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Smt. Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India, met the filmmakers, artists, litterateurs and intellectuals of Bengal at the Raj Bhavan (the Governor's House) in Kolkata during her visit to West Bengal in 1971. Satyajit Ray was one of the invitees. He spoke to Smt. Gandhi about some problems facing the Bengal film industry and requested her to keep the matter at the back of her mind. “Not at the back of my mind, I shall keep it at the front of my mind”, replied the Prime Minister with a smile.