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... Ray Posters
The World of Apu
Designed for the film's first commercial release in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta)
and other big cities of
West Bengal. 1959.
The Goddess
One of the most famous Ray designs. The logo in red represents the arch of a Hindu temple. 1960.
The Big City
The composition represents rooms and windows in a rather geometric unity. 1963.
The Hero
Only Ray film dissecting film world. The film star is surrounded by fans and onlookers. 1966.
The Elephant God
Only Ray poster without a human face. In November, 1978, Ray created a new Bengali type face only for this poster. 1979.
... Ray Illustrations
Ray illustrated a primer in Bengali.  The flying eagle is done in bold brush strokes. 1943.
First Ray illustration for the first Ray short
story. A woodcut
style is used mainly to create the glow of
the spaceship and  the texture of
the bamboo grove drowned in darkness. First published in Sandesh, the Ray magazine. 1962.
A Ray illustration for the reprint in Sandesh of Ghyanghasur, a fairytale written by his grandfather Upendrakishore. The young wife is tending the demon to know his
secrets while the teenage hero is snooping around. Ray created a new style with thin flowing lines. Sandesh, 1962.
Professor Shonku and The Boy. The simple boy turned into a prodigy is threatening Professor Shonku. The illustration is done in a realistic style with bold strokes. Sandesh, 1965.
The Adventures of Goopy & Bagha. The first publicity visual printed on the back cover of Sandesh in April, 1968, a year before the release of the film.
... Ray Typography
A Bengali masthead in the style
of Arabic fonts for the first full length Ray novella,The Emperor's Ring (Badshahi Aangti), featuring Feluda. The logo was printed 12 times – never reprinted later – while the novella was being serialized between May 1966
and May 1967 in Sandesh.
Ray Bizarre Created in 1968 , the font is most suitable for fantasy and fairy tales. This Roman font finds its echo in
the Bengali logo of the first Ray fantasy film, The Adventures of Goopy & Bagha.
Unlike other magazines, Sandesh did not ever have a permanent emblem. This logo was done
in 1974, with a new typeface especially created for the purpose.
The first Ray emblem created for Sandesh, revived by Ray in April-May, 1961. Ray created a dancing horse with a new-look Bengali font especially created for the purpose.
... Ray Versatility
The notation ( 1967) of the first
song of the first Ray Musical, Adventures of Goopy & Bagha.
Buro Aangla (The Thumby), one of the most celebrated Ray covers created in the mid-1940s.
The frontispiece (1974)– never republished – of The Royal Bengal Mystery.
The Ray frontispiece created for Corvus 1973.
... Ray Portraits
1953 - Ray in search of a proper composition during the making of Pather Panchali.
1956 - Ray hunting for locations for Aparajito.
Ray with Kurosawa in front of the Taj Mahal.
Ray filming The Expedition. 1961.
... Ray Achievements
The revised second edition, 1979, of the first international biography of Ray written by Marie Seton who also wrote the lives of Eisenstein and Paul Robeson. The first edition was
published in 1972.
The special Golden Lion awarded to Ray in 1982 at the Venice Film Festival in recognition of his being one of the greatest directors of all time.
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