Biography of satyajit ray in 200 words

Satyajit Ray (listen^ⓘ; 2 May &#;– 23 April ) was an Indian filmmaker who worked prominently in Bengali cinema and who has often been regarded as one of the greatest and most influential directors in the History of cinema.^[1] Ray was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata) to a Bengali family and started his career as a junior visualiser.

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His meeting with French film director Jean Renoir, who had come to Calcutta in to shoot his film The River (), and his visit to London, where he saw Vittorio De Sica's Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves) (), inspired Ray to become a film-maker.

Ray made his directorial debut in with Pather Panchali and directed 36 films, comprising 29 feature films, five documentaries, and two short films.

Although Ray's work generally received critical acclaim,^[5][6] his film Pather Panchali and Ashani Sanket () were criticised for "exporting poverty" and "distorting India's image abroad".^[5&