The World of Apu Movie Review 1959

Finale of director Ray's acclaimed Apu trilogy (following "Pather Panchali" and "Aparajito"). Aspiring writer Apu drops out of the university for want of money and takes up with an old chum. An odd circumstance leads him to marry his friend's cousin, whom he comes to love. She dies in childbirth (though her baby boy lives); Apu is deeply distraught, destroys the novel he was working on, and becomes a wanderer. His friend finds him five years later and helps him begin again with his young son. Wonderfully human, hopeful story told by a world-class director. From the novel "Aparajito" by B. Bandopadhaya. In Bengali with English subtitles.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 103 minutes.
Originally from Indian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

India, Family Ties, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Satyajit Ray

Cast

Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Charkravarty, Swapan Makerji

Director

Satyajit Ray

Music

Ravi Shankar

Producer

India