--- title: "4 Bombay Quotes By Satyajit Ray" description: "4 Bombay quotes by Satyajit Ray. Plus more from Satyajit Ray and more Bombay sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46a/satyajit-ray-18046_audience_my-films-play-only-in-bengal-and-my-audi_814619.jpg" --- > [My films play only in Bengal, and my audience is the educated middle class in the cities and small towns. They also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/satyajit-ray/my-films-play-only-in-bengal-and-my-audience-is-the-educated-middle/) [Satyajit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/satyajit-ray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46a/satyajit-ray-18046_audience_my-films-play-only-in-bengal-and-my-audi_814619.jpg) > [Well the Bombay film wasn't always like how it is now. It did have a local industry. There were realistic films made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/satyajit-ray/well-the-bombay-film-wasn-t-always-like-how-it-is-now-it-did-have-a/) [Satyajit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/satyajit-ray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b32/satyajit-ray-18046_bombay_well-the-bombay-film-wasn-t-always-like_1294515.jpg) > [Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films at the same time, so they will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/satyajit-ray/most-of-the-top-actors-and-actresses-may-be-working-in-ten-or-twelve/) [Satyajit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/satyajit-ray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c7/satyajit-ray-18046_actors-and-actresses_most-of-the-top-actors-and-actresses-may_1510549.jpg) > [Sometimes a director is making three films. Perhaps he is shooting a film in Madras and a film in Bombay and he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/satyajit-ray/sometimes-a-director-is-making-three-films-perhaps-he-is-shooting-a/) [Satyajit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/satyajit-ray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caf/satyajit-ray-18046_bombay_sometimes-a-director-is-making-three-fil_2350039.jpg) ## Other authors on Bombay - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-salman-rushdie-82434.jpg) Salman Rushdie 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bombay/salman-rushdie/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gregory-david-roberts-39463.jpg) Gregory David Roberts 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bombay/gregory-david-roberts/) ## More by Satyajit Ray > [If the theme is simple, you can include a hundred details that create the illusion of actuality better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/satyajit-ray/if-the-theme-is-simple-you-can-include-a-hundred-details-that-create/) [Satyajit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/satyajit-ray/) > [Cinema’s characteristic forte is its ability to capture and communicate the intimacies of the human mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/satyajit-ray/cinema-s-characteristic-forte-is-its-ability-to-capture-and/) [Satyajit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/satyajit-ray/) > [For a film maker, an Oscar is like a Nobel Prize, you know. So I am very happy... delighted. There is nothing more after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/satyajit-ray/for-a-film-maker-an-oscar-is-like-a-nobel-prize-you-know-so-i-am-very/) [Satyajit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/satyajit-ray/) > [Last, but not least -- in fact, this is most important -- you need a happy ending. However, if you can create tragic situations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/satyajit-ray/last-but-not-least-in-fact-this-is-most-important-you-need-a-happy/) [Satyajit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/satyajit-ray/) > [My films play only in Bengal, and my audience is the educated middle class in the cities and small towns. They also play in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/satyajit-ray/my-films-play-only-in-bengal-and-my-audience-is-the-educated-middle/) [Satyajit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/satyajit-ray/) > [When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/satyajit-ray/when-i-write-an-original-story-i-write-about-people-i-know-first-hand/) [Satyajit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/satyajit-ray/) > [There's always some room for improvisation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/satyajit-ray/there-s-always-some-room-for-improvisation/) [Satyajit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/satyajit-ray/) > [Bicycle Thief is a triumphant discovery of the fundamentals of cinema, and De Sica has openly acknowledged his debt to Chaplin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/satyajit-ray/bicycle-thief-is-a-triumphant-discovery-of-the-fundamentals-of-cinema/) [Satyajit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/satyajit-ray/) > [I wouldn't mind taking a rest for three or four months, but I have to keep on making films for the sake of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/satyajit-ray/i-wouldn-t-mind-taking-a-rest-for-three-or-four-months-but-i-have-to/) [Satyajit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/satyajit-ray/) > [Well the Bombay film wasn't always like how it is now. It did have a local industry. There were realistic films made on local…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/satyajit-ray/well-the-bombay-film-wasn-t-always-like-how-it-is-now-it-did-have-a/) [Satyajit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/satyajit-ray/) > [“Ray doesn’t go into lengthy descriptions. Yet, you can see—even feel—it all happening. That’s enough to bring out the goose pimples!’ Clearly, here the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/satyajit-ray/ray-doesn-t-go-into-lengthy-descriptions-yet-you-can-see-even-feel-it/) [Satyajit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/satyajit-ray/) > [The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/satyajit-ray/the-only-solutions-that-are-ever-worth-anything-are-the-solutions/) [Satyajit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/satyajit-ray/) > [My cameraman and I devised a method, which we started using from my second film, which applies mainly to day scenes shot in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/satyajit-ray/my-cameraman-and-i-devised-a-method-which-we-started-using-from-my/) [Satyajit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/satyajit-ray/) > [Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films at the same time, so they will give one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/satyajit-ray/most-of-the-top-actors-and-actresses-may-be-working-in-ten-or-twelve/) [Satyajit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/satyajit-ray/) > [I mix Indian instruments with Western instruments all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/satyajit-ray/i-mix-indian-instruments-with-western-instruments-all-the-time/) [Satyajit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/satyajit-ray/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bombay/satyajit-ray/#itemlist", "name": "4 Bombay Quotes By Satyajit Ray", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My films play only in Bengal, and my audience is the educated middle class in the cities and small towns. 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