When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth century.

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• Satyajit Ray:

  What is attempted in these film is of course a synthesis. But it can be seen by someone who has his

• Satyajit Ray:

  Well the Bombay film wasn't always like how it is now. It did have a local industry. There were rea

• Satyajit Ray:

  There's always some room for improvisation.

• Satyajit Ray:

  There is a ban on Indian films in Pakistan, so that's half of our market gone.

• Satyajit Ray:

  The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves.

• Satyajit Ray:

  The director is the only person who knows what the film is about.

• Satyajit Ray:

  The conception of background music is changing. You use less and less of it these days.

• Satyajit Ray:

  Sometimes a director is making three films. Perhaps he is shooting a film in Madras and a film in B

• Satyajit Ray:

  Particularly in the final stages I always find that I'm rushed. It's dangerous when you're rushed i

• Satyajit Ray:

  My films play only in Bengal, and my audience is the educated middle class in the cities and small