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Satyajit Ray lives again in 'Sacred Evil'
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Mumbai, June 17 -- Fourteen years after his death, Satyajit Ray continues to impact on Indian and international cinema - and in most unexpected ways.
Not too many people have noticed that Abhiyaan Rajhans and Abhigyan Jha's spook-nook "Sacred Evil" is strewn with references to and actors from Satyajit Ray's films.
Not only do we see the Ray regular Soumitra Chatterjee in a cameo, the lady who escorts the film's protagonist to Soumitra's office is the heroine of Satyajit Ray's "Kanchenjunga".
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