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Apur Sansar (The World of Apu), 1959 |
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| The couple reaches Calcutta just after marriage. |
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Production: Satyajit Ray Productions |
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Screenplay and Direction: Satyajit Ray |
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Based on a part of Aparajito, a novel by Bibhutibhusan Banerjee |
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Music: Ravi Shankar |
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Photography: Subrata Mitra |
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Art Director: Bansi Chandragupta |
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Editing: Dulal Dutta |
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Sound: Durgadas Mitra |
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Duration: 106 mins |
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Date of release in India: 1st May, 1959. B&W |
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Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee (Apu), Sharmila Tagore (Aparna), Alok Chakravarty (Kajal), Swapan Mukherjee (Pulu), Dhiresh Majumdar (Apu's father-in-law), Sefalika Devi (mother-in-law), Dhiren Ghosh (Landlord), Tusar Banerjee (Groom). |
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| Awards |
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President's Gold Medal, New Delhi, 1959 |
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Sutherland Trophy for Best Original and Imaginative Film, London Film Festival, 1960 |
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Diploma of Merit, XIV International Film Festival, Edinburgh, 1960 |
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Best Foreign Film, National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, USA, 1960 |
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Besides, Each film of the Apu Trilogy (Pather Panchali, Aparajito and Apur Sansar) received Wington Award at London Film Festival in 1980 |
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Aparna tenderly tries to cheer up a gloomy Apu |
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| Apu feels gloomy about his own apparent poverty. |
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Kajol, Apu's son |
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The Story |
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Apur Sansar has often been called the most tender love story ever produced. The film describes Apu's marriage, the loss of his beloved wife, his descent into deep depression and his eventual regeneration through the love of his son and Pulu.
The story begins in Calcutta, around 1930. Apu has to give up the pursuit of his studies and looks for work, but without success. He is writing a novel based on his life. His friend Pulu, who is from a well-to-do background, proposes a stay in the country with his family. Obliged to attend a wedding, Apu unexpectedly becomes the groom. Initially his young wife is depressed by his poverty but accepts her new life and the realities of town-life with dignity and courage. |
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| In the end, Apu takes the responsibility for his son, Kajol. |
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Pregnant, she departs to be with her family, but dies while bringing her child into the world. Apu, who blames the infant for its mother's death, refuses to see it and leaves the child to grow up in his grandparent's house. At last he gives up his novel and goes to meet his son in an attempt to come to grips with his loss. Reunited, the two of them leave for Calcutta. |
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