Aparajito
A young Apu strives to forge his own future through education as he navigates the bustling streets of Varanasi and the pressures of a changing family, battling the clash between his rural roots and the demanding modern world.
Synopsis
Apu and his family leave the countryside to settle in the vibrant holy city of Benares. As he grows from an innocent child into an inquisitive teenager and later continues his studies in Kolkata, we observe his intellectual and moral development, along with the evolving dynamics of his relationship with his mother.
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Principal cast & crew: 37
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Dulal DuttaShot by Subrata MitraScored by Ravi ShankarDesigned by Bansi Chandragupta
Box Office
1956 · Box office
Grossed $170K worldwide
Worldwide gross
$170K
Also known as
- Aparajitode
- Apus Weg ins Leben – 2. Der Unbesiegbarede
- Apus Weg ins Leben: Der Unbesiegbarede
- The Unvanquisheden
- Aparajitoes
- L'Invaincufr
- Aparajitoit
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Cast & Crew
37 unique people credited
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Supporting cast
18Saraswati Pandey
Karuna Bannerjee
as Sarbojaya Ray
Panchanan Bhattacharya
Debabrata Chakraborty
Ramani Ranjan Sengupta
as Bhabataran
Ajay Mitra
as Anil
Charuprakash Ghosh
as Nanda
Subodh Ganguli
as Headmaster
Mani Srimani
as Inspector
Kalicharan Roy
as Akhil, press owner
Hemanta Chatterjee
as Professor
K S Pandey
as Pandey
Anil Mukherjee
as Abinash
Udayshankar Tiwari
Harendrakumar Chakravarti
as Doctor
Shibnarayan Nag
Bhaganu Palwan
as Palwan
Meenakshi Devi
as Pandey's wife
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1Other crew
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