Spielberg's 'ET' based on Satyajit Ray's script, claims Zaidi

February 14, 2016 12:49

Veteran Bollywood writer and costume designer Shama Zaidi has claimed that Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg's science-fiction "E T the xtra-Terrestrial" was based on a script written by highly acclaimed Indian

director, Satyajit Ray.

Zaidi worked with Ray in the 1977 National award-winning film "Shatranj Ke Khiladi" as a costume designer. She also assisted him in research and translation of the dialogues in the film.

Zaidi claimed that the "Pather Panchali" director had drawn a storyboard of a science fiction Hollywood film he wanted to make, which was ultimately used to make two movies.

"ET was his (Ray's) script. He showed me the script. That and the other film where another person comes from outer space in a small town (referring to 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'). These two films were inspired by his drawings. That ET character, he showed me the drawing in the 70s but he had done it in 60s," Zaidi told PTI.

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