Apur Sansar
About Apur Sansar
Apu, an unemployed graduate in Calcutta, marries Aparna when her wedding collapses because the groom is ill. They are happy until she dies in childbirth. Apu leaves their son Kajal with relatives, throws away his novel, and drifts, later working in a coal mine. His friend Pulu finds him. Apu goes back for the boy, who will not call him father, and the two leave together as friends.
Cast & crew
More about Apur Sansar
Satyajit Ray wrote, produced, and directed it from the second half of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's novel Aparajito, and it opened on 1 May 1959. It closes the trilogy begun by Pather Panchali and Aparajito. Subrata Mitra photographed it and Ravi Shankar wrote the score.
Themes
Reviews
Roger Ebert later placed the Apu trilogy on his Great Movies list.
Look
Subrata Mitra shot the Calcutta rooms and the later journey, including the coal-mine stretch.
Music
Ravi Shankar wrote the score, as on the earlier Apu films.
Notes
- Soumitra Chatterjee plays Apu, in his first film. Sharmila Tagore plays Aparna, also her first.
- Alok Chakravarty plays Kajal. Swapan Mukherjee plays Pulu.
- Wikidata gives a running time of 101 minutes. English Wikipedia gives 107.
- Wikidata lists a further release date of 4 October 1960.
- The English title is The World of Apu.
Awards
- National Film Award for Best Feature Film
- Sutherland Award for Best Original and Imaginative Film
- Diploma of Merit, Edinburgh
- National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Scenes
- Apu agrees to marry Aparna on the day her groom fails.
- He throws the manuscript away after her death.
- Kajal walks off with him without using the word father.
Influenced by
- The second half of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's novel Aparajito
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (অপুর সংসার - বাংলা চলচ্চিত্র (১৯৫৯).webm)
