Aparajito
Satyajit Ray had not planned to make a sequel to Pather Panchali, but after the film’s international success, he decided to continue Apu’s narrative. Aparajito picks up where the first film leaves off, with Apu and his family having moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Varanasi (then known as Benares). As Apu progresses from wide-eyed child to intellectually curious teenager, eventually studying in Kolkata, we witness his academic and moral education, as well as the growing complexity of his relationship with his mother. This tenderly expressive, often heart-wrenching film, which won three top prizes at the Venice Film Festival, including the Golden Lion, not only extends but also spiritually deepens the tale of Apu.
Special Features
- New 4K digital restoration, undertaken in collaboration with the Academy Film Archive at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and L’Immagine Ritrovata, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- The Small Details, a new interview with film writer Ujjal Chakraborty
- Audio recording from 1958 of a conversation between director Satyajit Ray and film historian Gideon Bachmann
- Making “The Apu Trilogy”: Satyajit Ray’s Epic Debut, a new video essay by Ray biographer Andrew Robinson
- The Creative Person: “Satyajit Ray,” a 1967 half-hour documentary by James Beveridge, featuring interviews with Ray, several of his actors, members of his creative team, and film critic Chidananda Das Gupta
- New English subtitle translation
Available In
Collector's Set
Collector's Set
Special Features
- New 4K digital restoration, undertaken in collaboration with the Academy Film Archive at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and L’Immagine Ritrovata, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- The Small Details, a new interview with film writer Ujjal Chakraborty
- Audio recording from 1958 of a conversation between director Satyajit Ray and film historian Gideon Bachmann
- Making “The Apu Trilogy”: Satyajit Ray’s Epic Debut, a new video essay by Ray biographer Andrew Robinson
- The Creative Person: “Satyajit Ray,” a 1967 half-hour documentary by James Beveridge, featuring interviews with Ray, several of his actors, members of his creative team, and film critic Chidananda Das Gupta
- New English subtitle translation
Cast
- Kanu Banerjee
- Harihar, Apu’s father
- Karuna Banerjee
- Sarbajaya, Apu’s mother
- Smaran Ghosal
- Adolescent Apu
- Pinaki Sengupta
- Young Apu
- Ramani Sengupta
- Bhabataran, Sarbajaya’s uncle
- Charuprakash Ghosh
- Nanda-babu, upstairs neighbor
- Subodh Ganguli
- Headmaster
- Moni Srimani
- School inspector
- Hemanta Chatterjee
- Schoolteacher
- Ranibala
- Teli, Bhabataran’s patron
- Sudipta Roy
- Nirupama, Teli’s daughter
- Ajay Mitra
- Shibnath, Apu’s schoolmate
- Kali Banerjee
- Kalicharan, Harihar’s guest
- Kalicharan Roy
- Akhil, press proprietor
- Kamala Adhikari
- Moksada
- Lalchand Banerjee
- Lahiri, Sarbajaya’s employer
- Santi Gupta
- Lahiri’s wife
- K. S. Pandey
- Pande, first-floor neighbor
- Meenaksi Devi
- Pande’s wife
- Anil Mukherjee
- Abinash, schoolteacher
- Harendrakumar Chakravarti
- Doctor
- Bhaganu Palwan
- Palwan
Credits
- Director
- Satyajit Ray
- Produced by
- Satyajit Ray
- Screenplay
- Satyajit Ray
- Based on the novels Pather Panchali and Aparajito
- Bibhutibhusan Banerjee
- Original music
- Ravi Shankar
- Cinematography
- Subrata Mitra
- Art director
- Bansi Chandragupta
- Editor
- Dulal Dutta
- Sound recordist
- Durgadas Mitra
- Production manager
- Anil Choudhury
