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.
Language
Bengali
Release Date
May 1, 1959
Revenue
$134,241
National Board of Review Awards
Best Foreign Language Film
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
Jogesh Chatterjee
Tushar Bandyopadhyay
Gupi Banerjee
Panchanan Bhattacharya
Jiten Bhons
Asha Devi
Bechu Singha
Show Full Crew
Writing
Sound
Directing
Satyajit Ray
Director
Nityananda Datta
Assistant Director
Shailen Dutta
Assistant Director
Tapeshwar Prasad
Assistant Director
Amiya Sanyal
Assistant Director
Production
Editing
Art
Chhedilal Sharma
Set Decoration
Bansi Chandragupta
Production Design
Bansi Chandragupta
Art Direction
Subodh Das
Set Decoration
Camera
Costume & Make-Up
Lighting