Ray akaunganidza vashandi vasina ruzivo, kunyange zvazvo vose vari vaviri cameraman Subrata Mitra uye art director Bansi Chandragupta vakaenderera mberi kuti vabudirire mukurumbira mukuru. Vatambi vacho vaive vakawanda vatambi veamateur. Akatanga kupfura mukupera kwa1952 nemari yake yega uye aitarisira kuunganidza mari yakawanda kana aine dzimwe ndima dzakapfurwa, asi haana kubudirira pamitemo yake. Somugumisiro, Ray akapfura Pather Panchali pamusoro pemakore matatu, nguva yakareba zvisingawanzoitika, zvichibva pakuti iye kana maneja wake wekugadzira Anil Chowdhury aigona kuunganidza mari yakawedzerwa. Akaramba mari kubva kunzvimbo dzaida shanduko mu script kana kutarisirwa pamusoro pekugadzira. Akarambawo zano kubva kuhurumende kuti abatanidze magumo anofadza, asi akagamuchira mari yakamutendera kupedzisa firimu. Ray akaratidza mutungamiri wefirimu weAmerica John Huston, uyo akanga ari muIndia kunyanya nzvimbo dzeThe Man Who Would Be King.
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