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The World of Apu ()

Apur Sansar (original title)
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This final installment in Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy follows Apu's life as an orphaned adult aspiring to be a writer.
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  • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 4 wins & 1 nomination.
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Apurba Roy (as Soumitra Chattopadhyay, Soumitra Chatterji: in subtitles)
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Aparna
Alok Chakravarty ...
Kajal (as Shriman Alok Chakraborty, Aloke Chakravarty: in subtitles)
Swapan Mukherjee ...
Pulu (as Swapan Mukhopadhyay, Swapan Mukerji: in subtitles)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tushar Bandyopadhyay
Gupi Banerjee ...
(as Gupi Bandyopadhyay)
Panchanan Bhattacharya
Shanti Bhattacherjee ...
Office Associate
Jiten Bhons
Abhijit Chatterjee ...
Aparna's Brother (as Abhijit Chattopadhyay)
Jogesh Chatterjee ...
(as Jogesh Chattopadhyay)
Asha Devi
Belarani Devi ...
Apu's Neighbor (as Belarani)
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Shashinarayan's wife
Biren Ghosh
Dhiren Ghosh ...
Landlord
Biresh Majumdar
Dhiresh Majumdar ...
Shashinarayan
Bechu Singha

Directed by

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Satyajit Ray

Written by

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Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay ... (original story "Aparajito")
 
Satyajit Ray ... (screenplay) (in subtitles) (as script)

Produced by

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Aminyanath Mukherji ... co-producer (as Amiyanath Mukhopadhyay)
Satyajit Ray ... producer

Music by

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Ravi Shankar

Cinematography by

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Subrata Mitra ... (photography: in subtitles)

Editing by

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Dulal Dutta

Editorial Department

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Ashishtaru Mukhopadhyay ... assistant editor
Tapeshwar Prasad ... assistant editor

Production Design by

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Bansi Chandragupta

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Bansi Chandragupta

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Subodh Das
Chhedilal Sharma ... (as Chhedi Lal)

Makeup Department

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Sakti Sen ... makeup artist (as Shakti Sen)

Production Management

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Anil Choudhury ... production manager (in subtitles) (as Anil Chowdhury)
Bhanu Ghosh ... assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Nityananda Datta ... assistant director
Shailen Dutta ... assistant director
Tapeshwar Prasad ... assistant director
Amiya Sanyal ... assistant director

Art Department

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Surath Mondal ... assistant art director
Chhedilal Sharma ... assistant art director (as Chhedi Lal)
Ramchandra Shende ... backdrops (as R. R. Sinde)

Sound Department

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Satyen Chatterjee ... re-recording (as Satyen Chattopadhyay)
Kali Das ... assistant sound recordist
Durgadas Mitra ... sound recording: in subtitles
Bishnu Paridha ... assistant sound recordist
Robin Sengupta ... assistant sound recordist

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Prabhas Bhattacharya ... lighting
Purnendu Bose ... assistant camera (as Purnendu Basu)
Krishna Chakraborty ... assistant camera
Krishna Das ... lighting
Anil Pal ... lighting
Bhabaranjan Roy ... lighting
Nimai Roy ... assistant camera
Soumendu Roy ... assistant camera

Music Department

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Satyen Chatterjee ... background music recordist (as Satyen Chattopadhyay)

Additional Crew

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R.B. Mehta ... processing supervisor

Thanks

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Gopin Bandyopadhyay ... acknowledgment (as Shri Gopin Bandyopadhyay)
B.B. Lahiri ... acknowledgment (as Mr. B. B. Lahiri)
Ranajit Palchowdhury ... acknowledgment (as Shri Ranajit Palchowdhury)

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Plot Summary

Liberated from attachments after Sarbojaya's death in Aparajito (1956), Apu, now a 23-year-old idealist and struggling author, barely scrapes by. And being no longer accountable to anyone, Apu has given up his dreams for lack of financial resources. After all, he is content with a meagre income and a humble roof over his head. But life is unexpected. As Aparna, the delicate sister of university friend Pulu, enters Apu's life, a wonderful, youthful romance changes everything. All his life, death and loss have accompanied Apu on his perpetual odyssey of spirituality and knowledge. Now, a lifetime of joys, hopes, sadness, and tragedies culminates in the most momentous decision of his life. But tragedy cannot define life's mysterious duality. What more could one ask for than a child's charming, wide-eyed smile? Written by Nick Riganas

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Taglines Completes Satyajit Ray's world-famed trilogy See more »
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Also Known As
  • The World of Apu (United States, English title)
  • The World of Apu (United States)
  • The World of Apu (World-wide, English title)
  • The World of Apu (United Kingdom, English title)
  • Apu 3: The World of Apu (United States, English title)
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  • 105 min
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Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross $3,433,503

Did You Know?

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Trivia Sharmila Tagore, who plays Aparna, the wife of Apu (played by Soumitra Chatterjee), and who was only 14-years-old when she appeared in the film, later recalled filming the scene in which Apu brings his new bride back to his untidy apartment in the city. The director, Satyajit Ray, gave Tagore no direction, other than that she was to enter the room and look around, and she did not view the apartment set before they shot the scene. So when Chatterjee opened the door and they both walked in, Aparna's reaction to Apu's living quarters was actually Tagore's own spontaneous reaction. Later, she realized that Ray deliberately did not prepare her, in order to obtain exactly that spontaneous response from her. See more »
Goofs When Apu arises from bed, there is a spilled inkwell on his left side. However, when he is cleaning up the mess, there is an ink stain on the right side of his shirt. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Apur Panchali (2013). See more »
Soundtracks For He's a Jolly Good Fellow See more »
Quotes Pulu: So are you writing anything? What are you writing?
Apurba Roy: A wonderful novel.
Pulu: And you've kept it mum all this time?
Apurba Roy: You know a good publisher?
Pulu: All in good time.
Apurba Roy: Listen to this: a young boy. A young boy. A village boy. Poor but sensitive. His father's a priest. The father dies. The boy comes to the city. He doesn't want to be a priest. He'll study. He's ambitious. He studies. Through his education and struggles, we watch as he sheds his old superstitions and fixed views. He questions everything and takes nothing on trust. Yet he has imagination and sensitivity. Little things move him and bring him joy. Perhaps he has greatness in him, the ability to create, but...
Pulu: He doesn't make it.
Apurba Roy: That's right. But it doesn't end there. It's not a tragedy. He does nothing great. He remains poor, in want. But he never turns away from life. He doesn't run away. He wants to live. He says living itself brings fulfillment and joy. He wants to live!
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