20 Best Satyajit Ray Movies You Must Watch

Satyajit Ray is one of India’s most famed filmmakers. He's regarded as not only one of the topmost filmmakers in Indian cinema, but as one of the topmost filmmakers in cinema history, in a career gauging 37 times he made 36 pictures one of which also won an Oscar and this article will discuss about 20 best Satyajit Ray movies you must watch

20. Ashani Sanket | Satyajit Ray movies 

This scorching drama is set against the 1943 shortage of Bengal. But rather than a broad view of a disaster, Ray focuses on just many people. And on Nature. The opening image of a gently flowing swash and a woman's hand arising from the water sets up the film's enterprises and aesthetic beautifully

19. Abhijan | Satyajit Ray movies 

For some reason — and not just because this drama stars Waheeda Rahman I have always felt this to be a binary, a companion piece to Basu Bhattacharya's Teesri Kasam. Shatranj Ke Khilari maybe Ray's only Hindi point film, but Abjhijan is a masterclass on how a regisseur can take a bunch of Hindi- film homilies and elevate them to the Himalayas

18. Agantuk | Satyajit Ray movies 

This was the last film by Satyajit Ray. The film is grounded in a short story he wrote numerous times before the timber of the film. Agantuk won many accolades notably the National Award as a salient achievement

17. Hirak Rajar Deshe | Satyajit Ray movies

After getting wedded to the king’s daughters and getting Napoleon, Goopi and Bagha got the assignment from Hirak raja for their notorious music. The unique aspect of the film is that most of the discourses changed by the protagonists of the film rhyme. Hirak Rajar Deshe went on to win the public Award for The Stylish Point Film

16. Pratidwandi | Satyajit Ray movies 

Set during the Naxalite movement period in Bengal, Satyajit Ray tells the story of an educated middle-class man caught in the turmoil of social uneasiness, corruption and severance

15. Joi Baba Felunath | Satyajit Ray movies 

The action in this film shifts to Banaras where operative Feluda along with his adjunct Topshe try to unravel the identity of a pincher who burgled a Bengali ménage in the megacity

14. Shatranj Ke Khiladi | Satyajit Ray movies 

This was Ray's first film in Hindi since he started making flicks twenty- two times ahead. It had a cast that included stalwarts like Amjad Khan, Sanjeev Kumar, Shabana Azmi and Sir Richard Attenborough. The film was directed at a short story by Munshi Premchad

13. Goopi Gyne Bagha Byne | Satyajit Ray movies 

Goopy is an innocent aspiring songster and Bagha is a barrel player. They seek sanctum in timber and come in contact with a cluster of ghosts living there. They attract the ghosts and are granted three wishes by the ghost king. People call it the most innovative movie to have ever come out of India. Piecemeal from winning the public award for the stylish film, this film also went on to win numerous transnational awards.

12. Aranyer Din Ratri | Satyajit Ray movies

Grounded on the novel of the same name by Sunil Gangopadhyay, Aranyer Din Ratri is a story of 4 musketeers. The film was nominated for the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 20th Berlin International Film Festival.

11. Shonar Kella | Satyajit Ray movies 

Acclimated from a novel of the same name by Ray himself, this film is grounded on operative Feluda’s adventures. Feluda goes to Rajasthan to probe the verity behind a boy’s claims of reincarnation and bust a gang that kidnaps him.

10. Nayak | Satyajit Ray movies

Nayak travels through colourful philosophical, political and moral dilemmas and issues of contemporary society. This film is special for colourful reasons, one being it brought Satyajit Ray and megastar Uttam Kumar together for the first time.

9. Charulata | Satyajit Ray movies

Ray’s particular fave among all his flicks, Charulata, depicts the loneliness and suffocation of an Indian woman. The story revolves around a lonely woman and a workaholic hubby who asks his kinsman to give her company. With time, Charulata starts harbouring passions for his kinsman. The film entered an award at the Berlin Film Festival as well as other film carnivals across the globe. It's considered a classic in Indian cinema

8. Mahanagar | Satyajit Ray movies

Besides The Apu Trilogy, this film is one of Ray’s topmost flicks. It's a story about a hypocritical patriarchal society and a woman’s struggle to earn herself an independent place in such a society.

7. Teen Kanya | Satyajit Ray movies 

Grounded upon the short stories of Rabindranath Tagore, Teen Kanya is made up of three occurrences of a story that have common central characters, which join all three stories. It has three occurrences, The Postmaster, Samapti( The Conclusion), and Monihara( The Lost Jewel).

6. Devi | Satyajit Ray movies 

Devi means ‘ The Goddess ’. Sharmila Tagore plays Dayamayee whose father-in-law considers her a manifestation of goddess Kali – a belief which ultimately turns into a tragedy. Indeed after five decades, it's considered an applicable piece of work because of its theme of eyeless faith and superstitions.

5. Apur Sansar | Satyajit Ray movies

The third and final story in the Apu trio is the new morning as well as the ineluctable end of Apu’s story. Sharmila Tagore, who plays Apu’s woman, debuted with this film. The movie ends with Apu( Soumitro Chatterjee) reuniting with his son after the death of his woman and both live happily ever later. Apur Sansar has been influential across the world. In 2005, The Apu Trilogy was included in Time magazine’s All-Time 100 stylish pictures list

4. Jalsaghar | Satyajit Ray movies

Ray created a violent drama with classical Indian music and a detailed definition of a zamindar’s(Landlords's) life. The story revolves around the landlord who just loves to spend time harkening to music rather than managing his fields which are getting destroyed by cataracts. He's also not bothered about the abatement of the Zamindari system by the Government of India

3. Parish Patthar | Satyajit Ray movies

Ray proved with this film that he could make serious flicks as well. This fantasy-comedy film, which centred on a middle-class clerk who discovers a gravestone that turns other objects into gold, would belong among Ray’s stylish work.

2. Aparajito | Satyajit Ray movies

It's the effect of Pather Panchali and the alternate part of the Apu Trilogy series. This story revolves around Apu’s life from nonage to his council till his mama’s death after which he's left alone. Aparajito can be characterized as a tragedy, indeed though it doesn't conclude Apu’s story. This movie entered 11 transnational awards and to date remains the only film effect to ever win the grand prize at the prestigious Venice, Berlin or Cannes Film Carnivals. 

1 Pather Panchali | Satyajit Ray movies

Grounded on Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay’s 1929 novel called “ Pather Panchali ”, Ray’s début film as a director went on to become one of the most popular and hallowed Indian flicks in the world. This drama film depicts the nonage of the promoter Apu with his elder family Durga and their vill life. Pather Panchali will always remain a corner in Indian cinema. The Apu Trilogy has been listed among the 100 stylish flicks of all time.

Satyajit Ray’s style of storytelling and resolving the middle has always kept me fused to the screen despite watching these licks over and over again. He gave India the important- required platform in the field of cinema on a global position.