Aparajito

Aparajito

1956 · 110 min · BN · 7.8 (309 votes)
Dir. Satyajit Ray · Starring Pinaki Sengupta, Smaran Ghosal, Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Ramani Ranjan Sengupta, Charuprakash Ghosh · Music Ravi Shankar · Apu Collection
Drama

Apu and his family have moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Benares. As he progresses from wide-eyed child to intellectually curious teenager, eventually studying in Kolkata, we witness his academic and moral education, as well as the growing complexity of his relationship with his mother.

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A deeply humanistic portrait of a young man's formative years. It's a quiet, contemplative journey through loss and discovery, rendered with profound empathy and a keen eye for life's subtle, often bittersweet, moments.

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