Ray ya tattara ƙungiyar da ba su da ƙwarewa, kodayake duka mai ɗaukar hoto Subrata Mitra da kuma darektan zane-zane Bansi Chandragupta sun ci gaba da samun babban yabo. 'Yan wasan kwaikwayon sun kasance galibi' yan wasan kwaikwayo ne. Ya fara yin fim a ƙarshen 1952 tare da ajiyar kansa kuma yana fatan samun ƙarin kuɗi da zarar ya yi wasu sassan da aka harba, amma bai yi nasara a kan sharuddansa ba. A sakamakon haka, Ray ya harbe Pather Panchali sama da shekaru uku, wani lokaci mai tsawo, dangane da lokacin da shi ko manajan samar da shi Anil Chowdhury zai iya tara ƙarin kuɗi. Ya ƙi karɓar kuɗi daga tushe waɗanda ke son canji a cikin rubutun ko kuma kula da samarwa. Ya kuma yi watsi da shawarwarin daga gwamnati don haɗa da farin ciki, amma ya sami kuɗin da ya ba shi damar kammala fim ɗin. Ray ya nuna wa darektan fim din Amurka John Huston, wanda ya fi yawanci a Indiya don wuraren da aka yi fim ɗin The Man Who Would Be King? Ray Monroe ya yi magana game da ƙarancin ƙarancin kuɗin da ke gudana a filin jirgin ƙasa
'Yan wasan kwaikwayo masu son