Here's how Satyajit Ray's son Sandeep Ray reacted to Netflix's latest anthology 'Ray'
Ray, Netflix adapting four of the great Satyajit Ray’s stories, released a day ago on Netflix getting average reviews from critics and audiences. Now, Satyajit Ray's son reacts to his father's work being portrayed on OTT.
FollowOn Friday, Manoj Bajpayee, Harshvardhan Kapoor, Ali Fazal starrer Ray released a day ago on Netflix. This year marks the birth anniversary of possibly one of the greatest filmmakers in the history of cinema, Satyajit Ray.
And this was the best way to celebrate his birth anniversary to introduce the celebrated filmmaker-writer to an entire young generation.
If you go by the review that Ray received so far, the 4-story anthology find anthology finds it a bit disappointing. Ray, is helmed by Abhishek Chaubey, Srijit Mukherji and Vasan Bala.
Now, Satyajit Ray's son Sandip Ray reacts to his father's work being portrayed on OTT. In an interview with Spotboye, Sandip Ray was asking if he was involved with this, to which he said, “My involvement with this project is nil. I mean, they (Netflix) did ask my permission to use my father’s story, which I gave without hesitation. But after that, I was not consulted at all. The scripts for the stories were not sent to me for my approval. And no, I was not shown the final products.”
Then he was asked if he needed to exercise more creative control over his father, Satyajit Ray’s intellectual property; he replied, “Yes, you are right. From your response and you say the reviews are underwhelming, I feel I should have insisted on being more participative. Now it’s too late I guess. But let me tell you, I didn’t like the promo at all.” Will Sandip watch the anthology? “Now I am scared to watch it. On the other hand, I am also curious to see what has been done with my father’s stories.”
