Together, Satyajit Ray and I had brainstormed on the songs of Goopy Gyne Baagha Byne-Gulzar
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As Goopi Gyne Bagha Byne reboot gears up for release, Gulzar on working with Ray for Bengali gem’s Hindi adaptation
Mohar Basu (MID-DAY; February 28, 2019)
Exactly 50 years after it left the audience spellbound with its fantasy world, Satyajit Ray’s classic Goopy Gyne Baagha Byne has been reimagined in an animated version as Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya. The film is directed by Shilpa Ranade. Interestingly, the Bengali gem was to be remade in Hindi in the early ’70s and would have marked the collaboration of two cinematic geniuses, Ray and Gulzar.
In a chat with mid-day, the celebrated writer-director recounted, “We [Ray and him] had worked extensively on the film. Together, we had brainstormed on the songs as well.” However, Ray dropped the idea as he felt that the film would lose its charm in translation.
Gulzar rued that he did not get the opportunity to work alongside Ray in his almost six-decade career. “After the Hindi adaptation was shelved, I had again reached out to him to work on his Hindi film, Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977). [But] he had committed the film to someone else. I was unlucky that I did not get the chance to work with him. I remember his deep baritone and clarity of thought.”
Mohar Basu (MID-DAY; February 28, 2019)
Exactly 50 years after it left the audience spellbound with its fantasy world, Satyajit Ray’s classic Goopy Gyne Baagha Byne has been reimagined in an animated version as Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya. The film is directed by Shilpa Ranade. Interestingly, the Bengali gem was to be remade in Hindi in the early ’70s and would have marked the collaboration of two cinematic geniuses, Ray and Gulzar.
In a chat with mid-day, the celebrated writer-director recounted, “We [Ray and him] had worked extensively on the film. Together, we had brainstormed on the songs as well.” However, Ray dropped the idea as he felt that the film would lose its charm in translation.
Gulzar rued that he did not get the opportunity to work alongside Ray in his almost six-decade career. “After the Hindi adaptation was shelved, I had again reached out to him to work on his Hindi film, Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977). [But] he had committed the film to someone else. I was unlucky that I did not get the chance to work with him. I remember his deep baritone and clarity of thought.”
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