Among the names of the world’s best filmmakers, who have revolutionised films forever, Satyajit Ray’s name has been etched in the history of world cinema. Ray was born in Kolkata of pre-partition India, and his grandfather’s home was located in East Bengal, which is now Bangladesh. After years of being in a dilapidated state, officials in Bangladesh are attempting to demolish Satyajit Ray’s grandfather’s house to construct a semi-concrete structure and use it for an academy. However, Indian officials are trying to intervene and save the structure to preserve the landmark of cultural relevance.
Satyajit Ray’s ancestral property in Bangladesh to be demolished
Satyajit Ray was born to a family of exceptional creative talent. His father was a renowned Bengali poet, Sukumar Ray and his grandfather was a painter and publisher, Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury. Nearly a century ago, the painter had built a home in Mymensingh, Dhaka, in undivided Bengal. After the partition, the house became the government’s property and was converted into Mymensingh Shishu Academy around the ’80s. However, after years of neglect, the house has become an extremely dilapidated structure and a den for drug use, as reported by the Daily Star, a Bangladeshi newspaper.
