Dear SG,
It's always a pleasure to get advice from the master. I would surely do as per your suggestion.
First movie of Fellini that I watched was - Le notti di Cabaria (a very boring one) but his first movie - I vitelloni had something similar to Ritwik Ghatak's movies. Have watched most of his movies when staying at the hostel... Never watched any of Lang's movies (would surely watch some
. Personal choice - Kubrick, Ghatak, Ray, Welles, Goddard (though I think a few of his movies were made just for the sake of doing it), Bunuel, Pasolini (though his movies are completely for different taste or frame of mind), Bergman from the past...