Fifteen-year old Jaya Bhaduri's (later known as Jaya Bachchan) film debut and her only film with Satyajit Ray.
This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #668.
This film has been in the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd.
Legendary Theatre actor Sisir kumar Bhaduri(guru of Soumitra chatterjee) was approached for the role of The Father. He turned down ray by saying, "In films the actor doesn't act, only the director does. What's the point of taking me?" Then after considering Kanu Banerjee(the father in Pather panchali), he settled for a lesser-known actor.
Vicky Redwood, who plays the Anglo-Indian colleague named Edith in the film, was actually a Bengali woman who was just under an appropriate-sounding pseudonym.