57th release date of Satyajit Ray's masterpiece Pather Panchali was celebrated in the city yesterday. The film was released on 26 August 1955 in various cinema halls of Kolkata and within a week, it became the talk of the town with both favourable and unfavorable comments. But the world soon realised that it was a milestone of Indian cinema and thus, appreciations came from every corner of the globe, the film attained so many prizes from all the famous film festivals. Yesterday, Ganamadhyam Kendra and Calcutta Film Society had organised a seminar on this occasion where, Uma Dasgupta, who played the role of Durga in the film, was presented alongwith veteran film director Mrinal Sen, cinematographer Soumendu Roy, critic Shamik Bandyopadhyay and other personalities were presented. But, Subir Bandyopadhyay, who played the role of Apu, was absent owing to personal reasons. -- A. B.
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