The character of the Thakrun Indir icon, a very old grandmother, in ‘Pather Panchali’ was played by extraordinary Debi Chunibala Octogenarian.
For one shot he had to act dead.
After a shot, Satyajit Ray called him but he did not respond.
Ray panicked, thinking that he might faint, or worse, died.
But for his help, Chunibala Debi opened his eyes after one call again, said that he did not hear the ‘piece’.
It sounds strange, Well!

‘Pather Panchali’ (small road song) marks the debut of Satyajit Ray as director.
The 1955 great work of Ray was a social drama inspired by a famous novel with the same name as Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay.
‘Pather Panchali’ plot a boy ‘apu’ from poor families and everyday life in rural village India.
The film was produced by the West Bengal government when the legendary filmmaker runs out of money after just shooting half of the film.
Halfway through filming, Ray runs out of funds.
The West Bengal government lends the rest, allows him to complete the film.
This loan was listed in public records at that time as “road repair”, nodded in the film title that was translated.
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When the story, on the first day of filming, Satyajit Ray never directed a scene, the subrata cameraman his partner had never photographed one and no actor of his child who had even sent their role.