Netflix's
anthology
series
Ray,
based
on
legendary
filmmaker
Satyajit
Ray's
four
stories,
will
debut
on
June
25,
the
streamer
said
on
Thursday.
Directed
by
Abhishek
Chaubey,
Srijit
Mukherji
and
Vasan
Bala,
the
show
will
present
four
tales
of
love,
lust,
betrayal
and
truth,
tied
together
by
the
visionary
writings
of
Ray.
It
will
feature
an
ensemble
cast
of
Manoj
Bajpayee,
Gajraj
Rao,
Ali
Fazal,
Shweta
Basu
Prasad,
Anindita
Bose,
Kay
Kay
Menon,
Bidita
Bag,
Dibyendu
Bhattacharya,
Harshvarrdhan
Kapoor,
Radhika
Madan,
Chandan
Roy
Sanyal,
Akansha
Ranjan
Kapoor,
among
others
Each
story
in
Ray
explores
vulnerabilities
and
multiple
shades
of
each
character.
Bajpayee
and
Rao
star
in
the
first
episode,
titled
"Hungama
Hai
Kyon
Barpa" and
directed
by
Abhishek
Chaubey.
Mukherji
has
tackled
the
second
and
third
episodes,
penned
by
writer
Siraj
Ahmed.
The
second
episode,
titled
"Forget
Me
Not",
will
feature
Fazal,
Basu
Prasad
and
Bose,
while
the
third
episode,
called
"Bahrupiya",
will
star
Menon,
Bag
and
Bhattacharya.
Vasan
Bala
has
directed
"Spotlight",
the
fourth
episode,
starring
Harshvarrdhan
Kapoor,
Madan,
Sanyal
and
Akansha
Ranjan
Kapoor.
Sayantan
Mukherjee
serves
as
the
showrunner
on
the
series,
which
is
produced
by
Viacom
18’s
Tipping
Point.
The
year
2021
marks
the
birth
centenary
of
Satyajit
Ray,
who
was
known
worldwide
for
making
classic
movies
like
The
Apu
Trilogy,
Charulata,
Agantuk
and
Nayak.