Rabindranath Tagore is a 1961 Indian documentary film written and directed by Satyajit Ray about the life and works of Bengali author and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Ray started working on the documentary in early 1958. Shot in black-and-white, the finished film was released during the birth centenary year of Rabindranath Tagore, who was born on 7 May 1861. Ray avoided the controversial aspects of Tagore's life in order to make it as an official portrait of the poet. Though Tagore was k…