Christopher Nolan calls Satyajit Ray ‘one of the greatest filmmakers’; praises Pather Panchali

4 min readMumbaiJul 25, 2026 03:35 PM IST Christopher Nolan praised Satyajit Ray. (Photo: Criterion Collection, X)As Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey continues to make history at the global box office while earning widespread critical acclaim and audience appreciation, the filmmaker recently visited the iconic Criterion Closet, the famous storage room at the Criterion Collection in New York that houses more than 1,000 of the world’s greatest films. ‘Ray, one of the greatest Indian filmmakers’ In a nearly five-minute video shared by the Criterion Collection on X, Nolan is seen browsing the shelves and picking some of his all-time favourite films while reflecting on the impact they have had on him as a filmmaker. Among his selections, what particularly caught the attention of Indian audiences