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Director:
Satyajit Ray
Writers:
Satyajit Ray (screenplay)
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (novel)
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Release Date:
1956 (India) See more »
Genre:
Drama See more »
Plot:
A boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a life alone. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 4 wins See more »
NewsDesk:
(15 articles)
People who don’t love cinema should be kept away from the archive: P K Nair
 (From DearCinema.com. 2 May 2013, 1:12 AM, PDT)
Google Doodle celebrates Satyajit Ray’s birth anniversary
 (From DearCinema.com. 1 May 2013, 10:21 PM, PDT)
Satyajit Ray Retrospective at Cinematheque de Catalunya, Barcelona
 (From DearCinema.com. 10 March 2013, 10:30 PM, PDT)
User Reviews:
continuation of a masterpiece See more (25 total) »

Cast

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Kamala Adhikari ... Mokshada
Lalchand Banerjee ... Lahiri (as Lalchand Bandyopadhyay)
Kali Bannerjee ... Kathak (as Kalipada Bandyopadhyay)
Kanu Bannerjee ... Harihar Ray (as Kanu Bandyopadhyay)
Karuna Bannerjee ... Sarbojaya Ray (as Karuna Bandyopadhyay)
Panchanan Bhattacharya
Debabrata Chakraborty
Harendrakumar Chakravarti ... Doctor
Hemanta Chatterjee ... Professor (as Hemanta Chattopadhyay)
Meenakshi Devi ... Pandey's wife
Subodh Ganguli ... Headmaster
Smaran Ghosal ... Apu - adolescent (as Smarankumar Ghoshal)
Charuprakash Ghosh ... Nanda
Santi Gupta ... Ginnima
Ajay Mitra ... Anil
Anil Mukherjee ... Abinash (as Anil Mukhopadhyay)
Shibnarayan Nag
Bhaganu Palwan ... Palwan
K.S. Pandey ... Pandey
Saraswati Pandey
Ranibala ... Teliginni
Kalicharan Roy ... Akhil, press owner (as Kali Roy)
Sudipta Roy ... Nirupama
Keya Sengupta
Pinaki Sengupta ... Apu (young)
Ramani Sengupta ... Bhabataran (as Ramaniranjan Sengupta)
Mani Srimani ... Inspector
Udayshankar Tiwari
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Directed by
Satyajit Ray 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay  novel "Aparajito"
Kanailal Basu  assistant screenplay writer
Satyajit Ray  screenplay

Produced by
Satyajit Ray .... producer
 
Original Music by
Ravi Shankar 
 
Cinematography by
Subrata Mitra 
 
Film Editing by
Dulal Dutta 
 
Production Design 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 Sindhe .... backdrops (as R. R. Sinde)
 
Sound Department
Durgadas Mitra .... sound recordist
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
 
Editorial Department
Harinarayan Mukhopadhyay .... assistant editor
Tapeshwar Prasad .... assistant editor
 
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)
 
Other crew
Somen Gupta .... assistant publicist
R.B. Mehta .... processing supervisor
 
Thanks
Kanailal Bandyopadhyay .... acknowledgment
Harihar Bhandari .... acknowledgment
Balaichandra Goswami .... acknowledgment
Laxminarayan Mohanta .... acknowledgment
 

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Also Known As:
"The Unvanquished" - International (English title) (informal title)
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Runtime:
110 min
Country:
India
Language:
Bengali | English
Color:
Black and White
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Argentina:13 | Canada:G (Ontario/Québec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Finland:S | Australia:G | Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade)
Filming Locations:
Calcutta, West Bengal, IndiaSee more »
Company:
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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 »
Quotes:
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...
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16 out of 18 people found the following review useful.
continuation of a masterpiece, 12 August 2002
Author: tc707 from edmonton

Ray's 'Aparajito' continues with its second installment as we see the beautiful but harsh world through the eyes of 'Apu'. Ray's portrayal of Apu's innocence and curiosity during his maturation into adolescence was spectacular. However, the pinnacle of the film is heart wretching performance of Apu's Mother, whose portrayal of fretfulness, nurturing, and loneliness pulled at this reviewer's heart strings. Although this film is filled with moments of sadness and despair, this film is about Apu weathering the seemingly endless storm of personal tragedy and eventually reaching maturation.

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