Name: Satyajit Ray
Occupation: Filmmaker
Date of Birth: 2 May 1921 
Passed away on: 23 April 1992
Place of Birth: Kolkata
Death place: Kolkata

LIFE SUMMARY
Satyajit Ray was born in Kolkata in a Bengali family. His parents were Sukumar Ray and Suprabha Ray. 
His grandfather was Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury who was a philosopher, amateur astronomer, writer, illustrator, publisher, and one of the leader’s of the Brahmo Samaj. Brahmo was a reaction against Christianity. As India was under colonial British rule and their religion along with orthodox Hindu practices were prevalent during that era. Upendrakishore Ray started a printing press named U. Ray and Sons.

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