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).
Cannes 2022 screened the restored ‘Pratidwandi’. At home, Satyajit Ray's birth centenary celebrations are symptomatic of our obsession with cultural hero-worship, binaries and hyperboles.