उम्र भर ग़ालिब यही भूल करता रहा.

धूल चेहरे पे थी और आईना साफ़ करता रहा.

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किसी को घर से निकलते ही मिल गई मंज़िल कोई हमारी तरह उम्र भर सफ़र में रहा

[अहमद फ़राज़]

Ray is the best Poetic Tribute To Satyajit Ray!

जिनको सोचते थे सुबह-शाम, अब वो याद नहीं

क्या था उस मर्ज का नाम, अब वो याद नहीं

This is a MUST WATCH anthology of 4 episodes:

  • Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa by Abhishek Chaubey: Based on Satyajit Ray's short story Barin Bhowmik-er Byaram and is about two people - one being Musafir Ali (Manoj Bajpayee), a popular performer and the other being Aslam Beig (Gajraj Rao) a wrestler turned sports journalist who meet on a train journey and a much earlier link between them.
  • Bahrupiya by Srijit Mukherji: Based on Ray's short story Bahurupi The story is about Indrashish (Kay Kay Menon) an office employee who gets hold of a valuable book on the art of prosthetics passed down to him by his grandmother.
  • Forget Me Not by Srijit Mukherji: Based on Ray's short story Bipin Chowdhury'r Smritibhrom It is about a successful entreprenuer Ipsit Rama Nair (Ali Fazal) and an event which changes the way his life was previously.
  • Spotlight by Vasan Bala: Based on Ray's short story of the same name It revolves around a celebrated actor Vikram "Vik" Arora (Harshvardhan Kapoor) who is known for a particular trademark look and a kind of existential crisis that he goes through when he meets a godlike figure known as Didi.

The only two good things about Ray are the performances and cinematography, but they're so good that they just about save the show from being a total letdown. Everyone from the lead actors such as Ali Fazal, Kay Kay Menon, Manoj Bajpayee, Harshvardhan Kapoor to the main supporting cast like Shweta Basu Prasad, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Radhika Madan to even the players with smaller roles like Manoj Pahwa, Bidita Bag and other put in stellar acts, sinking deep into their reserves to portray the complex themes and emotions that are at the heart of Satyajit Ray's stories, long or short. And each episode has been hauntingly, bewitchingly shot by the likes of Swapnil Sonawane, Arkodeb Mukherjee, Eeshit Narain, which helped me somehow make an effort (a very tough one) to sit through the whole web series to the very end. (BollywoodLife)

Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Gajraj Rao, Ali Fazal, Shweta Basu Prasad, Anindita Bose, Kay Kay Menon, Bidita Bag, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Harshvardhan Kapoor, Radhika Madan, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Akansha Ranjan Kapoor

Creators: Srijit Mukherjee, Abhishek Chaubey, Vasan Bala

Available On: Netflix


MUST WATCH!