Wednesday, March 22, 2023
The Apu Trilogy
- Commentary: Under construction. Roger Ebert selected these films as three of his Great Movies.
The films in this trilogy are:
Pather Panchali
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Kanu Banerjee Harihar Roy Karuna Banerjee Sarbajaya Roy Subir Banerjee Apurba Roy (Little Apu) Pinaki Sengupta Apurba Roy (Apu) Runki Banerjee Durga Roy (child) Uma Dasgupta Durga Roy (teen) Chunibala Devi Indir Thakrun Tulsi Chakraborty Prasanna
Here is a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1955.
Aparajito
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Pinaki Sengupta Apurba "Apu" Roy (boy) Smaran Ghosal Apu (teen) Kanu Banerjee Harihar Roy Karuna Banerjee Sarbajaya Roy Ramani Ranjan Sengupta Bhabataran Charu Prakash Ghosh Nanda Babu Subodh Ganguly Headmaster Kamala Adhikari Mokshada
Here is a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1956.
Apur Sansar
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Soumitra Chatterjee Apurba Kumar Roy Sharmila Tagore Aparna Swapan Mukherjee Pulu Alok Chakravarty Kajal Sefalika Devi Sasinarayan's wife Dhiresh Majumdar Sasinarayan Dhiren Ghosh Landlord Belarani Devi Apu's Neighbor
Here is a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1959.
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the trilogy.
Release Date: 1955 - 1959
Directed by Satyajit Ray.
Labels: biography3, Criterion6, satyajit-ray
