Perhaps the finest scene in Pather Panchali shows the sickness of the daughter during a storm. Windows fly open and the rain blows in; the mother labors at fastening them again. Finally she turns ...

My fondest memory is the shooting of the iconic train scene in Palsit," he said. Subir, who revisited Boral where Pather Panchali was shot, with Uma a few years ago, recalled how she recited ...

When Pather Panchali leans towards the neo-realist, its most striking scenes show Auntie's hollow, shrewd, dying face; it pictures her eating wet meal with long, bony fingers, wiping dirt off her ...