Recording Studio

Chitrabani’s sound recording studio has come a long way; it was a pioneer in offering quality recording facilities from the beginning; with the changing technology, Chitrabani possesses the state of the art digital sound recording facilities with post-production facilities.

Chitrabani now has one of the best fully digital sound studios in the city, with Soundscape, and CD mastering facilities for professional film, video dubbing and music recording.

There is another recording studio with Soundscape and analog multi-track facilities for production and training.

Some of our clientele include Gautam Das Gupta of Delhi, Mrinal Sen, Jogin Films, Milan Bhowmik and Rituporno Ghosh.

Media Library Training

Late Rita Ray (1924-1983), a noted film critic writing under the name of Kobita Sarkar, and a long-time member of the Central Board Of Film Certification, contributed significantly to the spread of a positive attitude towards cinema in India.

She wrote Indian cinema today: an analysis, 1975, and you can’t please everyone: film censorship – the inside story, 1982.
When Chitrabani was created in 1970, Mrs Ray gave it full support. And when the centre was registered in 1979, she was its advisor along with Mr Satyajit Ray.

As a token of appreciation for her contribution to film studies in this country and for her constant support of Chitrabani, and to embody permanently her deep appreciation for the cinema and its role in society, the Chitrabani library and viewing hall.
The Ray’s family have donated to the library Rita Ray’s collection of 8 mm film classics, her collection of nearly 4000 stills from or about films, and her books on cinema.