’ this theme is always present in Ray’s films, a human being trying to develop himself, widening his horizon. From that point of view, those characters are all extensions of Apu ‘_ Soumitra Chatterjee talks about ‘Days and nights in the forest’ ( “ this was the first film where for the first time we could get a glimpse of the mind of contemporary young men of Calcutta “ ), and about the systematic presence in Ray’s films of a character with a larger truth. ( interview recorded in 1999 at Jorasanko Thakurbari, north Calcutta )

this short film is branch#59 of a big tree entitled ‘memories of ray’