Apur Sansar (1959)
Overview
Apu is a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer. An old college friend talks him into a visit up-country to a village wedding. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1996.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $134,241.00 |
| Original Language | bn |
| Popularity | 8.272 |
Directed By
Satyajit Ray
Crew
Ravi Shankar
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray
Dulal Dutta
Durgadas Mitra
Bansi Chandragupta
Subrata Mitra
Aminyanath Mukherji
Bansi Chandragupta
Subodh Das
Chhedilal Sharma
Sakti Sen
Anil Choudhury
Nityananda Datta
Shailen Dutta
Tapeshwar Prasad
Amiya Sanyal
Prabhas Bhattacharya
Krishna Das
Anil Pal
Bhabaranjan Roy
TOP CAST
Soumitra Chatterjee
Apurba "Apu" Kumar Ray
Sharmila Tagore
Aparna Ray
Alok Chakravarty
Kajal Ray
Swapan Mukherjee
Pulu
Dhiresh Majumdar
Shashinarayan
Sefalika Devi
Shashinarayan's wife
Dhiren Ghosh
Landlord
Shanti Bhattacherjee
Office Associate
Abhijit Chatterjee
Aparna's Brother
Belarani Devi
Apu's Neighbor
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