Title from container. Producer: Epic Films ; Director: Satyajit Ray ; Music: Ravi Shankar ; Kanu Bandopadhyay, Pinaki Sengupta, Rani Bala, Karuna Bandopadhyay. Second in a series known as the Apu trilogy, the 1st of which is Pather panchali (Song of the little road) and the 3rd of which is Apur sansar (The world of Apu).
Summary:
1920, Harihar with wife Sarbajaya and 10 year old son Apu has moved to the holy city of Banaras. Harihar earns a meager by reciting religious scriptures. Tragedy strikes when Harihar fall ill with fever and collapses at the riverbank and dies soon after. The mother Sarbajaya decides to relocate to her uncle's village where Apu resumes his education at the local school. Apu, now sixteen wins a scholarship and departs for Calcutta, leaving his mother alone. It breaks Sarbajaya's heart, but she relents. Engulfed in city life-studying during the day and working in a printing press at night, Apu grows away from his mother. His visits get shorter as the time passes. This emotional distance unnoticed by the growing Apu, hurts Sarbajaya deeply. On a night sparkling with dancing fireflies, Sarbajaya dies. Apu comes back to an empty house. He grieves for his mother, but soon finds strength to leave the village for the last time, to carry on with his new life in the city...
Series:
Apu trilogy
OCLC:
(OCoLC)74495332
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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