* - The title "Teen Kanya" means three daughters (or girls), but the international version of the film is called "Two Daughters". This is because the feature has three different stories; however, only two of them were included for the international release: The Postmaster - 56 Mins. and Samapti - 56 Mins.
In his younger age, Satyajit Ray had convinced that he should become a filmmaker, and also convinced that Pather Panchali would be his first film. Write of novel Pather Panchali, Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay was deceased at that point, but his widow was generous enough to allow a complete novice to shoot her husband's masterpiece. The film never had a complete script, it was made from Ray's drawings and notes. Shooting started in early 1953. In retrospect, the technical team was immensely talented, even apart from Ray; both Subrata Mitra (Cinematographer) and......
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