Aparajito videorecording Satyajit Ray ; scénario : Satyajit Ray ; d'après le roman de Bibhuti Bandopadhyaya "Pather panchali" ; music composed and played by Ravi Shankar

Aparajito is a 1956 Indian Bengali-language epic drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray. The story of this film is, in 1920, Apu and his parents, who have left their home in rural Bengal, have settled into an apartment in Varanasi where his father Harihar works as a priest. Harihar is making headway in his new pursuits: praying, singing, and officiating among the ghats on the sacred river Ganges. Harihar catches a fever and soon dies, however, and his wife Sarbajaya is forced to begin work as a maid. With the assistance of a great-uncle, Apu and his mother return to Bengal and settle in the village Mansapota. There Apu apprentices as a priest, but pines to attend the local school which his mother is persuaded to allow. He excels at his studies, impressing a visiting dignitary, and the headmaster takes special interest in him. Within a few years, the teenaged Apu has done well enough to receive a scholarship to go to Kolkata for further studies. Sarbajaya feels abandoned and frightened by this, but gives in and lovingly packs his suitcase.

Satyajit Ray; Ravi Shankar, 1920-; Bibhuti Bhusan Banerjee

Pinaki Sen Gupta ; Smaran Ghosai ; Karuna Banerji ; Kanu Banerji ; Ramani Sen Gupta ; Charu Ghosh.

Langue: bengali