The Bengali films Pratidwandi, Seemabaddha and Jana Aranya directed by the Oscar winning Satyajit Ray are known as the trilogy of what Indian city to which he was strongly associated?
Satyajit Ray for a short essay". After "Aranyer", Ray addressed contemporary Bengali life. He completed what became known as the "Calcutta trilogy": "Pratidwandi" (1970), "Seemabaddha" (1971), and "Jana Aranya" (1975), three films that were conceived separately but had thematic connections. "Pratidwandi" ("The Adversary") is about an idealist young graduate; if disillusioned at the end of film, he is still uncorrupted. "Jana Aranya" ("The Middleman") showed a young man giving in to the culture of corruption to make a living. "Seemabaddha" ("Company Limited") portrayed an already successful man giving up his morality for further gains. In the first film, "Pratidwandi", Ray introduces a
Satyajit Ray to comical; an exhibition his posters was held at British Film Institute in 2013. In 2016, during the shooting of the film Double Feluda, Satyajit's only son, Sandip Ray, filmed his father's famous library. The Academy Film Archive preserved a number of Satyajit Ray's films, Abhijan in 2001, Aparajito in 1996, Apur Sansar in 1996, Charulata in 1996, Devi in 1996, Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne in 2003, Jalsaghar in 1996, Jana Aranya in 1996, Joi Baba Felunath in 2007, Kapurush in 2005, Mahanagar in 1996, Mahapurush in 2005, Nayak in 2004, Parash Pathar in 2007, Pather Panchali in 1996, Seemabaddha