Author: Satyajit Ray
Pinaki Sengupta/Kanu Banopadhyan
Director/Composer/Na: Pandit Ravi Shankar
Publisher: Angel Digital
Year: 2005
Language: multilingual
Pages: NA
ISBN/UPC (if available): AVDVD 121CE

Description

Benaras, in the year 1920. Harihor with wife Sarbajaya and son Apu settles in the ground floor of a three-storied house. Sarbajaya keeps home, while Harihar works as a priest and a dabbler in medicine.
On the night of Diwali Harihar comes with a fever, which ultimately takes his life. As the film proceeds, Sarbojaya goes off to Manospota with son Apu, at her uncles place. Soon Apu shines at school, and eventually leaves for Calcutta for higher studies.

Sarbajaya gets seriously ill but Apu reaches home day after his mothers death .Bhabataran, the old uncle advises Apu to give up his studies and take to the profession of a priest.

However, Apu realises as the film moves towards the end that the death of his mother has removed the only obstacle from the path of his ambition.

AWARDS:
1. Golden Lion of St. Mark, Venice, 1957
2. Cinema NUOVO Award, Venice, 1957
3. Critics Award, Venice, 1957
4. Best Film and Best Direction, San Francisco, 1958
5. International Critics Award, San Francisco, 1958
6. Golden Laurel: Best Foreign Film, USA, 1958-59
7. Selznick Golden Lurel, Berlin, 1960
8. Bodil Award: Best Non-European Film of the Year,
Denmark, 1967

Cast:
Kanu Banopadhyan, Pinaki Sengupta, Karuna Bandopadhyay, Rani Bala, Charu Prakash Ghosh, Shanti Gupta, Moni Srimoni, Subodh Ganguly, Sudipta Roy

Screenplay & Direction: Satyajit Ray (based on the
novel “Aparajita” by Bibhutibhushan Banerjee)

Producer: Epic Films (Satyajit Ray)

Music: Pandit Ravi Shankar

Cinematography: Subrata Mitra

Editing: Dulal Dutta

Art Direction: Bansi Chandragupta

Sound: Durgadas Mitra