‘Pather Panchali’ author Bibhutibhushan’s anniv celebrated

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said,”We will never forget the true picturisation of rural Bengal in ‘Pather Panchali’ – especially the scene where Apu and Durga were rushing with their curious eyes to see,for the first time,a train passing through the village.”

Many of Bandyopadhyay’s works have been made into films like ‘Pather Panchali’,’Aparajito’,’Apur Sansar’,’Baksa Badal’ and ‘Amar Prem’.

“As a plain and simple person,he grew up in abject poverty but his indomitable spirit of writing went on successfully along with his career as a teacher,” Banerjee said of the author who died in 1950.