Ray's writings again find a prominent place in Sandip's new film "Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy" (where ghosts prevail).
Sandip's series of films on the exploits of super sleuth Feluda, a creation of Ray, are runaway hits with both children and adults.
"Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy" is a collage of three short stories, two of which are by Satyajit Ray and the other by another legendary writer Saradindu Bandyopadhyay.
Hoping his film would be received well by viewers, Sandip said it's making was timely too as it followed the super success of "Bhooter Bhabisyot" which did well at the box office.
"After the success of "Bhooter Bhabisyot" and some other ghost stories, I began tinkering with the script which originally centred around four stories," he told PTI.
"Baba (father Satyajit) had an uncanny grasp on eerie subjects and I just had to go by his narrative scene building to recreate the look and feel," he said.
The film features two Ray short stories - Anathbabur Bhoy and Brown Saheber Bari - besides another popular Bengali writer Saradindu Bandyopadhyay's hilarious ghost tale 'Bhoot Bhabisyot'. MORE