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Pather Panchali (1955)

Movie"Song of the Little Road"
Audience Score
79
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NR 2 hr 5 minSep 28th, 1955DramaThe Apu Trilogy PosterPart of The Apu Trilogy
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 1996.
StarringSubir BanerjeeUma Das GuptaKaruna Banerjee
DirectorSatyajit Ray

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:September 28th, 1955 - Buy Tickets
Movie Box Office Gross:$536,364 (Worldwide)
Original Language:Bengali
Production Companies:Government of West Bengal
Pather Panchali on the Web:Official Website
Movie Tags:
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The Apu Trilogy

The Apu collection is a trilogy consisting of three Bengali films directed by Satyajit Ray: Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), Aparajito (The Unvanquished) and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu). The films — completed 1955-1959 — were based on two Bengali novels written by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay: Pather Panchali (1929) and Aparajito (1932). They are frequently listed among the greatest films of all time and are often cited as the greatest films in the history of Indian cinema. The original music for the films was composed by Ravi Shankar.