Dubbing 'Apur Panchali' as a collage of Satyajit Ray trilogy 'Pather Panchali', 'Apur Sansar' and 'Aparajito', director Kaushik Ganguly says he has gone further by chronicling the life of the child actor.
"'Apur Panchali' is inspired by the life of child Apu - Subir Bandyopadhyay - who went into oblivion as he grew old. It has elements of the three timeless classics of trilogy, but it is beyond that, more than that," Ganguly told PTI.
Terming the film as a docu-feature built on a fictional narrative, Kaushik agrees that his film follows the tradition to build up plots and frames on the lives of those away from the arclights.
"My cinematic language dwells on the not famous, unassuming types be it a transsexual in 'Arekti Premer Galpo' a blind poet in 'Laptop' to a foley artiste in 'Shabdo'. 'Apur Panchali' is about a person, who was once the cynosure of all the screenings at festivals world over, but now leads an obscure life in a city suburb," Kaushik said.
"May be, I have introduced a new film language, the language of subalterns in different milieus. I guess that is significant as without an identity, in terms of dialogue, images and sounds, films will be reduced to a string of images," the national-award-winning 'Shabdo' director said.
