Following his father's death, a boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a life alone.
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- Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 6 wins.
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Kamala Adhikari | ... |
Mokshada
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Rani Bala | ... |
Teliginni
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Lalchand Banerjee | ... |
Lahiri
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Kathak
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Kanu Bannerjee | ... |
Harihar Ray
(as Kanu Bandyopadhyay, Kanu Banerji in subtitles)
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| Karuna Bannerjee | ... |
Sarbojaya Ray
(as Karuna Bandyopadhyay, Karuna Banerji in subtitles)
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Panchanan Bhattacharya |
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Debabrata Chakraborty |
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Harendrakumar Chakravarti | ... |
Doctor
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Hemanta Chatterjee | ... |
Professor
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Meenakshi Devi | ... |
Pandey's wife
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Subodh Ganguli | ... |
Headmaster
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| Smaran Ghosal | ... |
Apu - adolescent
(as Smarankumar Ghoshal, Smaran Ghosal in subtitles)
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Charuprakash Ghosh | ... |
Nanda
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Santi Gupta | ... |
Ginnima
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Ajay Mitra | ... |
Anil
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Anil Mukherjee | ... |
Abinash
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Shibnarayan Nag |
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Bhaganu Palwan | ... |
Palwan
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K.S. Pandey | ... |
Pandey
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Saraswati Pandey |
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Kalicharan Roy | ... |
Akhil, press owner
(as Kali Roy)
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Sudipta Roy | ... |
Nirupama
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Keya Sengupta |
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| Pinaki Sengupta | ... |
Apu (young)
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Ramani Sengupta | ... |
Bhabataran
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Mani Srimani | ... |
Inspector
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Udayshankar Tiwari |
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Directed by
| Satyajit Ray | ||
Written by
| Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay | ... | (novel "Aparajito") (in subtitles) (as Bibhutibhushan Banerji) |
| Satyajit Ray | ... | (script by: in subtitles) |
| Kanailal Basu | ... | (assistant screenplay writer) |
Produced by
| Satyajit Ray | ... | producer |
Music by
| Ravi Shankar | ||
Cinematography by
| Subrata Mitra | ... | (photographed by: in subtitles) |
Editing by
| Dulal Dutta | ||
Editorial Department
| Harinarayan Mukhopadhyay | ... | assistant editor |
| Tapeshwar Prasad | ... | assistant editor |
Production Design by
| Bansi Chandragupta | ||
Art Direction by
| Bansi Chandragupta | ||
Production Management
| Anil Choudhury | ... | production manager |
| Nityananda Datta | ... | assistant production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Suren Chakraborty | ... | assistant director |
| Shailen Dutta | ... | assistant director |
| Arup Guhathakurta | ... | assistant director |
| Subir Hajra | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Suresh Chandra Chandra | ... | assistant art director |
| Ramchandra Shende | ... | backdrops (as R. R. Sinde) |
Sound Department
| Durgadas Mitra | ... | sound: in subtitles |
| Bishnu Paridha | ... | assistant sound recordist |
| Ranajit Singha Roy | ... | assistant sound recordist |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Dinen Gupta | ... | assistant camera |
| Nimai Roy | ... | assistant camera |
| Soumendu Roy | ... | assistant camera |
Music Department
| Nirmal Biswas | ... | background music |
| Basu Deo Chakravarty | ... | background music (as Basudeb Chakraborty) |
| Dinesh Chandra Chandra | ... | background music |
| Sarat Das | ... | background music |
| Sitaram Das | ... | background music |
| Aloknath Dey | ... | background music (as Alok Dey) |
| Robin Majumdar | ... | background music |
| Kamalesh Mitra | ... | background music |
| Pratap Narayan Mitra | ... | background music (as Pratapnarayan Mitra) |
| Radhakanto Nandy | ... | background music |
| Dakshina Mohan Tagore | ... | background music (as Dakshinamohan Tagore) |
Additional Crew
| Somen Gupta | ... | assistant publicist |
| R.B. Mehta | ... | processing supervisor |
Thanks
| Kanailal Bandyopadhyay | ... | acknowledgment |
| Harihar Bhandari | ... | acknowledgment |
| Balaichandra Goswami | ... | acknowledgment |
| Laxminarayan Mohanta | ... | acknowledgment |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Edward Harrison (1959) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Contemporary Films (1959) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Artistas Argentinos Asociados (AAA) (1963) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Films sans Frontières (2015) (France) (theatrical) (re-release) (restored version)
- Janus Films (2015) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Merchant Ivory Productions (1995) (United States) (theatrical) (restored version)
- Sony Pictures Classics (1995) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- trigon-film (2010) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Cinephile Media (2016) (World-wide)
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- Divisa Home Video (2004) (Spain) (DVD)
- KLiKK (2020) (India)
- KLiKK (2020) (World-wide)
- Leopardo Filmes (2022) (Portugal)
- PC Jacinto Santos (2001) (Spain)
- Penteo Films S.L. (2018) (Spain) (restored)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2003) (Canada) (DVD)
- The Criterion Channel (2019) (United States) (tv) (digital)
- The Criterion Collection (2015) (United States) (DVD) (subtitled)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (DVD)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (tv)
- trigon-film (2010) (Austria)
- trigon-film (2010) (Germany)
- trigon-film (2010) (Switzerland) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
After living awhile in Benares, 10 year old Apu and his mother move in with her uncle in a small Bengali village. Apu enters a local school, where he does well. By the time he graduates, he has a scholarship to study at a college in Calcutta. So off he goes. His mother is torn by his leaving, and by his growing independence. She loves her son very much and wants him to succeed, but she does not want to be left alone.
Written by John Oswalt |
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| Taglines | Set against the colorful, rustic background of India and its great cities, "Aparajito" continues the epic drama of the lives and fortunes of the family introduced to American audiences in "Pather Panchali" See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The first Indian film to win the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Ray, who was attending the festival, was utterly flabbergasted as he felt that the film contained some serious flaws. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in And the Show Goes On: Indian Chapter (1996). See more » |
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Sarbojaya Ray:
What is there at Keoratola? Apu: [sleepily] Burning hot... Sarbojaya Ray: What? Apu: They have cremations. Sarbojaya Ray: I see... I hope you're careful on the roads. When are your finals? After that you can get a job and I'll stay with you. Will you have me? Will that ever be, I wonder? Who knows how long one has to live? Suppose I fall seriously ill... I'm not so well as I used to be. In the evenings I'm often feverish, I've no appetite. I thought of telling you... but I couldn't. I don't suppose you'd leave college to look after me, would you? Would you use your earnings to pay for me to have treatment? Why don't you answer me... Apu! See more » |