Oscar Awards On Stamps

Today Is Oscar Awards Ceremony.Time To Browse The Stamps Released On Oscar Awards

India Post Released This Stamp Of Lifetime Achievement Oscar Winner In 1994 “Satyajit Ray” The Stamp Has Picture Of Oscar Statuette

 

India will wake up early tomorrow to watch A.R.Rehman sing “If I Rise” at the Oscars. As we wait for the event , it’s time to remember through stamps the man who took Indian cinema to the new heights -Satyajit Ray.

Thematic Philately topic “Film Making” is making strides in the Stamp exhibitions.Let us browse through some postage stamps on Oscar Awards released worldwide as well.

Satyajit Ray (Depicted On Indian Stamps ) was born on May 2nd, 1921 in Calcutta in a distinguished family of Bengal. His grandfather Upendra Kishore Ray was a scientist, amateur astronomer, illustrator, musician, writer of children's stories and a publisher.His father Sukumar Ray was a brilliant writer and his mother an exceptional singer. After graduating from Calcutta's Presidency College, Ray went to Shantiniketan, the open air university founded by Rabindranath Tagore. There Ray read widely, observed nature, and became interested in graphic design while studying fine art.

Satyajit Ray (Depicted On Indian Stamps ) returned to Calcutta in 1943 and worked with a British owned advertising agency, DJ Keymer as a visualizer. In 1949 he met the great French director Jean Renoir who visited Calcutta to scout locations for The River (1950). Renoir encouraged Ray to make films. When Keymer sent him to work in their head office in London, he took the opportunity to see as many films as he could and it was Vittorio de Sica's Bicycle Thief (1949) that inspired him to start work on Pather Panchali.

Pather Panchali (Depicted On Indian Stamps ) was three years in the making - years of unceasing finance struggle.An Academy Honorary Award in 1991 days before he died.

First Day Cover Of Indian Postage Stamp Of Satyajit Ray

(Depicted On Se-tenant Stamp)

 

 

 

4 Different Types Of  Traffic Lights For Satyajit Ray Indian Postage Stamps

• Oscar Winners For Best Animation will be part of the Aug 29 Postage Stamp release By USPS.The Stamps Feature Pixar Animation Movies “Cars” “Ratatouille” “Up” among others.

• Australian Postage Stamps Portraying Oscar Winners Nicole Kidman,Russell Crowe,Cate Blanchett,Geoffrey Rush

 

• Satyajit Ray Featured On A Sheetlet Of Postage Stamps From Dominican Republic

• Wallace & Gromit Which Won Oscars For Best Animation was featured on Christmas Postage Stamps Of 2010 By Royal Mail

• Republic Of Benin Released A Sheetlet Of Postage Stamps Featuring 75th Academy award winners.

• “Gone With The Wind” Actress Hattie McDaniel ,an Oscar-winning actress, appeared on the 29th Postage stamp in the popular Black Heritage Stamp series

 

• Guinea Featured The Oscar Winning Movie “Lawrence Of Arabia” On it’s postage stamps