Childhood Days is a biography of Satyajit Ray, which he wrote on his own. Through this book, readers will come to know about the people who were around him during his childhood years, where he spent the early years of his life and who Satyajit Ray was, the man who we now know as an artist, music composer, director and writer. This book enables readers to take a look at a different side of Satyajit Ray, which is affectionate, tender and humorous, quite different from the person everyone knows, who is a serious man who keeps himself isolated from the world.The stories in Childhood Days start from the early days of Satyajit Ray's life and continue till when he started making movies. He tells readers about his initial attempts to understand photography and his experience when tasted ice cream for the first time. The book talks about his discomfort during school years because of the popularity of his father and grandfather. He writes eloquently about the members of his family and about the special talents that each one had. He also describes what he went through during the shooting of Pather Panchali, which was his debut film. The stories in this book are funny and true and were originally written for Sandesh - a Bengali magazine for children. Childhood Days was written by Satyajit Ray and was published in paperback format by Penguin India in its 7th edition in 2000. Key Features: This book is an autobiography of famous writer and director Satyajit Ray.

About the Author

Satyajit Ray was born in 1921 to a prominent Bengali family in Calcutta, West Bengal. He started working as a commercial artist and was inspired by a French filmmaker, Jean Renoir, during his visit to London. He has made 36 movies in total, starting from Pather Panchali, which was released in 1955. This movie won the Best Human Documentary at the Cannes Film Festival, along with ten other international awards. Along with Apur Sansar and Aparajito, this film formed the Apu Trilogy. The publicity material, credit titles, editing, scoring and scripting were all done by Satyajit Ray himself.