<img style="float: left;" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/sep/the-guide-logo.gif" alt="" width="150" height="36" />&nbsp; What: Nemai Ghosh is considered the quintessential Satyajit Ray biographer because of his decades-long association with the legendary filmmaker. He started his journey as a photographer shooting Ray and moments from his cinema.
<img title="A moment from the movie, Shatranj Ke Khiladi. pics courtesy DAG Modern" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/oct/Shatranj-Ke-Khiladi.jpg" alt="A moment from the movie, Shatranj Ke Khiladi. pics courtesy DAG Modern" /> A moment from the movie, Shatranj Ke Khiladi. pics courtesy DAG Modern
<img title="Shabana Azmi and Om Puri with Patrick Swayze while shooting City of Joy" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/oct/Om-Puri-and-Shabana.jpg" alt="Shabana Azmi and Om Puri with Patrick Swayze while shooting City of Joy" /> Shabana Azmi and Om Puri with Patrick Swayze while shooting City of Joy
But many other moments from cinema and theatre have been captured by him too. Stars, starlets, famous moments from cinema, and, of course, Ray himself feature in Ghosh&rsquo;s collection, which consists of over a lakh photos.
<img title="Sharmila Tagore" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/oct/07Sharmila-Tagore.jpg" alt="Sharmila Tagore" /> Sharmila Tagore
<img title="Shabana Azmi.jpg" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/oct/07Shabana-Azmi.jpg" alt="Shabana Azmi.jpg" /> Shabana Azmi
For years, the collection of this octogenarian had no takers and was only acquired by Delhi Art Gallery (DAG Modern) in 2006, and later, digitised.
<img title="Satyajit Ray" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/oct/Satyajit-Ray.jpg" alt="Satyajit Ray" /> Satyajit Ray
<img title="Sharmila Tagore" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/oct/Sharmila1.jpg" alt="Sharmila Tagore" /> &nbsp;Sharmila Tagore from&nbsp; the movie, Aranyer Din Ratri
How:Ashish Anand, Managing Director, DAG Modern, says about the collection, &ldquo;Nemai Ghosh&rsquo;s consistent documentation of the work of the auteur Satyajit Ray and Indian cinema is an aesthetic delight and a significant record of this period in Indian cinema.&rdquo; But it does not just include Ray and his cinema but significant moments from those years of cinema and culture.
<img title="Smita Patil" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/oct/07Smita-patil.jpg" alt="Smita Patil" /> Smita Patil
<img title="Satyajit-Ray" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/oct/07Satyajit-Ray1.jpg" alt="Satyajit-Ray" /> Satyajit Ray during the shoot of Joy Baba Felunath Both, Hindi mainstream from Mumbai and Bengali commercial cinema feature in his work. A part of this archive of India&rsquo;s cinematic and photographic history will be on display in the exhibition, Nemai Ghosh: Satyajit Ray &amp; Beyond, which will focus on his lesser-known works.
Where: On: 10am to 5.30pm, till November 3 At: Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Marg, Byculla (E). Call: 2373 1234 Log on to: www.mid-day.com for more photos from the ongoing exhibition

Nemai Ghosh is considered the quintessential Satyajit Ray biographer because of his decades-long association with the legendary filmmaker

Cinema in still: Indian cinema through the lens of Nemai Ghosh

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