Aparajito (1956)
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93% of critics liked it
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92% of users liked it
(2,921 ratings)
The Unvanquished is the second of Indian director Satyajit Ray's "Apu Trilogy" (the first was Pather Panchali). Ray's young protagonist Apu is permitted a formal education over the gentle objections of his mother, who'd wanted him to be priest. Eventually, Apu earns a… More The Unvanquished is the second of Indian director Satyajit Ray's "Apu Trilogy" (the first was Pather Panchali). Ray's young protagonist Apu is permitted a formal education over the gentle objections of his mother, who'd wanted him to be priest. Eventually, Apu earns a university scholarship and arrives in the teeming metropolis of Calcutta. Overwhelmed by life in the Big City, the impressionable country boy forgets about his loving mother. By the time Apu returns to his home, he finds it's too late to pick up pieces. Smaran Ghosal plays the adult Apu, with Pinaki Sen Gupta portraying his younger counterpart in the flashback. Aparajito was derived from a novel by Bibhutibhusan. The film also features a musical score by Ravi Shankar. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Satyajit Ray
- Written By
- Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Satyajit Ray
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1956 Wide
- On DVD
- Oct 28, 2003
Critic Reviews
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Ray's relaxed, open style had a tremendous influence on the film world of 1956, but time has absorbed some of its originality.
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Variety Staff, Variety
It doesn't have quite the tension or quite the variety of mood but it has a special brooding quality and a more explicit conflict between East and West.
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
It's a masterpiece for which terms like 'simplicity' and 'profundity' seem inadequate.
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Bosley Crowther, New York Times
It is done with such rare feeling and skill at pictorial imagery, and with such sympathetic understanding of Indian character on the part of Mr. Ray, that it develops a sort of hypnotism for the serene and tolerant viewer.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Standing above fashion, it creates a world so convincing that it becomes, for a time, another life we might have lived.
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Cast
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Kali Bannerjee
as Kathak
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Karuna Bannerjee
as Sarbojaya Ray
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Pinaki San Gupta
as Apu as a boy
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Kanu Banerji
as Father
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Smaran Ghosal
as Apu as an adolescent
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Ramani Sen Gupta
as Old Uncle
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Subodh Ganguly
as Headmaster
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Charu Ghosh
as Nanda Babu
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Santi Gupta
as Landlord's Wife
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Ajay Mitra
as Anil
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K.S. Pandey
as Pandey
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Kali Charan Ray
as Press Proprietor
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Sudipta Ray
as Nirupama
- Kanu Bannerjee
- Pinaki Sengupta
- Ramani Sengupta
- Ranibala
- Sudipta Roy
