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My Cameraman And I Devised A Method, Which We Started Using From My Second Film, Which Applies Mainly To Day Scenes Shot In The Studio, Where We Used Bounced Light Instead Of Direct Light. We Agreed With This Thing Of Four Or Five Shadows Following The Actors Is Dreadful.

It Was Only After Pather Panchali Had Some Success At Home That I Decided To Do A Second Part. But I Didn't Want To Do The Same Kind Of Film Again, So I Made A Musical.

There's Always Some Room For Improvisation.

The Only Solutions That Are Ever Worth Anything Are The Solutions That People Find Themselves.

Most Of The Top Actors And Actresses May Be Working In Ten Or Twelve Films At The Same Time, So They Will Give One Director Two Hours And Maybe Shoot In Bombay In The Morning And Madras In The Evening. It Happens.