’ i joined as an apprentice on the shooting of Pather Panchali, I was the camera caretaker, the atmosphere on the set was very cordial, we were like a family, no difference between the artists and the technicians, we ate together, there were no class divisions…’

from the source: Soumendy Roy remembers with nostalgia how he joined the shooting of Pather Panchali and how he learned so much from Subrata Mitra.
( recorded in 1999 in Calcutta )

this short film is branch#29 of a big tree entitled ‘memories of ray’