Victor Banerjee plays a professor in Claire Denis' 'High Life'Д¬laire Denis, one of contemporary French cinema's most uncompromising auteurs, portrays the lives of the marginalised - exiles, immigrants, alienated individuals, people holding out against advancing darkness - in a strikingly original and deeply affecting manner.

'I cried and cried,' Claire Denis on 'Pather Panchali'.

But he went to Madras and Subrata- babu joined as cameraman. Nemai Ghosh had directed a film titled Chhinnamul. Earlier I had heard that Nemai Ghosh was supposed to be the cameraman for Pather Panchali, with Subrata- babu as assistant. Yet he was handling it with ease and expertise. It is difficult to use a Mitchell camera without proper training. Later, in some studio shots вЂ“ like the scene of DurgaвЂ™s death вЂ“ I helped Subrata- babu with the lighting. Gradually, under Subrata-babuвЂ™s watch I started adjusting the reflector, arranging the trolley and things like that. He would say, вЂPlace the camera here.вЂ™ I would do that. Earlier my job was simply to obey Manik- daвЂ™s command. The вЂkaashвЂ™ scene was shot in Bardhaman districtвЂ™ Government of West Bengal It was the first time I was watching outdoor shooting. вЂAlmost the entire film was shot outdoors вЂ“ in Boral village. Once the shooting was over, I remember Manik-da treating us with langcha, at Shaktigarh. I still remember running with the labourers with the huge battery on my head, lest we miss the train. The camera had to be used with a 12-volt battery. It needed considerable effort to carry over such distances. But the location was some distance away and one had to walk quite a bit from the railway station. Obviously, it was just before Durga Puja, or else how could there be any kaash forest! I remember the frenzied activity around that sequence. The kaash scene was shot in Bardhaman (Burdwan) district.

Almost the entire film was shot outdoors вЂ“ in Boral village. Among technicians, Bansi Chandragupta had previous experience and a standing.

On one hand there were professionals like Kanu Bandyopadhyay, Chunibala Debi, Tulsi Chakarbarti, Reba Debi and Aparna Debi on the other, there were fresh faces like Uma, Subir and Karuna Bandyopadhyay. Two different types of actors worked in Pather Panchali. Soumendu Roy was an apprentice and assistant to Subrata Mitra in вЂPather PanchaliвЂ™ Anyway, with help from Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy, work began again. In his own writing, Manik- da has said there was no formal script for the film. When work had to be stopped for want of funds, Manik- da met producer after producer. I was not involved during the earlier work on the film, which Manik- da first started shooting with a wall camera.

I had started my career about six months ago вЂ“ and was almost a novice when I joined the unit of Pather Panchali. Satyajit Ray had just resumed work on Pather Panchali, with the Government of West Bengal as producer. An apprentice and assistant to Subrata Mitra in Pather Panchali, he recalls his experience, lugging the Mitchell, being treated to langcha by Ray, and Shanti Chatterjee using snuff to make вЂDurgaвЂ™ sneezeвЂ¦ Roy worked in 21 films made by Ray Roy became Satyajit RayвЂ™s cinematographer after Subrata MitraвЂ™s departure.

Pather panchali watch online