Kolkata, Aug. 26 -- It's an auspicious day for the Indian film fraternity. Satyajit Ray's classic Pather Panchali turns 70 today.

Yes, the movie made on a shoe-string budget hit the screens on this day in 1955 amid a lot of obstacles. But that is a thing of the past.

Despite the barbs Ray had to encounter, his film still holds an indelible part of our day-to-day lives.National Award-winning Assamese filmmaker Santwana Bordoloi gets a bit infuriated when quizzed on the movie's relevance.

"It's a very frivolous question to start off. Why wouldn't it be relevant? The facts the movie depicted still hold true at several quarters," she said.

"It wasn't an ordinary film for sure," she answered

Another legendary Assamese director Sanjib Sabh...