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Pather Panchali@70: Beautiful, Broken People

Rediff.com4 Sep 2025

Seventy years after Pather Panchali released on August 26, 1955, we finally get it. Shuttling between the village of Boral and a studio in Calcutta, caught between worrying about the next purse of funds and wondering which item to mortgage next, Satyajit Ray was explaining Indians to themselves, discovers Sreehari Nair.

'A National Award calls for a lot of lobbyism'

Rediff.com3 Jul 2008

In a candid interview, 74-year-old Soumitra Chatterjee spoke about his tryst with the National Award, a partisan jury, film industry, his aspirations and regrets.

60 years later, the house where Pather Panchali was shot

Rediff.com26 Aug 2015

We re-visit the location of Satyajit Ray's first masterpiece.

60 years later, the house where Pather Panchali was shot

Rediff.com26 Aug 2015

We re-visit the location of Satyajit Ray's first masterpiece.

My Father, Satyajit Ray

Rediff.com16 Apr 2021

Satyajit Ray would have been a hundred years old on May 2. To mark the legendary film-maker's birth centenary, Rediff.com bring you a treasure trove of features from our archives.

My father, Satyajit Ray

Rediff.com3 May 2016

One of India's top filmmakers Satyajit Raj would have been 95 on May 2. We celebrate him by re-publishing a special series of articles through the week.

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Pather Panchali@70: Beautiful, Broken People

'A National Award calls for a lot of lobbyism'

60 years later, the house where Pather Panchali was shot

60 years later, the house where Pather Panchali was shot

My Father, Satyajit Ray

My father, Satyajit Ray