Actors Ali Fazal and Shweta Basu Prasad, who characteristic in Netflix’s anthology on legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s tales, say it was an honor to be part of Ray’s world.
That includes tales by Abhishek Chaubey, Srijit Mukherji and Vasan Bala, Ray will premier on the streamer on June 25.
Ray includes a stellar solid in Manoj Bajpayee, Ali Fazal, Kay Kay Menon, Harshvardhan Kapoor, Radhika Madan, Shweta, Anindita Bose, Gajraj Rao and Bidita Bag, amongst others.
Ali and Shweta star in Overlook Me Not, a phase directed by Srijit. Ali performs Ipsit, a cut-throat company shark within the story that additionally options Anindita Bose.
Describing Ray’s character as larger-than-life, Ali mentioned the filmmaker created a “international affect” along with his contribution to literature and cinema.
“It’s an honor to be part of his universe, to be concerned in a venture that has such a powerful reference to him. With Overlook Me Not, we have drawn inspiration from him, his writings and tried to create a narrative that ‘ll make you reminisce him whereas intriguing your ideas,” the actor mentioned in an announcement.
Shweta mentioned Ray’s movies have been an enormous a part of her rising up years and he or she has fond reminiscences of watching his movies at her grandmother’s home.
“I feel it’s a good way to introduce the Netflix era to Ray’s written work and I am honored to be part of this. I keep in mind going to my grandmother’s home and watching Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne, Sonar Kella, these are all Ray movies. My first response once I heard about Ray was that of pleasure. To me, being part of a venture that’s named after India’s best filmmaker is a pleasure,” she mentioned.
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A revolutionary filmmaker, an auteur, and the creator of the long-lasting Feluda sequence, Satyajit can be celebrated for writing a few of the finest brief tales India has ever seen and the anthology takes inspiration from these tales.
The opposite three tales within the upcoming anthology Ray are titled Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa, Bahrupiya, and Highlight.
Niren Bhatt and Siraj Ahmed have tailored the tales for display screen with Sayantan Mukherjee as showrunner.
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