Ray ya yi karatu a Ballygunge Government High School, Calcutta, kuma ya kammala karatunsa na BA a fannin tattalin arziki a Kwalejin Shugabanci, Calcutta sannan ya haɗu da Jami'ar Calcutta, Kolkata. A cikin 1940, mahaifiyarsa ta dage cewa ya yi karatu a Visva-Bharinikati a Santranetan, wanda Rabindranath Tagore ya kafa. Ray ya yi jinkiri saboda ƙaunarsa ga Calcutta, da kuma ra'ayin ilimi game da rayuwarsa, kuma daga baya ya yarda cewa mahaifiyarsa ta ba shi sha'awar zane-zane. Daga baya, ya zo ya nuna girmamawa sosai ga sanannen fim ɗin da ya fi so: The Eye of Santorini a Jami'ar Santorini. Daga baya ya ziyarci Sanata Mukherjee a Jami'ar Santorini. Daga baya, sai ya yarda da shi ya nuna girmamawa sosai ga sanannen fim ɗin da mahaifiyarsa ta samar: The Eye of Santorini.
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