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Apur Sansar
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1959 film by Satyajit Ray
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Apur Sansar, also known as The World of Apu, is a 1959 Indian drama film written, directed, and produced by Satyajit Ray. The film stars Soumitra Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore, with cinematography by Subrata Mitra and music by Ravi Shankar. It is the third installment in The Apu Trilogy, following Aparajito. The narrative is set in Kolkata and is presented in black-and-white in the Bangla language.
The film received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film and was nominated for one BAFTA Award, with four wins and two nominations in total. It holds an IMDb rating of 8.4 from 19,643 votes and a 97% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The runtime is 105 minutes. Distribution is available through Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon Channel, and Criterion Channel.
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Film · TMDB
8.1Apu, now a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer, is invited to join an old college friend on a trip up-country to a village wedding.
Cast
- Soumitra Chatterjee as Apurba "Apu" Kumar Ray
- Sharmila Tagore as Aparna Ray
- Alok Chakravarty as Kajal Ray
- Swapan Mukherjee as Pulu
- Sefalika Devi as Shashinarayan's Wife
- Belarani Devi as Apu's Neighbor
Themes
- dying and death
- broken engagement
- arranged marriage
- black and white
- calcutta
- novelist
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Ratings
IMDb
8.4/10
19,643 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
97%
- Year
- 1959
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award4 wins & 2 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- Bangla
- Series
- The Apu Trilogy
- Follows
- Aparajito
- Director
- Satyajit Ray
- Screenwriter
- Satyajit Ray
- Cast member
- Sharmila Tagore
- Composer
- Ravi Shankar
- Producer
- Satyajit Ray
- Cinematographer
- Subrata Mitra
- Narrative location
- Kolkata
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 859753
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- title
- অপুর সংসার
- color
- black-and-white
- publication date
- 1960-10-04
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 97%
- Commons category
- Opur Shôngshar
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