1. Bijoya Ray was the wife of the Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray.
10 Facts About Bijoya Ray
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Bijoya Ray acted and sang playback song in a Bengali feature film called Shesh Raksha in 1944 and acted in the documentary Gaach by Catherine Berge in 1998.
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Bijoya Ray died in Kolkata on 2 June 2015, aged 97, after suffering from acute pneumonia.
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Bijoya Ray was born as Bijoya Das in Patna to Charu Chandra Das, a barrister and Madhuri Devi, younger sister of nationalist leader 'Deshbandhu' C R Das's wife Basanti Devi.
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Bijoya Ray is related to Atul Prasad Sen, the legendary Bengali composer, singer, lawyer and philanthropist.
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Bijoya Ray had a gifted voice and her father wanted to send her to Paris to be trained in soprano and western classical music.
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Bijoya Ray left her job and went to Bombay to start a film career.
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Bijoya Ray worked in a few films without success or satisfaction.
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Bijoya Ray remained a constant inspiration and influence in Ray's life.
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Bijoya Ray died on 2 June 2015 at the age of 97 after suffering from Pneumonia.