Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali becomes Best Indian Film of all time

Recently, the Indian chapter of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) has shared a list of the top ten Indian movies of all time. Following which the list enclosed are five Hindi films, three Bengali movies, and one each from the Malayalam and Kannada languages.

As per a report from Indian Express, FIPRESCI released this list after performing a secret poll that involved 30 members of their India chapter. Meanwhile, Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali is at the top of the list. The movie was released in 1955 starring Karuna Banerjee, Subir Banerjee, Chunibala Devi, and Uma Dasgupta.

The theme of the movie was based on Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay’s Bengali novel of the same name and was the first installment in the Apu Trilogy of films. The plot of Pather Panchali revolved around Apu and his sister Durga who try to make the most of their poverty-stricken lives.

Further, the 1960 drama Meghe Dhaka Tara is in the second spot. The two films are then followed by Mrinal Sen’s 1969 drama Bhuvan Shome, Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s 1981 Malayalam film Elippathayam and Girish Kasaravalli’s 1977 film Ghatashraddha on third, fourth, and fifth spot respectively. The sixth best Indian movie of all time is MS Sathyu 1973 movie Garm Hava. Satyajit Ray’s 1964 film Charulata is on the seventh spot of the list followed by Shyam Benegal’s 1974 film Ankur and Guru Dutt’s 1954 film Pyaasa as the eighth and ninth best Indian films of all time.