Amazon Prime Video is the only streaming platform that is streaming ‘Pather Panchali’ in India. Fans Have been disappointed to see that the original aspect ratio has been drastically changed on the platform.
It makes no sense to watch timeless classics like ‘Pather Panchali’ without viewing them in the original vision that the directors intended. Prime Video is changing the aspect ratio to accommodate it so that it full occupies the screen. And to do that a lot of the video space is being cut out.
There is actually no need to accommodate old films to the same 16:9 aspect ratio. The original one looks good enough. This is ridiculous how people are not being able to watch the movie how the director would have wanted. A few netizens have pointed this out and blamed the platform for this blasphemy.
Classics like Pather Panchali, that too by one of the biggest filmmakers in India and fans are not able to watch it like the original one. This is ridiculous and Prime Video should change this immediately.
Those who are wanting to watch Pather Panchali will not bother about the film totally being covering the screen, they will like to watch it in the original ratio.
Some are also saying that this is why piracy is so much encouraged. Streaming platforms should make fans watch their favourite films in the way they the director wished.