Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali declared best Indian film of all time by International Federation of Film Critics

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  • Satyajit Ray’s 1955 masterpiece Pather Panchali has been declared the best Indian film of all time by the Indian chapter of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI).
  • Pather Panchali, an adaptation of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay’s Bengali novel of the same name, is widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made.
  • This Bengali-language drama marked Satyajit Ray’s directorial debut and counts the likes of Wes Anderson, Christopher Nolan and Martin Scorsese among its admirers.
  • Pather Panchali is the first film in Ray’s Apu trilogy, which is followed by Aparajito and Apur Sansar.

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