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Satyajit Ray as a film maker Born on May 02, 1921 in Calcutta, Satyajit Ray doesn’t need an introduction. Very fond of watching films since his childhood Ray wanted to pursue a  a career in graphic designing. Films were his first love and music second. He used to watch all the American films being shown in Calcutta and note down all the credits in a small pocket diary with a small note of rating for each of them. An opportunity to watch Bicycle Thieves on a visit to London for work laid the way for him to make his first film Pather Panchali in the way the Bicycle Thieves was made. He decided to chose unknown actors and shooting on real locations. He was not just watching Indian and foreign films with a keen interest, he was also writing about them with a critical point of view. Before entering into film making he thought of being a film journalist after he got a chance to meet Renoir. He observed and explained the problems with Indian films. He wro