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Pather Panchali

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/August 26, 2015 by — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:37, 7 August 2015 (UTC)



Pather Panchali is a 1955 Bengali drama film adapted from Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay's 1929 Bengali novel of the same name. The debut film of Indian director Satyajit Ray (pictured), it depicts the lives of two children from a poor Indian village, Apu (Subir Banerjee) and his elder sister Durga (Uma Dasgupta), and their family. The film, shot mainly on location in rural India, took nearly three years to complete. Sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar composed the score. Its first screening took place in May, 1955, at New York's Museum of Modern Art, and it was officially released in Kolkata on August 26, 1955, where, after a slow start, it was enthusiastically received. Many critics have praised the film's realism and humanity, though a few have found fault with its slow pace, while others have condemned it, claiming it romanticises poverty. The tale of Apu's life is continued in the two subsequent installments of the Apu Trilogy: Aparajito (The Unvanquished, 1956) and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu, 1959). Pather Panchali was a pioneer film of the Parallel Cinema movement and was the first film from independent India to attract major international attention, winning a number of awards and establishing Ray as a major director. It has been featured in lists of the greatest films ever made.
 * Most recent similar article(s): The most recent Indian-produced film to appear as a TFA was Kahaani on March 9, 2015 and this was a contemporary commercial production rather than a classic art film.
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 * Promoted: May 17, 2014
 * Reasons for nomination: August 26th was the date 60 years ago when the film received its first official release (in Calcutta). It has won innumerable awards. It appears on many "Best Films of All Time" lists. The article is on the core list of WikiProject Film and is supported by the Indian Cinema task force. It appears in over 20 languages on Wikipedia.
 * Support as nominator. Dylanexpert (talk) 18:20, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Support I would be glad to see the film appear on the main page as TFA. — Ssven2  Speak 2 me '' 12:44, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Support assuming it has never appeared as TFA before. I made a few edits to the blurb. BollyJeff  &#124;  talk  01:28, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment - We do not compare films with the same origins (let alone based on year of release), but all films. The most recent scheduled film article is Departures (Aug 15). That being said, I do think the 60th anniversary is worth having another film article in August. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:25, 5 August 2015 (UTC)