Ray Web Series Cast:
The cast of Ray includes Ali Fazal, Manoj Bajpayee, Kay Kay Menon, Shweta
Basu Prasad, Harshvardhan Kapoor, Gajraj Rao, Anindita Bose, Chandan Roy
Sanyal,
Rajesh Sharma, Bidita Bag, and Radhika Madan
Release Date:
Ray series comprising 4 episodes was released on 25th June 2021 on
Netflix.
Ray Series Review: Story & Performances
The Ray web series is a brilliant way to pay tribute to the legend Satyajit
Ray. The four episodes of this anthology series were based on the short
stories of the prolific writer-filmmaker. “Forget Me Not” and “Bahrupiya” are
directed by the genius Srijit Mukherji.
Vasan Bala’s Spotlight and Abhishek Chaubey’s “Hungama Hain Kyon Barpa” are
the other two stories we saw on Netflix’s Ray.
Forget Me Not (Based on Satyajit Ray’s short story Bipin Chowdhury'r Smritibhrom)
The Mirzapur web series fame Ali Fazal was the male lead of Forget Me Not.
His character Ipsit Rama Nair will keep you hooked to your seat. He is a young
entrepreneur, enjoying the taste of success.
The company “Chrysalis” was established by him along with some of his friends.
He was also assisted by his colleague Maggie(Shweta Basu Prasad). The two
interesting facts about Ipsit are, he is pretty good with numbers and his
memory which tells us that he never forgets anything.
In the very opening scene, Rhea Saran(Anindita Bose) tried to give a reminder
to Ipsit about the time they spent together in Aurangabad’s Ajanta Caves. But
his memory which is often compared to a computer was unable to remember those
times.
Our curiosity to know how he forgot those days, and what exactly happened during
those days, made the story more engaging. Slowly, he started forgetting other
events and numbers also. At one stage he was even unable to remember his room
number.
The conversation between Ali Fazal & Shweta Basu Prasad in the hospital,
the scenes with Anindita Bose, and the scenes in Ajanta Caves, were the best parts
that have blown our minds and made “Forget Me Not” the most impressive among
the four stories.
Ali Fazal was simply outstanding as Ipsit. Along with him, two powerful
performances were delivered by Shweta Basu Prasad and Anindita Bose.
The collaboration of two geniuses Srijit Mukherji and Ali Fazal was certainly
amazing & entertaining. Srijit Mukherji has made his directorial debut in
Bollywood with the Vidya Balan starrer movie Begum Jaan. It was a remake of his
directorial Bengali movie Rajkahini starring Rituparna Sengupta.
He also made his OTT debut last year with the web series Feluda Pherot Season
1 on Addatimes. We will also see Feluda Pherot season 2 soon.
Bahrupiya (Based on Satyajit Ray’s short story Bahurupi)
Kay Kay Menon portrayed the character of Indrashish Shah in “Bahrupiya”. He is
a makeup artist who felt frequently ignored and undervalued by people around
him. He planned for revenge on those people who did not treat him well. The
end twist will leave you completely surprised.
It was a magnificent performance from Kay Kay Menon. We have seen him doing a
cameo in the recently released movie “Shaadisthan” starring
Kirti Kulhari. Rajesh Sharma as Suresh Sharma, Bidita Bag as Debashree Roy, and Dibyendu
Bhattacharya as Peer Baba supported well with short but noteworthy
performances.
Hungama Hain Kyon Barpa (Based on Satyajit Ray’s short story Barin Bhowmik-er Byaram)
Abhishek Chaubey directed the “Hungama Hain Kyon Barpa” episode was based on
kleptomania. Many of us are in awe of
Manoj Bajpayee’s mind-blowing performance in The Family Man Season 2. His character of Musafir Ali
in Ray will bring a smile to your face.
Musafir Ali, a Ghazal singer, while traveling to Delhi by train met with
ex-wrestler Aslam Baig(Gajraj Rao). Their conversations, the funny scenes, and
the delightful writing will make leave you impressed.
Director Abhishek Chaubey has managed to give the audience enough reason to
smile by creating the magic with the help of two amazing performers Manoj
Bajpayee &
Gajraj Rao.
He made his directorial debut with the movie “Ishqiya” starring Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah & Arshad Warsi. He also directed Dedh Ishqiya, Shahid Kapoor starrer Udta Punjab, Late Sushant Singh Rajput starrer movie Sonchiriya.
Spotlight (Based on Satyajit Ray’s short story Spotlight)
Vasan Bala is mostly known for his crime thriller “Peddlers” starring
Gulshan Devaiah.
The rising star Vikram, aka Vik(Harshvardhan Kapoor), has delivered
back-to-back commercial hit films. On the next day of his arrival at Jodhpur,
he had to move from his favourite the famous Madonna room for a spiritual
leader named Didi(Radhika Madan).
This was undoubtedly the best performance of Harshvardhan Kapoor till date.
Valuable performances were also added by Chandan Roy Sanyal as Roby Ghosh and
Radhika Madan as Didi.
Chandan Roy Sanyal has highly impressed the audiences with his performance in
director Prakash Jha’s debut web series Aashram starring Bobby Deol, Aaditi Pohankar & Tridha Choudhury, Anupriya
Goenka, Darshan Kumar in lead roles.
Harshvardhan Kapoor made his acting debut in Bollywood with director Rakeysh
Omprakash Mehra’s movie Mirzya co-starring
Saiyami Kher.
If you haven’t watched Ray yet then switch to “Netflix” and experience the
glimpses of magic created by the greatest ever Satyajit Ray.
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