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On a stormy day, following a joyous dance in the monsoon rains, Durga dies. The sequences of Durga and Apu are the most cinematic moments in the film. Soon, Durga and Apu build a bond as they explore the world around the village. The wife is raising her mischievous daughter Durga and caring for elderly cousin Indir. Harihar is frequently away from home on work. A priest – Harihar, his wife – Sarbajaya, his two children – Apu and Durga, and his aged cousin – Indir Thakrun, struggle to make both end meet. Pather Panchali tells the story of a poor family living in a Bengal village. Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road, 1955) In just one reading of the novel Aparajita, he had found a subject for his fifth and the final film of the Apu Trilogy. Ray says in his book ‘My years with Apu’, “After three consecutive failures at the box office, I badly needed a film which would not only make the critics happy but the public as well.” Satyajit remembered his statement at the Venice Film Festival about a trilogy. His two subsequent films – Parash Pather (The Philosopher’s Stone) and Jalsaghar (The Music Room) were commercial failures. And to his surprise, Ray found himself saying yes.
Ray was asked if he had a trilogy in mind at a press conference during the festival. Despite the bad subtitling, the film won the Golden Lion for the best feature film at the Venice Film Festival. Just before the film’s release, Ray and Aparajito were invited to the Venice Film Festival. Meanwhile, he made a comedy fantasy, Parash Pather (The Philosopher’s Stone). However, he had to postpone the project as the actor he had in mind for the lead role was going to be abroad for a few months. He wrote a screenplay based on a short story by Tarasankar Bannerji, Jalsaghar (The Music Room). Ray read many Bengali stories and novels, looking for a future film. The film was not very successful with the Bengali audience at the time of its first release. Rajendra Prasad, the President of India, Nehru is said to have asked Ray, “what happens to Apu now?” Ray replied that he did not have a third Apu film in mind. … The idea of Apu growing up and away from his mother… and much stress is laid on Sarbajaya’s slow realization of the fact.”After a special screening for Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India and Dr.
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Ray recounts in “My Years with Apu” on what finally led him to do another film about Apu was, “One single attitude of Apu in the second novel Aparajita … After Sarbajaya’s (mother) death Apu feels relief… he felt happy to be free of a bondage. The novel itself was a sequel to Pather Panchali. Pather Panchali, eventually, became the first film of a trilogy.Īfter the critical and commercial success of Pather Panchali, Ray made Aparajito. The film won about a dozen awards at various film festivals world-over.
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