Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore, who was introduced in films by legendary storyteller Satyajit Ray in Apur Sansar in 1959, believes there is no need to replicate the maestro’s films.
Sharmila was a 13-year-old schoolgoer when she was cast opposite Soumitra Chatterjee in Apur Sansar, the final film of the Apu trilogy. Pather Panchali was the first film in the much-lauded trilogy and was Ray’s directorial debut.
“Why should we make films like Pather Panchali? It inspired scores of people and the parallel movement of Shyam Benegal started because of that, so it has reached many many… why should we replicate it,” Sharmila posed the query in response to a question by an audience member at a discussion on the 60th anniversary of the film.
