Blast from the past

Pather Panchali

Released on: August 26, 1955

Directed by: Satyajit Ray

DID YOU KNOW:  Funds of the film ran out halfway through the filming; the rest was loaned by the government of West Bengal. Satyajit Ray was able to quit his then job and focus on filmmaking after Pather Panchali’s international success.

Devdas

Released on: July 12, 2002

Directed by: Sanjay Leeela Bhansali

DID YOU KNOW: An accident during filming resulted in the decapitation of a stage hand and the severe injury of another. The song Silsila Yeh Chaahat Ka was sampled by rapper Snoop Dogg for his song, Snoop Dogg Millionaire.

The Blue Dahlia

Released on: April 19, 1946

Directed by: George Marshall

DID YOU KNOW: The murder of Elizabeth Short in 1947, dubbed by the local newspaper as, “Black Dahlia”, was a play on this film’s title. Raymond Chandler proposed an absurd list of demands to complete the film’s screenplay.