When Satyajit Ray had his differences with Vilayat Khan and Ali Akbar Khan

Vilayat Khan made some out of the world background tunes for ‘Jalsaghar,’ creating an essence of the decaying Bengali zamindari era. However, not many people know there are some bitter memories as well.
Vilayat Khan didn’t see eye to eye with Satyajit Ray on certain matters. He had even claimed Ray didn’t allow him to score independently.
Ray’s working experience with Ali Akbar Khan in ‘Devi’ was also a worse one.Though ‘Devi’ gave us an unforgettable score, Ali Akbar Khan wasn’t satisfied working with the Auteur. He even accused Ray of excessive interference and even had doubts over Ray’s knowledge of Indian classical music.
Interestingly, the utmost gentleman that he was, Satyajit Ray never bore any grudge against these music icons nor commented about the incidents. Instead, he made his mind to compose music for his films. He realised though these maestros were unmatchable musicians, they couldn’t understand what he exactly wanted in his films.