Satyajit Ray’s ‘Pather Panchali’ is an invaluable creation of world cinema. The movie was made in 1955. So we see that its characters Apu and Durga usually appeared in black and white on screen. But what would a classic movie look like if it was colorful — a university in the United States has found the answer to this question and has released a video of the colorful ‘Pather Panchali’ of 4K resolution.
A team of researchers from the University of Maryland in the country did it. A Bangladeshi video editor Rakib Rana is also in it. So, according to the university, it is done as an audit of quarantine.
Such a sample was found in the recently released 3 and a quarter minute video. In this video we see that Apu, Durga, Sarvajaya and Harihar have appeared, breaking the very familiar black-and-white form. It contains comparative footage of famous Kashban and train scenes.
It is also known that this video was made with the help of AI technology. Although, experimental use of this technology has already begun.
Many are applauding this new research. Again, according to many netizens, ‘Pather Panchali’ is better in black and white, they are not happy with such experiments.
Here’s the video link: https://bit.ly/36QKGxK
