Special wall calendar featuring the artworks of Satyajit Ray titled Ekshoy Baro was unveiled in the presence of Sandip Ray, Sudipta Chanda, Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee, Devajit Bandyopadhyay, Mallar Ghosh and others.

The Dreamers released the calendar to mark the birth centenary year of film maker Satyajit Ray. The calendar has been conceptualized by Sudipta Chanda and the cover illustration has been done by Sid Ghosh.

The evening was anchored by noted elocutionist Debasish Basu.

Speaking at the event, Sudipta Chanda said that last year, a calendar on Uttam Kumar was published by The Dreamers. This year they have come up with the idea of bringing out a calendar on Ray.

Ekshoy Baro stands for twelve selective art works two per month to celebrate his birth centenary year. Satyajit Ray worked for an advertising company and he used to design all his promotional creatives by his own-be it posters, booklets, cover for magazines, illustrations for books. He even he designed the postal stamp released by the India Post on Rabindranath Tagore’s birth centenary year.

Sandip Ray said “I was initially very hurt when I heard the name of the calendar. But then I understood that Ekshoy Baro means 100 years of Ray’s birth centenary and features posters of 12 of his works. I am very glad that The Dreamers took this initiative”.

Devajit Bandopadhyay said that he had met Ray due to his father’s connection with him. He did not understand then the charisma of the film maker. It is now that he understands whom he had met during that time.

Mallar Ghosh recalled the times when he used to visit Ray’s home with his father. Ray used to come and open the door himself. He mentioned how Ray used to notice the mannerisms of the musicians. He did that so that he could use them in his films.

It features booklet cover of Nayak, posters of Mahanagar, Sonar Kella, Debi, Goopi Gayen Bagha Bayen, Ganashatru and so on, postal stamp he designed for the India Post on Tagore’s birth centenary year, magazine cover for Sandesh, book cover for Feluda story and so on.

Priyanka Dutta