Apur Sansar
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Satyajit RayScreenplay:
Satyajit RayCinematography:
Subrata MitraComposer:
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By the time Apur Sansar was released, Satyajit Ray had directed not only the first two Apu films but also the masterpiece The Music Room, and was well on his way to becoming a legend. This extraordinary final chapter brings our protagonist’s journey full circle. Apu is now in his early twenties, out of college, and hoping to live as a writer. Alongside his professional ambitions, the film charts his romantic awakening, which occurs as the result of a most unlikely turn of events, and his eventual, fraught fatherhood. Featuring soon to be Ray regulars Soumitra Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore in star-making performances, and demonstrating Ray’s ever more impressive skills as a crafter of pure cinematic imagery, Apur Sansar is a moving conclusion to this monumental trilogy. (Criterion)
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Satyajit Ray was a director who could bring out exactly what was beautiful in life. It's not just about beautiful things happening, or people being happy, but that there's always something happening in their lives. Sometimes it's nice, sometimes it's cruel, but there's still a story to tell. And Satyajit Ray did so beautifully.
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