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'''''Aparajito''''' ({{lang-bn|অপরাজিত, ''Ôporajito''}} tr. ''The Unvanquished'') is an award-winning 1956 [[Bengali film]], directed by [[Satyajit Ray]]. It is the second part of Ray's [[Apu trilogy]], and is adapted from the last one-fifth of [[Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay|Bibhutibhushan Bannerjee]]'s novel ''[[Pather Panchali (novel)|Pather Panchali]]'' and the first one-third of its sequel ''Aparajita''.<ref name=r94>{{Harvnb|Robinson|2003|p=94}}</ref> It focuses on the life of Apu from childhood to college.
'''''Aparajito''''' ({{lang-bn|অপরাজিত, ''Ôporajito''}} tr. ''The Unvanquished'') is an award-winning 1956 [[Bengali film]], directed by [[Satyajit Ray]]. It is the second part of Ray's [[The Apu Trilogy|Apu Trilogy]], and is adapted from the last one-fifth of [[Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay|Bibhutibhushan Bannerjee]]'s novel ''[[Pather Panchali (novel)|Pather Panchali]]'' and the first one-third of its sequel ''Aparajita''.<ref name=r94>{{Harvnb|Robinson|2003|p=94}}</ref> It focuses on the life of Apu from childhood to college. The film won eleven international awards, including the [[Golden Lion]] for Best Film at the [[Venice Film Festival]].


==Plot==
==Plot==


The film begins with Apu's family getting settled in an apartment close to a ''[[ghats|ghat]]'' in [[Varanasi|Benares]]. Here Apu ([[Pinaki Sengupta]]) makes new friends in no time. While his mother Sarbajaya ([[Karuna Banerjee]]) stays at home, his father Harihar ([[Kanu Banerjee]]) works as a priest. On a [[Diwali]] day, Harihar develops a fever and takes rest lying in bed, as Apu comforts him. However, the next day, he leaves for his work as usual towards ''the ghat'', ignoring his wife's advice to take more rest. While coming back to home, he collapses on the stairs of the ghat, and dies soon afterwards.
The film begins with Apu's family getting settled in an apartment close to a ''[[ghats|ghat]]'' in [[Varanasi|Benares]] in 1920. Here Apu ([[Pinaki Sengupta]]) makes new friends in no time. While his mother Sarbajaya ([[Karuna Banerjee]]) stays at home, his father Harihar ([[Kanu Banerjee]]) works as a priest. On a [[Diwali]] day, Harihar develops a fever and takes rest lying in bed, as Apu comforts him. However, the next day, he leaves for his work as usual towards the ''ghat'', ignoring his wife's advice to take more rest. While coming back to home, he collapses on the stairs of the ''ghat'', and dies soon afterwards.

[[Image:Pather Panchali2.jpg|thumb|left|Apu and his mother]]
[[Image:Pather Panchali2.jpg|thumb|left|Apu and his mother]]

In Harihar's absence, it becomes Sarbajaya's responsibility to earn money for the family. She starts working as a maidservant. A relative invites them to return to their ancestral village. They come back and settle in a village called ''Mansapota''. Apu asks his mother to send him to a school. Apu studies diligently in the school. He receives a [[scholarship]] to go to [[Calcutta]]. Sarbajaya, though impressed, does not want to let her son leave. She soon gives in, albeit reluctantly, and helps him prepare to leave. From this point, an eternal conflict starts between the young man's ambitions and the mother who loves him.
In Harihar's absence, it becomes Sarbajaya's responsibility to earn money for the family. She starts working as a maidservant. A relative invites them to return to their ancestral village in Dewanpur (in [[Rajshahi Division]], modern-day [[Bangladesh]]). They come back and settle in a village called ''Mansapota''. Apu asks his mother to send him to a school. Apu studies diligently in the school. He receives a [[scholarship]] to go to [[Calcutta]]. Sarbajaya, though impressed, does not want to let her son leave. She soon gives in, albeit reluctantly, and helps him prepare to leave. From this point, an eternal conflict starts between the young man's ambitions and the mother who loves him.


Apu ([[Smaran Ghosal]]) starts working at a printing press after school, in order to make a living. Sarbajaya is desperate for his news and expects visits from him, but Apu manages to visit only a few times and feels out of place in ''Mansapota''. Sarbajaya becomes seriously ill, but does not disclose her illness to Apu. When he finally comes to know about her poor health, he leaves for the village and finds that she has already died. A relative requests him to stay back there and to work as a priest. Apu rejects the idea and returns to Calcutta. He performs the last rites for his mother there.
Apu ([[Smaran Ghosal]]) starts working at a printing press after school, in order to make a living. Sarbajaya is desperate for his news and expects visits from him, but Apu manages to visit only a few times and feels out of place in ''Mansapota''. Sarbajaya becomes seriously ill, but does not disclose her illness to Apu. When he finally comes to know about her poor health, he leaves for the village and finds that she has already died. A relative requests him to stay back there and to work as a priest. Apu rejects the idea and returns to Calcutta. He performs the last rites for his mother there.


==Reception==
==Reception==
''Aparajito'' won the [[Golden Lion]] at the 1957 [[Venice Film Festival]]. Ray got Golden Gate Awards for the Best Director in [[San Francisco International Film Festival]] in 1958 for this film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=255&searchfield=aparajito|title=Aparajito|publisher=San Francisco Film Society|accessdate=2008-05-29}}</ref> The film won "[[Bodil Awards|Bodil Award: Best Non-European Film of the Year]]" from Denmark in 1967.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmkritik.dk/1b.lasso?n=4|title=Bodilprisen (1960-69)|publisher=Filmmedarbejderforeningen|accessdate=2008-05-29}} {{Da icon}}</ref> In 2005, [[The Apu Trilogy]] was included in [[Time magazine]]'s [[All-TIME 100 Greatest Movies|All-time 100 greatest movies list]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/the_complete_list.html|title=All-time 100 Movies|year=2005|accessdate=2008-05-29|work=Time|publisher=Time Inc}}</ref>
''Aparajito'' won the [[Golden Lion]] at the 1957 [[Venice Film Festival]]. Ray got Golden Gate Awards for the Best Director in [[San Francisco International Film Festival]] in 1958 for this film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=255&searchfield=aparajito|title=Aparajito|publisher=San Francisco Film Society|accessdate=2008-05-29}}</ref> The film won "[[Bodil Awards|Bodil Award]]: [[Bodil Award for Best Non-European Film|Best Non-European Film of the Year]]" from Denmark in 1967.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmkritik.dk/1b.lasso?n=4|title=Bodilprisen (1960-69)|publisher=Filmmedarbejderforeningen|accessdate=2008-05-29}} {{Da icon}}</ref> In 2005, [[The Apu Trilogy]] was included in [[Time magazine]]'s [[All-TIME 100 Greatest Movies|All-time 100 greatest movies list]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/the_complete_list.html|title=All-time 100 Movies|year=2005|accessdate=2008-05-29|work=Time|publisher=Time Inc}}</ref>


Film critic [[James Berardinelli]] wrote:
Film critic [[James Berardinelli]] wrote:
:"''Aparajito'' was filmed forty years ago, half way around the world, yet the themes and emotions embedded in the narrative are strikingly relevant to modern Western society (thus explaining why it is called a "timeless classic")... ''Aparajito'' is an amazing motion picture. Its rich, poetic composition is perfectly wed to the sublime emotional resonance of the narrative. For those who have seen ''Pather Panchali'', ''Aparajito'' provides a nearly-flawless continuation of the journey begun there. Yet, for those who missed Ray's earlier effort, this film loses none of its impact. On its own or as part of the Apu Trilogy, ''Aparajito'' should not be missed."<ref>James Berardinelli. [http://www.reelviews.net/movies/a/aparajito.html Reel Reviews] URL accessed on 3 April, 2006</ref>
:"''Aparajito'' was filmed forty years ago, half way around the world, yet the themes and emotions embedded in the narrative are strikingly relevant to modern Western society (thus explaining why it is called a "timeless classic")... ''Aparajito'' is an amazing motion picture. Its rich, poetic composition is perfectly wed to the sublime emotional resonance of the narrative. For those who have seen ''Pather Panchali'', ''Aparajito'' provides a nearly-flawless continuation of the journey begun there. Yet, for those who missed Ray's earlier effort, this film loses none of its impact. On its own or as part of the Apu Trilogy, ''Aparajito'' should not be missed."<ref>James Berardinelli. [http://www.reelviews.net/movies/a/aparajito.html Reel Reviews] URL accessed on 3 April, 2006</ref>

===Awards===
;[[Venice Film Festival]]
*'''Winner''' - 1957 - [[Golden Lion|Golden Lion of St. Mark for Best Film]]
*'''Winner''' - 1957 - Cinema Nuovo Award
*'''Winner''' - 1957 - Critics Award

;[[Berlin International Film Festival]]
*'''Winner''' - 1960 - [[David O. Selznick|Selznick]] Golden Laurel for Best Film

;[[British Film Institute|British Film Institute Awards]], [[London Film Festival]]
*'''Winner''' - 1957 - [[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Award]]
*'''Winner''' - 1980 - Wington Award [http://www.satyajitray.org/about_ray/apu_trilogy.htm]

;[[San Francisco International Film Festival]]
*'''Winner''' - 1958 - Golden Gate for Best Picture
*'''Winner''' - 1958 - Golden Gate for Best Director - [[Satyajit Ray]]
*'''Winner''' - 1958 - International Critics' Award

;[[Bodil Awards]] (Denmark)
*'''Winner''' - 1967 - [[Bodil Award for Best Non-European Film|Best Non-European Film]]

;Golden Laurel ([[United States]])
*'''Winner''' - 1958-1959 - Best Foreign Film [http://www.satyajitray.org/films/aparaji.htm]

;[[British Academy Film Awards]] (United Kingdom)
*Nominated - [[12th British Academy Film Awards|1959]] - [[BAFTA Award for Best Film]]
*Nominated - [[12th British Academy Film Awards|1959]] - [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award for Best Actress]] - [[Karuna Banerjee]]


==Cast==
==Cast==

Revision as of 09:56, 8 March 2009

Aparajito
File:Aparajito title card.jpg
Aparajito title card
Directed bySatyajit Ray
Written bySatyajit Ray, Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay (story)
StarringKanu Banerjee
Karuna Banerjee
Pinaki Sengupta
Smaran Ghosal
Music byRavi Shankar
Release dates
India 1956
United States 25 April, 1959 (NYC)
Running time
110 min
LanguageBengali

Aparajito ([অপরাজিত, Ôporajito] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help) tr. The Unvanquished) is an award-winning 1956 Bengali film, directed by Satyajit Ray. It is the second part of Ray's Apu Trilogy, and is adapted from the last one-fifth of Bibhutibhushan Bannerjee's novel Pather Panchali and the first one-third of its sequel Aparajita.[1] It focuses on the life of Apu from childhood to college. The film won eleven international awards, including the Golden Lion for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival.

Plot

The film begins with Apu's family getting settled in an apartment close to a ghat in Benares in 1920. Here Apu (Pinaki Sengupta) makes new friends in no time. While his mother Sarbajaya (Karuna Banerjee) stays at home, his father Harihar (Kanu Banerjee) works as a priest. On a Diwali day, Harihar develops a fever and takes rest lying in bed, as Apu comforts him. However, the next day, he leaves for his work as usual towards the ghat, ignoring his wife's advice to take more rest. While coming back to home, he collapses on the stairs of the ghat, and dies soon afterwards.

File:Pather Panchali2.jpg
Apu and his mother

In Harihar's absence, it becomes Sarbajaya's responsibility to earn money for the family. She starts working as a maidservant. A relative invites them to return to their ancestral village in Dewanpur (in Rajshahi Division, modern-day Bangladesh). They come back and settle in a village called Mansapota. Apu asks his mother to send him to a school. Apu studies diligently in the school. He receives a scholarship to go to Calcutta. Sarbajaya, though impressed, does not want to let her son leave. She soon gives in, albeit reluctantly, and helps him prepare to leave. From this point, an eternal conflict starts between the young man's ambitions and the mother who loves him.

Apu (Smaran Ghosal) starts working at a printing press after school, in order to make a living. Sarbajaya is desperate for his news and expects visits from him, but Apu manages to visit only a few times and feels out of place in Mansapota. Sarbajaya becomes seriously ill, but does not disclose her illness to Apu. When he finally comes to know about her poor health, he leaves for the village and finds that she has already died. A relative requests him to stay back there and to work as a priest. Apu rejects the idea and returns to Calcutta. He performs the last rites for his mother there.

Reception

Aparajito won the Golden Lion at the 1957 Venice Film Festival. Ray got Golden Gate Awards for the Best Director in San Francisco International Film Festival in 1958 for this film.[2] The film won "Bodil Award: Best Non-European Film of the Year" from Denmark in 1967.[3] In 2005, The Apu Trilogy was included in Time magazine's All-time 100 greatest movies list.[4]

Film critic James Berardinelli wrote:

"Aparajito was filmed forty years ago, half way around the world, yet the themes and emotions embedded in the narrative are strikingly relevant to modern Western society (thus explaining why it is called a "timeless classic")... Aparajito is an amazing motion picture. Its rich, poetic composition is perfectly wed to the sublime emotional resonance of the narrative. For those who have seen Pather Panchali, Aparajito provides a nearly-flawless continuation of the journey begun there. Yet, for those who missed Ray's earlier effort, this film loses none of its impact. On its own or as part of the Apu Trilogy, Aparajito should not be missed."[5]

Awards

Venice Film Festival
Berlin International Film Festival
  • Winner - 1960 - Selznick Golden Laurel for Best Film
British Film Institute Awards, London Film Festival
San Francisco International Film Festival
  • Winner - 1958 - Golden Gate for Best Picture
  • Winner - 1958 - Golden Gate for Best Director - Satyajit Ray
  • Winner - 1958 - International Critics' Award
Bodil Awards (Denmark)
Golden Laurel (United States)
  • Winner - 1958-1959 - Best Foreign Film [2]
British Academy Film Awards (United Kingdom)

Cast

Notes

  1. ^ Robinson 2003, p. 94
  2. ^ "Aparajito". San Francisco Film Society. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  3. ^ "Bodilprisen (1960-69)". Filmmedarbejderforeningen. Retrieved 2008-05-29. Template:Da icon
  4. ^ "All-time 100 Movies". Time. Time Inc. 2005. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  5. ^ James Berardinelli. Reel Reviews URL accessed on 3 April, 2006

Bibliography

Preceded by
Ordet (1955)
(no award in 1956)
 Golden Lion winner
1957 		Succeeded by
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