The Apu trilogy
(DVD)

Title from container.

Original novels by Bibhutibhusan Bandyopadhyay.

Originally released as individual motion pictures in 1955, 1956, and 1959.

Container information in Korean and English.

Special features: Disc 1: The cinema of Satyajit Ray (12 min.); Production notes; Satyajit Ray biography; Satyajit Ray filmography; Storyboards; Still gallery. Disc 2 & 3: The cinema of Satyajit Ray (12 min.); Production notes; Satyajit Ray biography; Satyajit Ray filmography; Still gallery.

All three films: photography, Subrata Mitra ; art direction, production design, Bansi Chandragupta ; film editing, Dulal Dutta ; music, Ravi Shankar.

Pather panchali: Kanu Banerji, Karuna Banerji, Uma Das Gupta, Subir Banerji, Chunibala Devi.

Aparajito: Karuna Banerji, Shanti Gupta, Kanu Banerji, Smaran Ghosal, Pinaki Sengupta, Ramani Sengupta.

The world of Apu: Soumitra Chatterji, Sharmila Tagore, Aloke Chakravarty, Swapan Mukherji.

Pather panchali: A poor Bengali family survives in a village but wider horizons tempt the father. The protection of family members' reputations, the relationship of the family group to an elderly 'aunt', and first confrontations with death contribute to the early development of the boy Apu. His father's dreams prevail over the objections of his mother so that at the end of the film the family moves to the big city of Benares.

Aparajito: Follows the life of the poor Bengali country boy, Apu and his encounter with the school system in Benares and later with the intellectual life at the university in Calcutta.

The world of Apu: The shy young man, Apu, is drawn into marriage out of regard for friendship and Hindu custom. He quickly realizes his love for his wife. They are blissfully happy for a year, until she dies in childbirth, leaving him the desolate father of a child.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD; NTSC, all region; full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.

For private home use only.

In Bengali with optional English or Korean subtitles.