It's amusing that any reporter or discussion on Ray would begin with 'romanticizing' poverty and such things. May be because Pather Panjali was his most popular film. He was much more than that. Of the four Ray's films I have watched, I liked the rest better than Pather Panjali. (I badly need to revisit it anyway. I saw it long back). 'Nayak' & 'Aranyer Din Ratri' were absolutely fantastic. Keeping these two films in my mind, I voted for the third option.