The Apu Trilogy

The Apu Trilogy
Region 2 box set cover of Satyajit Ray's trilogy
Directed bySatyajit Ray
Written bySatyajit Ray
Screenplay bySatyajit Ray
Based onPather Panchali and Aparajito by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Produced bySatyajit Ray
Starring
CinematographySubrata Mitra
Edited byDulal Dutta
Music byRavi Shankar
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics / Merchant Ivory Productions
(Pather Pachali was distributed by The Aurora Film Corporation)
Release dates
Pather Panchali:
  • 26 August 1955 (1955-08-26)
Aparajito:
  • 11 October 1956 (1956-10-11)
Apur Sansar:
  • 1 May 1959 (1959-05-01)
Running time
342 minutes (total)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

The Apu Trilogy comprises three Indian Bengali-language drama films directed by Satyajit Ray: Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956) and The World of Apu (1959). The original music for the films was composed by Ravi Shankar.

The films are based on two Bengali novels written by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay: Pather Panchali (1929) and Aparajito (1932). The three films went on to win many national and international awards, including three National Film Awards and seven awards from the Cannes, Berlin and Venice Film Festivals. The films were produced on a shoestring budget[1] (Pather Panchali had a budget of roughly 150,000[2] ($45,300[3]—equivalent to $515,200 in 2023) using an amateur cast and crew.[4]

  1. ^ Robinson 2003, p. 77
  2. ^ Pradip Biswas (16 September 2005). "50 Years of Pather Panchali". Screen. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  3. ^ "The fallacy of 'dollar = rupee' in 1947". DNA. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  4. ^ Robinson 2003, pp. 78–9

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