The world is too familiar with the works of Satyajit Ray, but many of us may still be unaware of the composer Satyajit. It is time for us to learn more about the music composer Satyajit Roy through lyricist Debajyoti Mishra‘s pen.  Composer Satyajit Swar Sur O Chitrabhash was officially released at the St. Xavier’s College Auditorium.

The author along with Fr Dr. Dominic Savio, Shamik Bandyopadhyay, Debashis Mukherjee, Sanjay Mukherjee, Aneek Dutt, and Jeetu Kamal graced the book launch event.

On this occasion, the author Debajyoti Mishra said, “While working as a violinist on Satyajit Roy’s outdoor music floor, I fell in love with the amazing orchestration and arrangement by Ray of the song Eki Labonnye Purna Praan, an immortal Tagore tune. Ray developed a lifetime affinity to the sources of motivating feelings after that”.

Debajyoti Mishra added that the genesis of this book has its roots in the sets of “Ghaire Baire”.

This year marks the birth centenary of Satyajit Ray and the author was glad that he could publish his book this year. This book is the “Pather Panchali” of composer Satyajit.

Satyajit Ray had complete mastery over Hindustani classical as well as Western Classical. The book enlightens the readers on this unknown facet of  Ray.

This book has been published by Dey’s Publishers.

This is a must-have book for the fans of Satyajit Ray.

Priyanka Dutta