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Pather Panchali( 1955)

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Song of the Little Road

Overview

Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 1996.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Subir Banerjee

      Apurba "Apu" Kumar Ray

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      Uma Das Gupta

      Durga Ray

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      Karuna Banerjee

      Sarbojaya Ray

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      Kanu Bannerjee

      Harihar Ray

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      Chunibala Devi

      Indir Thakrun

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      Runki Banerjee

      Little Durga Ray

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      Reba Devi

      Seja Thakrun

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      Aparna Devi

      Nilmoni's wife

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      Tulsi Chakraborty

      Prasanna, school teacher

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      Haren Banerjee

      Chinibas, Sweet-seller

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      Rampada Das

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      Nibhanani Devi

      Dasi Thakurun

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      Rama Gangopadhaya

      Ranu Mookerjee

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      Roma Ganguli

      Roma

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      Binoy Mukherjee

      Baidyanath Majumdar

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      Haridhan Nag

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      Harimohan Nag

      Doctor

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      Kshirod Roy

      Priest

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      Suren Roy

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Mar 07 2024
    Part one of Satyajit Ray's trilogy introduces us to the poverty stricken family of the young "Apu" (Subir Banerjee). His family once had a guava orchard, but his poet and philosopher father "Harihar" (Kanu Bannerjee) had to trade that in to square up his profligate brother's debts. That now means that his mother "Sarbojaya" (Karuna Bannerjee) has to try to keep food on the table for them, his pilfering sister "Durga" (Uma Das Gupta) and their resident elderly aunt "Indir" (Chunibala Devi) - and that's not a task she relishes! With nothing much coming in, her's is the job of scraping together th...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    536364.00

    Keywords

    • robbery
    • misery
    • difficult childhood
    • move
    • monsoon
    • teacher
    • priest
    • remembered death
    • writer
    • railroad
    • unemployment
    • calm
    • candid
    • preserved film
    • admiring
    • adoring
    • cheerful