Oct 14, 2024
‘Aparajito’, the second film in ‘The Apu Trilogy’, continues from where ‘Pather Panchali’ left off, following Apu's family as they face new hardships and opportunities after moving back to rural West Bengal and discovering Apu's academic potential.
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Based on Rabindranath Tagore's novel and directed by Satyajit Ray, this gem explores the life of an upper-class woman in Kolkata who, neglected by her husband and yearning for more, fights her loneliness by observing the world through binoculars.
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‘Aranyer Din Ratri’ (Days and Nights in the Forest) follows four friends who leave city life behind for a peaceful retreat in Bihar's tribal lands, only to find their urban habits clash with the rural setting, leading to transformative experiences.
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‘Mahanagar’ (The Big City) follows a housewife in the 1950s who defies traditional expectations by taking up a door-to-door sales job to support her struggling family, ultimately becoming their breadwinner.
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‘Nayak: The Hero’ follows a celebrated Bengali actor on a train journey to receive a prestigious award, where an initially hostile young journalist, intending to expose his flaws, discovers the actor's genuine emotions and introspections.
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Ajoy Kar’s film ‘Saptapadi’, a top-grossing Bengali romance of its time, tells the story of a young Bengali student and an Anglo-Indian Christian girl whose love faces challenges due to their differing backgrounds, only for them to reunite later in life.
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Satyajit Ray’s ‘Pather Panchali’, the first film in ‘The Apu Trilogy’, depicts the struggles of Apu and his sister growing up in poverty in rural 1950s India, finding solace in each other as their father struggles to make a living as a priest.
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‘The Music Room’ (Jalsagar), depicts the struggles of a West Bengali landlord, Biswambhar, who, amidst the decline of his family's fortune and the end of the landlord system post-Independence, desperately clings to his past opulence.
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‘The World of Apu’, the final installment of ‘The Apu Trilogy’, follows Apu's journey from the city back to the countryside, where unexpected events lead him to marriage, altering his life once more.
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