Kishore Kumar gave Satyajit Ray Rs 5,000 to save Pather Panchali; his first wife lived at Ray’s house for 3 years after they separated: Amit Kumar 

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Talking about his grandmother, Amit revealed that her younger sister (Ruma’s aunt) was none other than Bijoya Ray, who was married to Satyajit Ray. “So my grandmother’s younger sister was married to Ray, and we actually stayed at their house on Lake Avenue for 2-3 years, and then once my mother went back to the films, we shifted to a different place.” Amit added that despite all that, his father and Ray were inseparable and Kishore even used to shoot behind-the-scenes footage on the sets of Ray’s films.

“He (Ray) was my father’s biggest fan, and not just the voice but the entire personality that came with it. When he made his first film, Pather Panchali, he faced some financial issues, and it was my father who handed him Rs 5000 so that Ray could complete his project. In fact, when Ray was shooting the film, my father used to follow him around with a 16 mm camera, and he would shoot the making of the film. Just imagine Kishore Kumar shooting the making of a Satyajit Ray film; it was unbelievable, but unfortunately that footage is nowhere to be found now,” said Amit.