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Apur Sansar = : the world of Apu

Ray, Satyajit, 1921-1992 (screenwriter,, film director,, film producer.). Mitra, Subrata, 1930-2001 (director of photography.). Shankar, Ravi, 1920-2012 (composer (expression)). Dutta, Dulal, (editor of moving image work.). Chandragupta, Bansi, (art director.). Mitra, Durgadas, (recording engineer.). Choudhury, Anil, (production manager.). Caṭṭopādhyāẏa, Saumitra, 1935-2020 (actor.). Tagore, Sharmila, (actor.). Mukherjee, Swapan, (actor.). Cakrabartī, Aloka, (actor.). Majumdar, Dhiresh, (actor.). Devi, Sefalika, (actor.). Ghosh, Dhiren, (actor.). Banerjee, Tusar, (actor.). Chatterjee, Abhijit, (Actor), (actor.). Bandyopādhyāẏa, Bibhūtibhūshaṇa, 1896-1896?-1950. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Aparājitā. (Added Author). Satyajit Ray Productions, (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Soumitra Chatterjee, Swapan Mukherjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakraborty, Dhiresh Majumdar, Sefalika Devi, Dhiren Ghosh, Tusar Banerjee, Abhijit Chatterjee. (Cast).

Apu Roy (Soumitra Chatterjee), now a young unemployed man, lives in poverty and attempts to be a writer. When his old school friend Pulu (Swapan Mukherjee) convinces him to go on a trip to a family wedding, surprising circumstances end in Apu marrying the bride, Aparna (Sharmila Tagore). Set on being a responsible husband, Apu finds a job and becomes close to his wife, but tragedy strikes, leaving him at yet another crossroads.

DVD  - 2015
BENGALI FIC Apur
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Subject
Young men > India > Drama.
Married people > India > Drama.
India > Social conditions > Drama.
Bandyopādhyāẏa, Bibhūtibhūshaṇa, 1896?-1950 > Film adaptations.
Genre
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films > India.
Foreign language films > Bengali.
Video recordings.
Drama.
  • Physical Description videodisc
    1 videodisc (106 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher [Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"New 4K digital restoration, undertaken in collaboration with the Academy Film Archive at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and L'Immagine Ritrovata."
Title from title frame.
Based on the novel Aparajito by Bibhutibhusan Banerjee.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959.
Production credits from subtitles.
Issued in a boxed set with an accompanying booklet (44 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Special features: New interview program with actors Soumitra Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore; "The Apu trilogy": a closer look, a new program featuring filmmaker, producer, and teacher Mamoun Hassan; footage of director Satyajit Ray receiving an honorary Oscar in 1992; New programs on the restoration of the Apu trilogy by filmmaker Kogonada.
GMD: videodisc.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Original music, Ravi Shankar ; cinematographer, Subrata Mitra ; editor, Dulal Dutta ; art director, Bansi Chandragupta ; sound recordist, Durgadas Mitra ; production manager, Anil Choudhury.
Participant or Performer Note: Soumitra Chatterjee, Swapan Mukherjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakraborty, Dhiresh Majumdar, Sefalika Devi, Dhiren Ghosh, Tusar Banerjee, Abhijit Chatterjee.
System Details Note:
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.37:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital mono.
Language Note:
Bengali dialogue with optional English subtitles.

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