Aparajito

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Coming-of-Age Tragedy Drama

Following his father's death, a boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a life alone.Following his father's death, a boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a life alone.Following his father's death, a boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a life alone.

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IMDb RATING

8.2/10

17K

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Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 6 wins & 2 nominations total

Apu - adolescent
(as Smarankumar Ghoshal, Smaran Ghosal in subtitles)

Kamala Adhikari

Mokshada

Rani Bala

Teliginni
(as Ranibala)

Lalchand Banerjee

Lahiri
(as Lalchand Bandyopadhyay)

Kali Bannerjee

Kathak
(as Kalipada Bandyopadhyay)

Kanu Bannerjee

Harihar Ray
(as Kanu Bandyopadhyay, Kanu Banerji in subtitles)

Karuna Bannerjee

Sarbojaya Ray
(as Karuna Bandyopadhyay, Karuna Banerji in subtitles)

Panchanan Bhattacharya

Debabrata Chakraborty

Harendrakumar Chakravarti

Doctor

Hemanta Chatterjee

Professor
(as Hemanta Chattopadhyay)

Meenakshi Devi

Pandey's wife

Subodh Ganguli

Headmaster

Charuprakash Ghosh

Nanda

Santi Gupta

Ginnima
(as Shanti Gupta in subtitles)

Ajay Mitra

Anil

Anil Mukherjee

Abinash
(as Anil Mukhopadhyay)

Director
- Satyajit Ray
Writers
All cast & crew
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Trivia
The first Indian film to win the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Ray, who was attending the festival, was utterly flabbergasted as he felt that the film contained some serious flaws.

Quotes
Sarbojaya Ray: What is there at Keoratola?
Apu: [sleepily] Burning hot...
Sarbojaya Ray: What?
Apu: They have cremations.
Sarbojaya Ray: I see... I hope you're careful on the roads. When are your finals? After that you can get a job and I'll stay with you. Will you have me? Will that ever be, I wonder? Who knows how long one has to live? Suppose I fall seriously ill... I'm not so well as I used to be. In the evenings I'm often feverish, I've no appetite. I thought of telling you... but I couldn't. I don't suppose you'd leave college to look after me, would you? Would you use your earnings to pay for me to have treatment? Why don't you answer me... Apu!

Alternate versions
There is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.

Connections
Featured in Century of Cinema: And the Show Goes On: Indian Chapter (1996)

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9/10

Classic Masterpiece

This is so much heart touching movie with extra ordinary acting. The acting of the mother of apurba by Karuna Bannerjee is marvelous. The relationship between mother and son, showing in the film is so much heart touching. I watched with my friend at 7 pm and before complete the movie i called the mom and again after completing i calling her twice. She wondered what happened to me ! Not only me, my friend also call his home now regularly. That's the effect of the Aparajito. Satyajit Ray is the greatest director of India. There have no mistake in this classic play. Apu, his father, the principal, everyone is perfect. If you still not watching this movie, you missing something in your life. Enjoy and feel it, still hurting me.