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Apu Trilogy

The Apu Trilogy
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Region 2 box set cover
Directed by Satyajit Ray
Produced by Satyajit Ray
Screenplay by Satyajit Ray
Based on Pather Panchali and Aparajito
by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay
Starring Kanu Banerjee
Karuna Banerjee (Pather Panchali and Aparajito)
Music by Ravi Shankar
Cinematography Subrata Mitra
Edited by Dulal Dutta
Production
company
Distributed by Edward Harrison
(Pather Panchali)
Release date
  • 26 August 1955 (1955-08-26) (Pather Panchali)

  • 11 October 1956 (1956-10-11)
(Aparajito)
  • 1 May 1959 (1959-05-01) (The World of Apu)
Running time
342 minutes
Country India
Language Bengali

The Apu Trilogy comprises three Bengali films directed by Satyajit Ray: Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956) and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu) (1959). They are frequently listed among the greatest films of all time and are often cited as the greatest movies in the history of Indian cinema. The original music for the films was composed by Ravi Shankar.

They are based on two Bengali novels written by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay: Pather Panchali (1929) and Aparajito (1932). The three films went on to win many national and international awards, including three National Film Awards and seven awards from the Cannes, Berlin and Venice Film Festivals. Produced on a shoestring budget (Pather Panchali had a budget of roughly 150,000 ($45,300—equivalent to $405,000 in 2016)) using an amateur cast and crew, the trilogy is a milestone in Indian cinema and remains one of the most acclaimed works in the Parallel Cinema movement.

The three films comprise a "coming of age" narrative in the vein of a bildungsroman; they describe the childhood, education and early maturity of a young Bengali named Apu (Apurba Kumar Roy) in the early part of the 20th century.


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