In the films that followed, shot over the course of five years – Aparajito ( The Unvanquished) in 1956, and Apur Sansar ( The World of Apu) in 1959 – the character of Apu matures into an adolescent and finally, a sensitive man of the world. The indelible character of Apu is introduced to us in Pather Panchali as an inquisitive, wide-eyed, free-spirited child. ![]() A portrait of rural Bengali life in a style inspired by Italian neorealism overlaid with a mesmerising lyricism, Ray’s naturalistic yet poetic evocation of the life of an impoverished family introduced the character of Apu a figure that would reappear in Ray’s films over the series collectively known as The Apu Trilogy. Sometime in the early years of the century, a boy, Apu, is born to a poor Brahmin family in a village in Bengal. The release in 1955 of Satyajit Ray’s debut feature, Pather Panchali – with a musical score by Ravi Shankar and ravishing cinematography by Subrata Mitra – announced the arrival of an important new voice in the international cinema scene. AKA: The Apu Trilogy Part 1, Pather Panchali: Song of the Little Road, Song of the Little Road, Apu 1: Song of the Little Road, Apu Trilogy 1: Song of the Little Road. Apu belongs to a poor family in a village. ![]() ![]() Despite their family’s meagre means, Apu and his older sister Durga make their own fun, running through fields of tall grass to watch trains cross the rural Bengal landscape they call home and listening to their ‘auntie’ Indir’s bedtime stories, while their increasingly anxious mother Sarbojaya frets for her husband’s return. Pather Panchali Pather Panchali 1955 122 min.
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