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Aparajito
''Aparajito'' ( bn, অপরাজিত ''Ôporajito''; ''The Unvanquished'') is a 1956 Indian Bengali-language drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray (1921–1992), and is the second part of ''The Apu Trilogy''. It is adapted from the first half of Bibhutibhushan Bannerjee's novel ''Aparajito.'' It starts off where the previous film ''Pather Panchali'' (1955) ended, with Apu's family moving to Varanasi, and chronicles Apu's life from childhood to adolescence in college. When Ray started making ''Pather Panchali'', he had no plans of following it up with a sequel. The critical and commercial success of the film prompted him to start making ''Aparajito''. Unlike his previous venture, where he stayed faithful to the novel, Ray took some bold artistic decisions here, such as portraying the relationship between Apu and his mother in a very different manner from the book. As a result, in contrast to its predecessor, the film was not received well locally; Ray recalled th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Apu Trilogy
''The Apu Trilogy'' comprises three Indian Bengali-language drama films directed by Satyajit Ray: ''Pather Panchali'' (1955), ''Aparajito'' (1956) and ''The World of Apu'' (1959). The original music for the films was composed by Ravi Shankar. The films are based on two Bengali novels written by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay: ''Pather Panchali'' (1929) and ''Aparajito'' (1932). The three films went on to win many national and international awards, including three National Film Awards and seven awards from the Cannes, Berlin and Venice Film Festivals. The films were produced on a shoestring budget (''Pather Panchali'' had a budget of roughly 150,000 ($45,300—)) using an amateur cast and crew. Plot summaries The three films comprise a "coming of age" narrative in the vein of a ''bildungsroman''; they describe the childhood, education and early maturity of a young Bengali named Apu (Apurba Kumar Roy) in the early part of the 20th century. ''Pather Panchali'' (English, "Song of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. One of the greatest auteurs of film-making, Ray is celebrated for works including ''The Apu Trilogy'' (1955–1959), ''The Music Room'' (1958), ''The Big City'' (1963) and ''Charulata'' (1964). Ray was born in Calcutta to nonsense rhyme author Sukumar Ray. Starting his career as a commercial artist, Ray was drawn into independent film-making after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir and viewing Vittorio De Sica's Italian neorealist film ''Bicycle Thieves'' (1948) during a visit to London. Ray directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries and shorts. Ray's first film, ''Pather Panchali'' (1955) won eleven international prizes, including the inaugural Best Human Document award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. This film, along with ''Aparajito'' (1956) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay () (12 September 1894 – 1 November 1950) was an Indian writer in the Bengali language. His best known works are the autobiographical novel, ''Pather Panchali'' (''Song of the Little Road''), ''Aparajito (Undefeated)'', ''Chander Pahar (Mountain of the Moon)'', and '' Aranyak''. Early life and education The Bandyopadhyay family originated in the Panitar village near Basirhat, located in the North 24 Parganas district of modern-day West Bengal. Bandyopadhyay's great-grandfather, who was an Ayurvedic physician, eventually settled in Barrackpore village, near Gopalnagar, Banagram (now Bangaon), North 24 Parganas. However, Bandyopadhyay was born in Muratipur village, near Kalyani in Nadia, at his maternal uncle's house. His father, Mahananda Bandyopadhyay, was a Sanskrit scholar and story-teller by profession. Bandyopadhyay was the eldest of the five children of Mahananda and his wife Mrinalini. His childhood home was at Barrackpore in West Bengal. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pather Panchali
''Pather Panchali'' (; ) is a 1955 Indian Bengali (language), Bengali-language Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray and produced by the Government of West Bengal. It is an adaptation of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's 1929 Bengali Pather Panchali (novel), novel of the same name, and marked Ray's directorial debut. Featuring Subir Banerjee, Kanu Banerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Uma Dasgupta, Pinaki Sengupta, Chunibala Devi and being the first film in ''The Apu Trilogy'', ''Pather Panchali'' depicts the childhood travails of the protagonist Apu and his elder sister Durga amidst the harsh village life of their poor family. Production was interrupted because of funding problems and it took nearly three years for the film to be completed. The film was shot mainly location shooting, on location, had a Low-budget film, limited budget, featured mostly amateur actors, and was made by an inexperienced crew. The sitar player Ravi Shankar composed the film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karuna Banerjee
Karuna Banerjee ( bn, করুণা ব্যানার্জী) (25 December 1919 – 13 November 2001) was a Bengali actress best known for her role in Satyajit Ray's ''The Apu Trilogy'' (1955–1959) as the long suffering mother, Sarbajaya. She was nominated for Best Actress at the 1959 BAFTA Awards for her performance in ''Aparajito'' (1956), the second part of ''The Apu Trilogy''. She appeared in a number of other films after that, including Ray's '' Devi'' (1960) and ''Kanchenjungha'' (1962). Early life She graduated from the Jogamaya Devi College, an affiliated women's college of the University of Calcutta. Acting career Banerjee's acting career expanded over more than two decades in Bengali cinema and theatre. She is best known for her memorable performance as Sarbajaya, the mother in the first two parts of Satyajit Ray's ''The Apu Trilogy'': ''Pather Panchali'' (1955) and ''Aparajito'' (1956). Her performance in the latter earned her a Best Actress nomination at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pather Panchali (novel)
''Pather Panchali'' ( bn, পথের পাঁচালী, Pôther Pãchali; ) is a 1929 novel written by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay and was later adapted into a 1955 film of the same name by Satyajit Ray. Considered to be one of the greatest literary works describing rural life, ''Pather Panchali'' deals with the life of the Roy family, both in their ancestral village in rural Bengal and later when they move to Varanasi in search of a better life, as well as the anguish and loss they face during their travels. History It first appeared as a serial in a Calcutta periodical in 1928 and was published as a book the next year; it was the first published novel written by the author. It was followed in 1932 by a sequel ''Aparajito'', which was adapted into a 1956 film of the same name by Satyajit Ray. Plot Horihor Ray, an impoverished Brahmin, lives in the village of Nischindipur. Indir Thakrun, an old widowed woman, who had nobody to look after her, takes shelter in the ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The World Of Apu
''Apur Sansar'' ( bn, অপুর সংসার), also known as ''The World of Apu'', is a 1959 Indian Bengali-language drama film produced, written and directed by Satyajit Ray. It is based on the second half of Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay's novel ''Aparajito''. Following ''Pather Panchali'' (1955) and ''Aparajito'' (1956), ''The World of Apu'' is the final part of Ray's ''The Apu Trilogy'', about the childhood and early adulthood of a young Bengali named Apu in early twentieth century India. ''The World of Apu'' stars Soumitra Chatterjee (as Apu) and Sharmila Tagore (as Apu's wife Aparna); the duo would go on to appear in many subsequent Ray films. Upon its release on 1 May 1959, ''The World of Apu'' was well-received by critics. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film as well as several international awards, including the Sutherland Award for Best Original And Imaginative Film and National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Plot In early 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanu Banerjee
Kanu Banerjee (Kanu Bandyopadhyay) (20 June 1905 – 27 January 1983) was an Indian actor and director of Bengali cinema and theatre.Soumitra Das and Dalia Mukherje (5 August 2012)"The matter-of-fact actor of many parts"Kolkata, India: ''The Telegraph''. He is best known for his portrayal of Harihar Ray, father of Apu, in Satyajit Ray's classic ''Pather Panchali'' (1955) and ''Aparajito'' (1956), part of the Apu Trilogy. He was born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. He first appeared as an amateur artiste with Sisir Kumar Bhaduri in ''Biraj Bou'' (1934) as Netai at Naba Natyyamandir. In 1955, he also appeared as saint Ramakrishna in Prafulla Chakraborty’s biographical film ''Bhagaban Sri Sri Ramakrishna''. Legacy In 2012, his memoirs titled, ''Hariharer Panchali'', based on his long interview published in Sharadiya (Durga puja) magazine ''Baro Maas'' in 1979 and other interviews was published by ''Sutradhar'' and released by Sandip Ray, son of Satyajit Ray, at Nandan thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Lion
The Golden Lion ( it, Leone d'oro) is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most prestigious and distinguished prizes. In 1970, a second Golden Lion was introduced; this is an honorary award for people who have made an important contribution to cinema. The prize was introduced in 1949 as the Golden Lion of Saint Mark (which was one of the best known symbols of the ancient Republic of Venice). In 1954, the prize was permanently named Golden Lion. Previously, the equivalent prize was the ''Gran Premio Internazionale di Venezia'' (Grand International Prize of Venice), awarded in 1947 and 1948. Before that, from 1934 until 1942, the highest awards were the '' Coppa Mussolini'' (Mussolini Cup) for Best Italian Film and Best Foreign Film. History The prize was first awarded in 1949. Previously, the equivalent prize was the Gran Premio Internazional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subrata Mitra
Subrata Mitra (12 October 1930 – 7 December 2001) was an Indian cinematographer. Acclaimed for his work in ''The Apu Trilogy'' (1955–1959), Mitra often is considered one of the greatest Indian cinematographers. Early life and education He was born in Calcutta, Bengal (now Kolkata, West Bengal) to Shanti and Sudhangshu Bhushan Mitra. He was a great-grandson, on his paternal grandmother's side, of the orientalist Brajendranath Dey. He was a younger cousin of the singer Uma Bose and a nephew, even though he was older than him, of the historian Barun Dey. He was educated at Ballygunge Government High School, Kolkata. Work At the age of 21, Mitra, who never had operated a motion picture camera, began his career as a cinematographer with Satyajit Ray, the legendary Indian film maker, for ''Pather Panchali'' (1955). He continued to work with him for many of Ray's later films. He is known for pioneering the technique of bounce lighting while filming ''The Apu Trilogy''. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dulal Dutta
Dulal Dutta (c. 1925Sources disagree on Datta's date of birth and age at the time of his death which is claimed to be either 84 (IMDb), 85 (''Indian Express''), 86 (''Telegraph'') or 87 (''Deccan Herald''). The ''Indian Express'' further claims that Dutta was born in Chandannagar. – 17 August 2010; Kolkata) was a film editor in the Bengali film industry located in Kolkata (previously Calcutta), West Bengal, India. He is especially remembered for his association with the acclaimed film director Satyajit Ray, whose films were all edited by Datta. Filmography * '' Debatra'' (1955) * ''Pather Panchali'' (1955) * ''Aparajito'' (1956) * ''Asha'' (1956) * '' Andhare Alo'' (1957) * ''Parash Pathar'' (1958) * ''Jalsaghar'' (1958) * '' Apur Sansar'' (1959) * '' Devi'' (1960) * ''Teen Kanya'' (1961) * ''Rabindranath Tagore'' (1961) * ''Kanchenjungha'' (1962) * '' Abhijan'' (1962) * ''Mahanagar'' (1963) * ''Charulata'' (1964) * ''Mahapurush'' (1965) * ''Kapurush'' (1965) * '' Nayak'' (1966) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghat
Ghat, a term used in the Indian subcontinent, depending on the context could refer either to a range of stepped hills with valleys (ghati in Hindi), such as the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats; or the series of steps leading down to a body of water or wharf, such as a bathing or cremation place along the banks of a river or pond, the Ghats in Varanasi, Dhobi Ghat or the Aapravasi Ghat.Sunithi L. Narayan, Revathy Nagaswami, 1992Discover sublime India: handbook for tourists Page 5.Ghat definition Cambridge dictionary. Roads passing through ghats are called . Etymology The origin of the English 'ghat' is sa, घट्ट , ' and is normally translated as ghaṭ, quay, landing or ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
