God calls him God

Actress Sharmila Tagore was a Ray discovery. She appeared first in Ray's Apur Sansar (The World of Apu). Later, she went to Mumbai (formerly Bombay) and became a busy actress there. However, she remained a favourite with Ray and got cast as a lead actress in four other Ray films. She married Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, former skipper of the Indian cricket team. Pataudi was well aware of the great respect his wife had for Ray, so much so that he once remarked in a lighter vein, “He (Ray) is a God whom God calls God.”