APARAJITO (1956)

Film details

Featuring

Kanu Banerjee Karuna Banerjee Pinaki Sen Gupta
Country

India
Year

1956
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

The UNVANQUISHED Alternative

Synopsis

The second instalment of the `Apu trilogy', based on a novel by Bibhutibhushan Banerjee. After the devastation of a family tragedy, Apu and his parents move to the bustling city of Benares to build a new life. When Apu's father dies, he decides to pursue his education in Calcutta, but his hunger for new experiences and growing independence inevitably distances him from his lonely widowed mother.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Harihar Ray
    
    Kanu Banerjee
  - Sarbajaya
    
    Karuna Banerjee
  - Apu, the boy
    
    Pinaki Sen Gupta
  - Apu, the adolescent
    
    Smaran Ghosal
  - Lahiri's wife
    
    Santi Gupta
  - Bhabataran
    
    Ramani Sen Gupta
  - Teli
    
    Ranibala
  - Nirupama
    
    Sudipta Roy
  - Anil
    
    Ajay Mitra
  - Nanda
    
    Charuprakash Ghosh
  - headmaster
    
    Subodh Ganguli
  - inspector
    
    Moni Srimani
  - professor
    
    Hemanta Chatterjee
  - Kathak
    
    Kali Banerjee
  - Akhil, press proprietor
    
    Kalicharan Roy
  - Moksada
    
    Kamala Adhikari
  - Lahiri
    
    Lalchand Banerjee
  - Pandey
    
    K.S. Pandey
  - Pandey's wife
    
    Meenaksi Devi
  - Abinash
    
    Anil Mukherjee
  - doctor
    
    Harendrakumar Chakravarti
  - Palwan
    
    Bhaganu Palwan
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Satyajit Ray
  - Production Company
    
    Epic Films
  - Screenplay
    
    Satyajit Ray
  - Based on the novel 'Aparajita' by
    
    Bibhutibhusan Banerjee
  - Director of Photography
    
    Subrata Mitra
  - Editor
    
    Dulal Dutta
  - Art Director
    
    Bansi Chandragupta
  - Music
    
    Ravi Shankar
  - Sound
    
    Durgadas Mitra

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