar ma selai karjo kore sansar kharoch chalaten!! Sutarong 'sonar chamoch mukhe diye' Satyajit er chelebela kateni. Jara Satyajit er "Jokhon choto chilam" boi ta porecho, tara nischoi pore thakbe tNar chelebelar kichu kichu katha.

School jibone ebong aro joralo bhabe college jibone , Stayajit ke cinema'r maayajaal aasthe- pristhe joriye dhore. Presidency College Science o Economics niye porte dhukleo Satyajit er mon pore thakto Ernst Lubitsch, John Ford, Frank Capra, William Wyler 'der niyei.Sei somoy thekei Western music take akristho kore. Academic career chere beriye ashen Satyajit, commercial artist hobar porikolpona koren,tader poribare tokhon takar etotai darkar chilo.

1940 saale Satyajit Vishwa-Bharati Viswabidyalaya, Shantiniketan e jogdan koren. Kolkata sohorer chele Satyajit gram banglar matir kacha kachi pouche jan ei prothom. Poroborti kale sei drishyo dhora poreche tar camerar lens e.Tobe Satyajit er Shantiniketan er jibon beshidiner chilo na. 1941 e Rabindranath Thakur(Satyajit er thakur'dar ghonistho bondhu chilen)-er mrityu ghote.Shantiniketan er badhadhora jiboner majhe Satyajit-er mon Kolkata tatha nagor-jibon,tar ma,tar priya Bijoya (Bijoya tNar mamato bon chilen), tar jokhon tokhon cinema dekhte jaoyar swadhinota, gan shona...ei sab kichur jonnei byekul hoye othe. 1942 e Japan jedin Kolkataye protham boma phele sedin-i Satyajit Kolkata phire ashen. tobe oi du-bochore kichudin Rabi-Thakurer sannidhyo, Binode Behari Mukherjee'r moto shikkhok er kache Bharatiyo Chitra-shipler path neoya,German Jew,ek English er adhyapoker sathe pashchya Sangeet o Cinema' r alochona, sorbopori gram banglar matir kole katano ei duti bochor Satyajit ke poroborti kaale ek dokkho shilpi rupe jogoter kache toiri kore diyechilo.

1943 theke 1950 ei somoy ta Satyajit Graphic Designer o Typographer hisebe kaj korten. 1955 te Pather Panchali chobi ti sompurno hobar porei tini ei kaj chere sorbo-somoyer jonne(full-time) chitra-porichalok hisebe kaj suru koren.

1949 saale Jean Renoir Kolkataye ashen 'The River' chobir shooting korte. Satyajit Renoir sathe dekha koren o take chobir location nirbachone sahajyo koren. tobe 'The River' er shooting kaale Satyajit deshe chilen na, kaje gechilen London e. 16 diner jolpothe London sofore tini ekti note-boi te likhte thaken Pather Panchali'r pandulipi.London-e 6 mash thaka kalin anek cinema dekhen Ray. Tarmodhye sobcheye probhabito hoyechilen Vittorio De Sica'er Bicycle Thieve dekhe. Poroborti kaale 'Our Films, Their Films', boi-tite tini likhechilen- "All through my stay in London, the lessons of Bicycle Thieves and neo-realist cinema stayed with me".


Apu-r poth chola holo suru....

Pather Panchalir jonne kono producer khuje panni tini. Prothome hothash hoyechilen tobuo tini shooting suru korlen.27 October 1952, Apu-Durga'r sei bikhyeto "discovery of train by Apu and his sister Durga in the field of Kaash flowers" drishyotir bastab rup-dan koren Satyajit Ray. Tar jiboner prothom shot, tNake itihasher pataye stan kore diyechilo sedin! 1955 saale sab protikulata ke joy kore Kaalo-joyee Cinema 'Pather Panchali' mukti pelo. Cinemar jotote jonmo ghotlo ek notun debotar(camera haate Debotai chilen tini).

Tarpor poreo anek badha bipotti asheche Satyajit Ray er jibone.Tnar prapyo somman tini arjon korechilen anek pore. Amra take kador korechi tnar jiboner antim logne.Majhe majhe mone hoy Satyajit Ray jodi sudhu Sahiyik hoten, taholeo tNake amra mone rakhtam, etotai bolistho chilo tar lekha. Phelu-da ba Professor Sanku, kimba tNar sristi bibhinno golper choritrogulo.... 'Khagam' 'Anukul', 'Mriganka Babu' era sobai anache kanache lukiye ache amar chelebelar.Ekhono tototai tortaja lage boigulo porte bosle.

Pather Panchali theke Agantuk.....eibhabei ami dekhi Satyajit Ray -ke. Apu rupe Satyajit ashechilo Bangalir ghore ghore, majher somoy ta te choto Apu boro holo ebong biswa joy korlo. Angantuk 'er Manomohan Mitra, seo to Satyajit Ray nijei.... jini 'Nemo', mane 'no one'. kintu sobai ke kadiye ebong anek kichu shikhiye jini chole gelen................!!



Aami i Durga!! / Jhum


satyajit ray.... nam ti sunlei chokher samne vasa vasa collager moto onek drisya vese othe. ha satyajit ray emon 1ti nam jaNr nam mone onek rokom dag kete jai. sei chotto bela theke chena suru ei manustike. prothom porichoy satyajit ray er songe tar bikhyato sisu cholocchitro gupi gain bagha bain diye. jodio cinematike sisu cholochitro bollam kintu oi cinemar ja message ta sisu theke briddho sokoler monei rekhapat kore jai. jodio prothom jokhon chotto boyese cinemati ami dekhechilam tokhon seti sisu cholocchitro hisabei amar mone chap fele giyechilo. erpor dhire dhire boro hote laglam r ei manustir uposthiti totoi aro garo vabe amar jibone dhora porte laglo. ki sahityo ki cholocchitro sob khetrei vison vabe amar jibon ei manustir provab choriye porte laglo.

amar bere otha satyajit ray er chiro omor sahitya sristi feludar golpo pore. ekek ti boi hathe petam r mone hoto kotokkhone sei boi ami ses korbo. jiboner ei somoi pora taNr sristo prottek ti golpo jeno ajo chobir moto amar mone gethe royeche. ki osadharon taNr sristo choritro jatayu r topse. jeno jibonto kichu choritro amar samne ghure beracche. jay baba felunath, sonar kella, hatyapuri, bakso rohosyo, badsahi angti koto bolbo prottek ti golpo amar soisob ke ajo omulyo kore rekheche.

sudhu jodi taNr sahityo sristi niyei kotha bole jai tahole taNr proti bonchona kora hobe. karon satyajit ray sahityik pore age tini cholocchitrokar. jokhon taNr eisob omulyo sahityo amar jibonke cheye rekhechilo thik tokhoni sei soisober dingulike aro rongin kore tulechilo taNr sristo kichu osadharon cholocchitro. sonar kella jokhon golper boi te porechi thik tokhoni tar pase jokhon taNr onoboddo sei sristi pordai dekhechi obak hoye cheye thekechi. vebechi sotti ki chokher samne ei ghotona guli ghote choleche??? erpor jokhon taNr jiboner bodhoi srestho sristi pather panchali dekhlam mone holo ami bodhoi pather panchalir durga.

sei jhorer moddhe durgar aam kurote jawa sei kash fuler boner vitor diye apu durgar chute chola rail gari dekhbar uddesye.... ki onoboddo photography ki onoboddo drisyo. kono manus bodhoi sei drisyo dekhe jibone r kono dino vule jete parbena. satyajit ray jevabe vison sohoje koto sokto sokto message taNr sristir madhyome choriye diten sadharon manuser moddhe sekhanei bodhoi taNr sresthotto. erpor ami soisob theke joubone uttirno holam r satyajit ray er aro chobi amar jiboner canvas e rong tuli diye chobi eke chollo. taNr apu series er porborti sob chobi aporajito, apur sangsar mon ke chuye gelo. teen kanya-i chotto meyer chelemanusi theke ek psychic narir chobi osadharon vabe fute uthlo. debi te manuser kusongskar ke jolonto vabe tule dhorlen. eke eke taNr charulata, kanchanjanga,simaboddho,jana aranya,agantuk, ghare baire,ganashatru chobiguli amar jiboner bere othar rosod hoye uthlo. joto bari taNr ei sristi ami dekhi totobari mone hoi bujhi prothom dekhlam. totobari obak hoye abar dekhi. koto sohoje tini ei somosto chobiguli diye jibon somporke taNr dristibhongi tule dhorechen.

tai satyajit ray aj bissobondito. bisser proti ti kone aj taNr nam swarnakkhore lekha royeche. otite aj ebong bhobisyot projonmo taNke chirokal taNr sristir jonne taNke shraddhanjali janiye jabe. emon manus ke amio amar ontor theke ekanto sharddhanjali janai.



Goyna Bori / Saheli


“Ghore baire” chhobir shooting er age Satyajit Ray Mahishadol rajbari dekhte giyechheln location hisebe pachhanda korte...jaoar pathe tamluk hoye jai onader gari...r majhpathe amader petrol pump er office e prai du ghanta uni rest niyechhilen dupurbela ... takhan ami khub i chhoto ...sudhu etuku sunechhi bari theke onar jonye cofee r snacks pathano hoyechhilo...kintu dupur bela bole barir meyeder sekhane giye oner sathe dekha korar soubhagya hoini....

Er besh kichhu kal pore “Agontuk” cinemar age onar camera man Nimai Pal abar asen amar babar kachhe ekti shilper khonje...Medinipurer Tamluk mahakumar moina anchaler goyna bori khub i prakhyato kutir shilpo...sei shilpo k onara tule dhorte cheyechhilen cinemar pardate...babato ekti karmochari k barite pathie den borir byabastha korte...amar ma o didi e bishoye besh parodorshini...bisheshata didir hater naksar tan khub nikhut hoi tai bori deoar kajti oi kore thake....karmochariti to bolte parlona bori kothai ba keno jabe…sudhu eituku bollo kolakata theke babur bandhu esechhen, babu tNar jonyei ante pathiechhe…ma kintu janten na boriti ki uddeshya kothai jachchhe...karon takhan kolkatar anek porichitoder kei ebhabe bori pathano hoto...tai ghoroa bhabe khaoa hobe bhebe taratari kore gota (gayna bori khub i palka hoi) borigulo kono rakame pack kore den...ato naksha ba size nie matha ghamanni...bari fire baba janan j borigulo ki uddeshye niye jaoa hoyechhe...suneto ma er khub rag holo...amon janle bechhe bechhe r o boro dekhe r sob theke bhalo nakshagulo deoa hoto...

porobortikale jakhan agontuk cinemate mamar pate bhagnir poribeshito bori dekhano hoi takhan sei drishya amader barite besh uttejonar sristi kore...karon oguloi maer pathano didir deoa sei gayna bori…



Fanatic Fan / Mili


gotokaal-ei raatre ei notun thread ta chokhe porechhilo aar taar kichhukkhon aagei aami "kailash-e kelengkari" ta abar pore shesh korlaam. Satyajit Ray-r byapare kichhu bolte gelei amar onek katha mone pore..prothhomoto onaar thakurda Shri Upendra Kishore Raychowdhuri ebong onaar baba Shri Sukumar Ray-r lekha golpo, kobita etc. amar chhotobelar shukho-smriti-r shathe bheeshon bhaabe jorito (ebong onyanyo lekhok-lekhika-der-o shrishti go-graashe portaam). aar Satyajit Ray-r lekhoni-r shathe amar prothhome alaap hoy "Sandesh" bole chhotoder potrika-te jeytaar uni editor-o chhilen. Mone aachhe, tokhon class 5/6-e pori, amar maamoni (orthaat amar boro-maaima) amake "Sandesh" upohaar den Poila Boishaakh-e. Taarpor "Aaro Baaro, Ebaaro Baaro, Ek Dojon Goppo"-etc.r shongsporshe aashi ebong bola-ei baahulya, je Satyajit ray-r lekhoni-shilpo-r prem-e pore jaai. Boimela hole-ei onyanyo onek boi kenaar shathe Satyajit Ray-r-o boi thaakto-ei. Ei kore alaap holo Feluda, Shanku, Piku der shathe..aar onaar golpo gulo-r je diktaa amar bishesh bhaalo laagto je eto shohoj, shundor bhaabe koto notun jinish shikhiye diten!!

Erpor, holo onaar cinema-r shathe porichoy...chhotobelaay oto gobheer bhaabe bujhtaam na onaar chhobigulo aar taai appreciate-o korte paartam na, bolte gele, bore-ei hotaam...pore jokhon 14/15 bochhor boyosh, tokhon onaar chhobigulo ektu ektu bujhte shhikhlaam aar shei shathe appreciate korte-o aar er jonnyo amar baba-o onek inputs diten, bujhiye diten onek gobheer emotions, tanaporen, dialogues ebong na-bola katha ebong bhab-bhhongi-o (bishesh kore chokh-er bhasha), ...aar onaar shombondhhe amar bhalobasha, shraddha aaro bere utthlo aar bolte dwidhaa nei, je aami onaar ekjon fanatic fan.