Thanks for your review wpqx. 
It is really a shame that so few films of Ray are available and thus only few people know his films. I've recently seen my third film by him, Mahanagar "The Big City" (1962), which was very good. Especially the ending, was one of the most powerful ones I've recently seen. The ending alone pulled my overall rating from **1/2 / **** to *** / ****. And it's still growing in my memory, like the other Ray films Pather Panchali and Aparajito I've seen. I also bought a very good book in which ALL his films are written about in detail. Sad to say it's in German, so no recommendation.
Well I'd love to see a film by him in color.