Aporajito or The Unvanquishied is a little less important to me,an ardent fan of Satyajit Ray and his masterpiece Pather Panchali or The Song Of The Liitle Road as it somehow lacks the brilliant sparks of the first film of Ray.True,it has some moments of brilliance of the master filmmaker, like when Harihar dies or when Apu leaves home for Kolkata,yet somehow it fails to strike the cord.The difference of Apu's attitude while he goes for Kolkata the second time and he does not look back to wave his hands to his mother is also notable.But overall it is an ordinary story and quite banal.The acting skills of the protagonist Apu especially during his adolescent period is also far from being perfect.The pace is slow and unlike its first part you don't wait to see what happens next.However, the use of the sound of a train and Apu's attachment to it with the connection of his first sight of a train is brilliant.The story itself is ordinary and it is the director who salvages it a number of times.The death scenes become a routine in the end and you don't shed many tears in the most important death scene of the movie,i.e,Sarbojoya's death.Overall it is an average movie somehow over-hyped because of its creator.I would rather suggest you to watch Agantuk,one of Ray's most underrated movies yet one of his best works.
Review of Aparajito
