Pather panchali2/28/2023 ![]() This is a highly disturbing scene, and sadly will infuriate any cat lover.Įven Durga treats the kittens roughly, tossing the cat she is holding to the ground. Moments later Aunty grabs the kitten and literally throws it on the ground. A kitten is seen sitting outside the door when Aunty unceremoniously drops her packed bundle right on top of the poor thing.īut this is not the worst of it. She causes stress for the mother (Karuna Bannerjee) by stealing food, and after an argument Aunty is furious and packs to leave. An old aunt they call Aunty (Chunibala Devi) also lives with the family. Kitty Carnage Warnings! While cats are obviously sharing their lives with this family, sadly they are given some rough treatment, especially in an early scene. The family’s dog also shares a scene with one of the kitties. The same cat is seen several times, running through various scenes.ĭurga is also shown holding the cat as she talks to her mother. A multicolored cat is seen running after Durga in one scene. One of the kittens is even seen sleeping with Durga.Īs the film progesses the children grow and so do the kittens. The kittens are seen in several of the early scenes, playing around the yard. She pulls them out of a pot at the beginning of the film to feed them some milk (she even shoves one of the kitten’s muzzles down in the milk). They start as kittens who are cared for by the little girl, Durga (Uma Das Gupta). ![]() Synopsis: The classic story of a family in India who struggle during the absence of the father who has left them to look for work.Ĭat Burglars (Scene Stealers): There are several cats throughout the film that live around the family’s home. AI can imagine what it would look like, even with very low or poor quality videos.Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! It looks at millions of real videos (from different real-world datasets) and automatically learns to think as our brain understands the world around us. The AI technology works like the human brain. In this AI experiment, the AI ‘dreams’ of parts of the movie (pixels) which never existed in the first place. Even in Hollywood, AI is playing a very important role in visual effects, camera effects, rendering, and even music composition. Almost all Silicon Valley companies have a dedicated AI group. Already many big companies in the US are using AI in their work. AI has the capability to change the world, change the way we do things. (Express archive photo) Are people aware of this AI technique?Ī lot of people have heard about Artificial Intelligence, but very few know how it works. (Express archives photo) Satyajit Ray and Karuna Banerjee on the set of Pather Panchali. Uma Dasgupta in a still from the original Pather Panchali. My video experiment has both, but we can choose only quality improvement and not introduce colour. Many older Indian movies can benefit from AI restoration and quality improvement (not necessarily colorization). It all depends on the film and the cinematographer. Some movies can benefit from colorization because the younger generation might enjoy it more. ![]() I think that depends on the original filmmaker and audience demand. I have only used two minutes of the film.ĭo you think colorization would work for Pather Panchali? Since this video was purely an academic experiment and has no commercial intention or value, there is no copyright issue. It’s only when we try to push the technology we can see what is possible. I wanted to see if AI could predict what the colours would have been. I wanted to see how it would have looked like if I was on the set of Pather Panchali in colour. With AI, you can not only improve video quality, but also optionally colour the video at virtually no cost and very little time (hours as opposed to years). Manual colorization in films like Mughal-e-Azam or Hollywood movies takes years to do and costs crores. This small experimental video is only an attempt to see how far AI can go. For me, I will always remember Pather Panchali in black and white, and that’s how it should be watched, for the magic of art and cinema. I only wanted it to be an academic experiment using AI. I had no idea that this would become controversial. Buy at just Rs 66 per month now Your recreation has evoked a mixed response.
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