The Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road in 1955), Aparajito (The Unvanquished in 1956) and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu in 1959), are 3 magnificent films. It's the story of a little boy in India, a simply family story as many others in indian cinema but very different from the bollywood cinema that was so prolific. With Apu, we have the real world in all it's simplicity.
Who would say that Bollywood would conquer the world. I was always an admirer of those shiny and colorful movies and even from those who weren't that joyful.