Apur Sansar (1959)

Review: Apur Sansar (1959)

Director: Satyajit Ray

Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty, Swapan Mukherjee, Dhiresh Majumdar,

Soumitra Chatterjee
Soumitra Chatterjee
Sharmila Tagore
Sharmila Tagore
Alok Chakravarty
Alok Chakravarty
Swapan Mukherjee
Swapan Mukherjee
Dhiresh Majumdar
Dhiresh Majumdar

Plot: Apu is a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer. An old college friend talks him into a visit up-country to a village wedding. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1996.

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Satyajit Ray&#8217;s <i>Apu Trilogy</i>: Criterion Blu-ray review

Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy: Criterion Blu-ray review

Satyajit Ray’s The Apu Trilogy, which follows the life of its titular character from birth to a difficult adulthood, from an impoverished rural village to India’s crowded cities, recognized as a masterpiece of world cinema, shines in […]

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