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Directed by | Satyajit Ray |
Written by | Satyajit Ray, Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay (story) |
Starring | Kanu Banerjee Karuna Banerjee Pinaki Sengupta Smaran Ghosal |
Music by | Ravi Shankar |
Release dates | ![]() ![]() |
Running time | 110 min |
Language | Bengali |
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.
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
- Winner - 1957 - Golden Lion of St. Mark for Best Film
- Winner - 1957 - Cinema Nuovo Award
- Winner - 1957 - Critics Award
- Winner - 1960 - Selznick Golden Laurel for Best Film
- Winner - 1957 - FIPRESCI Award
- Winner - 1980 - Wington Award [1]
- 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 - Best Non-European Film
- Golden Laurel (United States)
- Winner - 1958-1959 - Best Foreign Film [2]
- British Academy Film Awards (United Kingdom)
- Nominated - 1959 - BAFTA Award for Best Film
- Nominated - 1959 - BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress - Karuna Banerjee
Cast
- Pinaki Sengupta as young Apu
- Smaran Ghosal as adolescent Apu
- Kanu Banerjee as Harihar, Apu's father
- Karuna Banerjee as Sarbajaya, Apu's mother
Notes
- ^ Robinson 2003, p. 94
- ^ "Aparajito". San Francisco Film Society. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
- ^ "Bodilprisen (1960-69)". Filmmedarbejderforeningen. Retrieved 2008-05-29. Template:Da icon
- ^ "All-time 100 Movies". Time. Time Inc. 2005. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
- ^ James Berardinelli. Reel Reviews URL accessed on 3 April, 2006