memories of ray­#22_chidananda dasgupta_’ he was getting me interested in films, and succeeded to do so! Even though he sometimes accused me of not understanding what he was trying to do in a film, and I sometimes pointed out that he hadn’t understood certain things that i had written…but by and large, it is a very valuable and memorable friendship’_Chidananda thinks back on his long association with Ray and reflects on how difficult it is to be a fair critic to Ray’s artistry ( recorded in Santiniketan in 1999 )