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Ray's first film introduces the ways of Indian life by focusing on an impoverished Indian family, especially on the young son, Apu. This film is the first in a trilogy dealing with the life of Apu. (Does not circulate)
In Nischindipur, rural Bengal, in the 1910s, Harihar Roy (Kanu Banerjee) earns a meagre living as a pujari (priest) but dreams of a better career as a poet and playwright. His wife Sarbajaya takes care of their children, Durga (Uma Dasgupta) and Apu, and Harihar's cousin, Indir Thakrun (Chunibala Devi) Together, they share the simple joys of life: sitting quietly under a tree, viewing pictures in a bioscope, running after the candy man
In Nischindipur, rural Bengal, in the 1910s, Harihar Roy (Kanu Banerjee) earns a meagre living as a pujari (priest) but dreams of a better career as a poet and playwright. His wife Sarbajaya takes care of their children, Durga (Uma Dasgupta) and Apu, and Harihar's cousin, Indir Thakrun (Chunibala Devi) Together, they share the simple joys of life: sitting quietly under a tree, viewing pictures in a bioscope, running after the candy man
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Ray's first film introduces the ways of Indian life by focusing on an impoverished Indian family, especially on the young son, Apu. This film is the first in a trilogy dealing with the life of Apu. (Does not circulate)
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