Aparajito

1956 · Satyajit Ray

The second chapter of Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy follows young Apu and his mother as they relocate to the holy city of Varanasi after his father's death, and later to a village where Apu's academic gifts pull him toward a wider world his mother can't follow. As Apu grows into adolescence and wins a scholarship to study in Calcutta, his ambitions increasingly separate him from his aging, lonely mother, who remains behind in the village. Ray's unsentimental portrait of a widening gulf between mother and son was criticized in India for its unconventional emotional restraint but won acclaim internationally for its honesty.

Director

Satyajit Ray

Studio

Epic Films

Starring

Pinaki Sengupta, Kanu Banerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Smaran Ghosal, Ramani Ranjan Sengupta