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Oscar Academy to screen Ray's Apu trilogy (see pics)

New Delhi: To celebrate the restoration of 19 Satyajit Ray films, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will screen new prints of the filmmaker's renowned "Apu Trilogy" next month in the US.The two-evening



Special guests for the September 9 program include actress Sharmila Tagore, who made her debut in "Apur Sansar", and Dilip Basu, founding director of the Satyajit Ray Film and Study Center Collection at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

The Academy has also partnered with the British Film Institute (BFI), the American Cinematheque and the Austrian Film Museum to screen prints from the Academy Film Archive's collection.