A timeless journey

In Rays trilogy,when you look at Apus face or when the old lady dies,you are able to involve yourself with their journey.
I first watched Pather Panchali the first in the trilogy 20 years ago as a college student. My initial feeling was that I need to have patience with this film because as a youngster,my artistic sensibilities were not developed. But after 15 minutes,I was into the film. The reason why some good films come from literature is that a filmmaker does not need to spend years on research. He needs to have the intellect to execute the work appropriately.

My favourite of the trilogy would be Aparajito as it is the least formulaic in the art house manner. You can tell the journey in the beginning and the journey towards the end. But you do not know what happens in the middle. The film was in many ways a contemporary tale of a young mans quest for conquering the world. For me,Apu had a certain manliness which is hard to find in other Bengali films. I would have given anything to work with Ray at that point.