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Scripts of Satyajit Ray8217;s unmade films are all set to be published, claim publishers. Sandip Ray states that he knows nothing about the project
It8217;s a dream come true for any Satyajit Ray fan8212;laying ones8217; hand upon scripts written by the Master that were never made into films. Which is why, when SK Mehra of Alchemy Publishers, recently announced at a book release function that his firm is all set to publish scripts of films that Ray never got around making, he created quite a sensation. 8220;We are working on them and we hope to publish them by next year,8221; says Mehra.
However, Ray8217;s son, Sandip Ray, claims that he knows nothing about the project. 8220;I have not been approached by anyone. I don8217;t know what this project is all about,8221; says Sandip.
Given the fact that many of Ray8217;s early screenplays are untraceable, this project might prove to be a Herculean task, states Sandip Ray. 8220;I don8217;t know where will they get these scripts from. It will certainly not be easy to find them,8221; he says.
Yet, Ray fans will hope against hope. After all, the promise of reading the Master8217;s unpublished works is too seductive to not succumb to.
