The World of Apu
(1959)
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The World of Apu
(1959)
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Soumitra Chatterjee | ... |
Apurba Roy
(as Soumitra Chattopadhyay)
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Sharmila Tagore | ... |
Aparna
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Alok Chakravarty | ... |
Kajal
(as Shriman Alok Chakraborty)
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Swapan Mukherjee | ... |
Pulu
(as Swapan Mukhopadhyay)
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Tushar Bandyopadhyay |
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Gupi Banerjee | ... |
(as Gupi Bandyopadhyay)
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Panchanan Bhattacharya |
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Shanti Bhattacherjee | ... |
Office Associate
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Jiten Bhons |
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Abhijit Chatterjee | ... |
Aparna's Brother
(as Abhijit Chattopadhyay)
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Jogesh Chatterjee | ... |
(as Jogesh Chattopadhyay)
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Asha Devi |
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Belarani Devi | ... |
Apu's Neighbor
(as Belarani)
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Sefalika Devi | ... |
Shashinarayan's wife
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Biren Ghosh |
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Apu is a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer. An old college friend talks him into a visit up-country to a village wedding. This changes his life, for when the bridegroom turns out to be mad, Apu's friend asks him to become the husband! After initial revulsion at the idea, Apu agrees. Apu takes his exquisite bride, Aparna, back to Calcutta. But Aparna dies in childbirth, Apu leaves Calcutta, crazy with grief, and his son Kajal is left abandoned with his wife's parents. Only after a long period of total indifference to worldly responsibilities, does Apu become capable of returning to the world. Written by L.H. Wong <as9401k56@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg>
For westerners, like myself, the beauty and wonder of the Indian culture and humanity of the people was supremely captured in Ray's masterpiece. I've seen the film three times and each reveals new insights.