The Apu Trilogy
1955
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The Apu Trilogy comprises three Indian Bengali-language drama films directed by Satyajit Ray: Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956) and The World of Apu (1959). The original music for the films was composed by Ravi Shankar . The films are based on two Bengali novels written by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay: Pather Panchali (1929) and Aparajito ...
- Satyajit Ray
- Ravi Shankar
Satyajit Ray’s The Apu Trilogy is a stunning trio of films based on two books by Bibhutibhusan Banerjee, depicting the life and maturation of a child in rural Bengal. Each film is a stunning visual and emotional journey, with 4K digital restorations, special features, and interviews with the director and actors.
Sep 2, 2015 · Now Criterion has helped to restore one of the great classic trilogies, Bengali writer-director Satyajit Ray’s “The Apu Trilogy,” three black-and-white films based on the novels of ...
Mar 4, 2001 · The great, sad, gentle sweep of "The Apu Trilogy" remains in the mind of the moviegoer as a promise of what film can be. Standing above fashion, it creates a world so convincing that it becomes, for a time, another life we might have lived. The three films, which were made in India by Satyajit Ray between 1950 and 1959, swept the top prizes at Cannes, Venice and London, and created a new ...
Satyajit Ray: The Apu Trilogy. 1. Pather Panchali (1955) Not Rated | 125 min | Drama. Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Banerjee, Chunibala Devi. Votes: 38,411 | Gross ...
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Satyajit Ray’s first film, Pather Panchali, is one among the finest films ever made. The film won about a dozen awards at various film festivals world-over. Pather Panchali, eventually, became the first film of a trilogy. After the critical and commercial success of Pather Panchali, Ray made Aparajito.
Nov 19, 2015 · When The Apu Trilogy appeared in the 1950s, India was the world’s largest producer of films, made almost exclusively by the mainstream commercial industry. Cinema had come early to India, not long after the first films of the Lumières in France, and a strong studio system was in place well before Ray’s debut, Pather Panchali (1955).
