Here’s Why I Think You Should Watch ‘Pather Panchali’ By Satyjit Ray

It’s a Bengali movie.Pather Panchali adapted from a classic novel by the Bengali writer Bibhutibhusan Bandyopadhyay. Satyjit Ray wrote and directed this in the year 1955 . The central theme of the movie is “poverty”. This movie explains the condition of poor people at that time also shows how the poor suffer to survive even for one meal a day. Beyond that, there is the existence of gender discrimination, like parents giving first preference to their son over a girl. If they have the option to educate either a girl or a boy, they always prefer a boy over a girl. This film also portray beautiful image of rural lives. The story of the movie is very simple, but it contains a lot of emotions. Every single incident in this movie has a big meaning .Production was interrupted because of funding problems and it took nearly three years for the film to be completed .

Story Begins in a rural Bengali village where a priest & his wife struggle to raise their daughter and young son Apu

Satyajit ray was an great author , director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker,editor, and music composer. Ray directed 36 films during his carrier. He was one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century. Ray received numerous awards and honours, including India’s highest award in cinema , the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 1984 and India’s highest civilian award , the Bharat Ratna 1992 . For pather panchal ray received total 18 awards

The story begins in rural Bengali village where a priest and his wife struggle to raise their daughter and young son aapu. Roy earns money as a priest, but he always wanted to be a poet and story writer. Roy’s wife, is a housewife who takes care of their children. Indir was the aunt of Appu and Durga. Sarbajaya didn’t like indir as she often stole food from their kitchen . Sarbajaya’s daughter durga adores Indir. Durga also steals fruit for indir from the neighbor’s orchard. Srabajaya scolded Dura, but she didn’t listen to her . Sarabajya didn’t like it when Durga spend time with Indir. She often tells Durga to keep a distance from Indir, but Durga loves Indir’s company.Once, while Durga was playing with her friends, she noticed that one of their friends had a pearl necklace. She liked it so much . But her friend denied giving this necklace to Durga. So she steal that pearl necklace. When her friend’s mother asked about the pearl necklace, Durga denied that she didn’t steal that pearl necklace . After that incident harihar leaves his rural Bengal village, in search of work and promise to his family members that he will return with money to repair their house. Sarbajaya alone looks after her daughter, Durga, her young son, Apu. When When Harihar returned home, he got to know that her daughter had died because of illness and lack of medical facilities. His home was totally destroyed because of heavy rain .After that harihar decide to leave their ancestor house and moved to another village in search of good means of survival .

The main theme of this movie is poverty. In this film, Satyjit Ray beautifully portrays the image of a rural village. It is the story of a poor family who is continuously trying to get out of poverty. Their dreams and hopes to become rich or earn a decent amount of money to survive will never be affected by their current condition. This film teaches so many lessons. One thing which I noticed that Sarbojaya adores her daughter, but she forbids her daughter Durga from doing what she desires.Durga wants to do her own things, while Sarbojaya is more interested in preparing her to be an ideal housewife. Although like today’s bolywood films, this film has no happy ending. At the end, they leave their ancestor’s house and move to another village in search of work and a better means of survival. If you are watching this movie for entertainment purposes only, then this is not your type of movie. But if you are inspired to become a director, a filmmaker, or a cinematographer, then watching this movie proves very fruitful for you . This movie is worth to watch.