Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Ray akaunganidza boka risina ruzivo, kunyange zvazvo vose vari vaviri cameraman wake Subrata Mitra uye art director Bansi Chandragupta vakaenderera mberi kuwana rumbidzo huru. Vatambi vacho vaiwanzova vatambi veamateur. Akatanga kupfura mukupera kwa1952 nemari yake yaaichengeta uye aitarisira kuwana mari yakawanda kana achinge apfura dzimwe ndima, asi haana kubudirira pamitemo yake. Somuuyo, Ray akapfura Pather Panchali pamusoro pemakore matatu, nguva yakareba zvisingawanzoitiki, yakavakirwa apo iye kana mutariri wake wokugadzira Anil Chowdhury aigona kuunganidza mamwe mari. Akaramba mari yaibva kumanyuko aida chinjo mugwaro kana kuti kutarisira kugadzirwa. Haanawo kuteerera zano raibva kuhurumende rokubatanidza mugumo unofadza, asi akagamuchira mari yakamubvumira kupedza firimu racho. Ray akaratidza mutungamiriri wefirimu wokuAmerica John Huston, uyo akanga ari muIndia achitsvaka nzvimbo dzokuitira The Man Who Would Be King. Chikamu chacho chakanga chiri chechiono icho Apu nehanzvadzi yake vane chechitima chinomhanya nomumaruwa, nhevedzano bedzi iyo Ray akanga achiri kutora firimu nemhaka yebhajeti yake duku. Huston akazivisa Monroe Wheeler paNew York Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) kuti tarenda guru rakanga riri pedyo.  Mubvunzo: Vatambi vacho vaiwanzova vanhu vakaita sei?
vatambi veamateur