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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   1,925 votes
Director:
Satyajit Ray
Writers:
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (novel)
Satyajit Ray (writer)
Release Date:
4 October 1960 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
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... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 wins more
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Breathtaking Beauty more

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
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Shanti Bhattacherjee ... Office Associate
Abhijit Chatterjee ... Aparna's Brother
Belarani Devi ... Apu's Neighbor (as Belarani)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The World of Apu
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Runtime:
105 min
Country:
India
Language:
Bengali
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:S | Argentina:Atp | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario)
Filming Locations:
India
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This film was completely dubbed into English in New Tork City at Titra Sound Studios. more
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Referenced in Film Geek (2005) more

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12 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
Breathtaking Beauty, 6 November 2003
10/10
Author: ScreenSaver (skategrommet@aol.com) from Fredericksburg, Virginia

Apur Sansar (The World of Apu) is the stunning final chapter of Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy, one of the most widely acclaimed series in film. While Pather Panchali and Aparajito, the trilogy's first two, are extremely well crafted, the lack the heart-wrenching beauty of this installment. These three films revolve around tragedy, and it has an almost predestined quality to it, which reminded me somewhat of Stanley Kubrick's excellent, "Barry Lyndon." That's where the similarities end of course, as this film is warm and radiates humanity, and Lyndon (as well as all of Kubrick's work) is cold and icy. Ray's rich lyrical realism breathes beauty in the mundane acts of his characters. The film opens as Apu, now a young man, attempts to eek out a living. He searches relentlessly for work, most of which is monotonous and doesn't pay well. However his pudgy friend Pulu invites him to a wedding, and Apu obliges, hoping maybe this display of love will help inspire him and the novel he is writing. In a fascinating turn of events (which I won't spoil,) Apu finds himself coming back to Calcutta married. Aparna, his new bride, is used to a life of luxury outside of the big city` but she is prepared for a life of poverty with her new husband. In one of the most beautiful sequences in film, Apu and his bride slowly begin to love and care for one another. The beauty of this is that we never see them embrace, or kiss or make love. Instead we see it in gestures, in window curtains, in little notes Aparna puts in Apu's cigarettes reminding him only to have one after every meal. Their love is like a dream of love we've had, one that's so innocent and wonderful we want to dream forever. But like all dreams, Apu must wake up. Happiness is just a fleeting emotion for Apu, one that enters his life at random points and then dissapears. Apu wanders bitterly through the Indian landscape, searching for solace and peace. The end moments cannot be explained in words, and simply must be experienced. One of the greatest films of all time. 10/10

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