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Summary:

Two decades after its original negatives were burned in a fire, Satyajit Ray's breathtaking milestone of world cinema rises from the ashes in a meticulously reconstructed new restoration of a family saga. Apur Sansar (The World of Apu) shows Apu drawn into marriage out of regard for friendship and for Hindu custom, but ending in his realization of his deep love for his wife. They experience happiness together for one year, until she dies in childbirth and he is left desolate, the stricken father of an unwanted child.

Contributors:

Ray, Satyajit, 1921-1992 , film director, screenwriter

Banerjee, Kanu, 1905-1985 , actor

Bannerjee, Karuna , actor

Caṭṭopādhyāẏa, Saumitra, 1935-2020 , actor

Tagore, Sharmila , actor

Banerjee, Subir (Actor) , actor

Ghosal, Smaran , actor

Cakrabartī, Aloka , actor

Shankar, Ravi, 1920-2012 , composer

Bandyopādhyāẏa, Bibhūtibhūshaṇa, 1896?-1950

Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

Bengali
English

Language Notes:

In Bengali, with optional subtitles in English.

Included Works:

Apura saṃsāra (Motion picture)

Related Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Pathera pān̐cālī [by Bandyopādhyāẏa, B.]

Motion picture adaptation of: Aparājita [by Bandyopādhyāẏa, B.]

Pather panchali

Aparajito

Apur sansar

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 785

Subjects:

Families — India — Drama

Brothers and sisters — India — Drama

Mothers and sons — India — Drama

Male college students — Family relationships — India — Drama

Spouses — India — Drama

Bengal (India) — Drama

Families

Brothers and sisters

Mothers and sons

Male college students

Spouses

India

India — Bengal

Genres:

Motion pictures

Coming-of-age films

Domestic drama (Motion pictures)

Film adaptations

Feature films

Fiction films

Drama

System Details:

DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby Digital mono.

Performers:

Cast: Pather Panchali: Kanu Banerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Uma Das Gupta, Chunibala Devi, Subir Banerjee, Shampa "Runki" Banerjee, Reba Devi, Tulsi Chakravarti, Binoy Mukherjee, Haren Banerjee.
Cast: Aparajito: Kanu Banerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Smaran Ghosal, Pinaki Sengupta, Santi Gupta, Ramani Sengupta, Sudipta Roy, Charuprakash Ghosh, Subodh Ganguli, Moni Srimani, Hemanta Chatterjee, Ranibala.
Cast: Apur sansar: Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarti, Swapan Mukherjee, Dhiresh Majumdar, Sefalika Devi, Dhiren Ghosh, Tusar Banerjee, Abhijit Chatterjee.

Production Credits:

Screenplays by Satyajit Ray ; music, Ravi Shankar ; cinematographer, Subrata Mitra ; editor, Dulal Dutta.

General Notes:

Title from container.
Pather panchali: based on Pathera pān̐cālī / Bibhūtibhūshaṇa Bandyopādhyāẏa.
Aparajito based on the novels Aparājita and Pathera pān̐cālī / by Bibhūtibhūshaṇa Bandyopādhyāẏa.
Apur sansar: based on the novel Aparājita / Bibhūtibhūshaṇa Bandyopādhyāẏa.
Originally released as motion pictures in 1955, 1956 and 1959.
Full screen (1.37:1).
Special features: Audio recordings from 1958 of Satyijit Ray reading his essay "A long time on the little road" ; interviews with actors Soumitra Chatterjee and Shampa Srivastava and camera assistant Soumendu Roy ; excerpts from the 2003 documentary "The songs of the little road" featuring composer Ravi Shankar ; The small details, an interview with film writer Ujjal Chakraborty ; audio recording from 1958 of a conversation between 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 documentary by James Beveridge ; new interview program with Soumitra Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore ; "The apu trilogy": a closer look ; footage of Ray receiving an honorary Oscar in 1992 ; new program on the restorations by filmmaker koganada ; booklet.

Audience:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (341 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (42 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; Dolby Digital

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

APU 1955 DVD

ISBNs:

1681430428 (set)
9781681430423 (set)
1681430886 (Pather panchali)
9781681430881 (Pather panchali)
1681430894 (Aparajito)
9781681430898 (Aparajito)
1681430908 (Apur sansar)
9781681430904 (Apur sansar)

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515154710 (set)
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC2547D (set)
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC2547D-3 (Apur sansar)

OCLC Numbers:

922895236