

Her age (and her ways), of course, doesn't indicate that she could be the sister of Harihar (the husband).
POSTER OF PATHER PANCHALI MOVIE
The article says so in respect to Sarbajaya, but I saw the movie and her husband calls her mother and Durga calls her grandmother. Gupta (see Satyajit Ray.org) recommended as a book that "would make a very good film." - Kuaichik 02:34, 10 January 2007 (UTC) Indir sister-in-law? After all, it was the abridged version that D.K. This suggests that he may not have voluntarily "cut away.unnecessary elements" he may have simply been unaware that these "elements" even existed. We could probably mention (if there is a source to support this claim, which I'm currently guessing there is) that it is still played on television in West Bengal along with some of his other films.Īn explanation on "3": according to Satyajit Ray.org, Ray first read an abridged version of the original novel. Regarding "1," some questions that could possibly be considered: How many theaters featured it around the world? How much money did Ray earned from it? If he actually didn't earn much, how much less time did it take him to get the Government of West Bengal to fund his films before and after the making of Pather Panchali? How much longer (and/or how many more times) did he have to rely on government funds for making more films?

more detail be added concerning Ray's encounter with Pather Panchali and its influence on the film (instead of just "(h)e.cut away what he thought were unnecessary elements.").

the "Critical Reception" section contain fewer quotes and more details, andģ. the sentence "this indicates the extent of the first film's cultural impact" be replaced by a more elaborate explanation,Ģ. I propose that, in order to improve the quality of the article:ġ. Hasn't anybody seen the film so we can add a Plot/Summary section which tells what's it about? - euyyn 22:34, 25 June 2006 (UTC) Oh! Sorry! Done a while ago (but may be improved)! - Kuaichik 02:13, 10 January 2007 (UTC) Quality Improvement Fkh82 22:09, 14 November 2005 (UTC) By "unknown", the article means the director was previously not famous or well-known - AKeen 22:27, 14 November 2005 (UTC) aha, makes sense, didnt see the hitherto. Am I missing something? The article says the director is unknown but the table on the right hand side names the director.
