The World of Apu (1959)
Apur Sansar (original title)

Cast

Complete credited cast:
	Soumitra Chatterjee	...	Apurba Roy
	Sharmila Tagore	...	Aparna
	Alok Chakravarty	...	Kajal
	Swapan Mukherjee	...	Pulu
	Dhiresh Majumdar	...	Shashinarayan
	Sefalika Devi	...	Shashinarayan's wife
	Dhiren Ghosh	...	Landlord
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Shanti Bhattacherjee	...	Office Associate
	Abhijit Chatterjee	...	Aparna's Brother
	Belarani Devi	...	Apu's Neighbor (as Belarani)

Storyline

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>  

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