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Pather Panchali (1955)

Name: Pather Panchali
Director: Satyajit Ray
Genre: drama film, coming-of-age film
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 8.2

Pather Panchali is a 1955 Indian drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray in his directorial debut. It is an adaptation of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's 1929 Bengali novel of the same name. The film stars Subir Banerjee, Kanu Banerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Uma Dasgupta, and Chunibala Devi in leading roles. As the first instalment of The Apu Trilogy, the film depicts the childhood hardships of the protagonist…

Directed by Satyajit Ray · Shot by Subrata Mitra · Cut by Dulal Dutta · Music by Ravi Shankar · 120 min

Behind the scenes

Mark Kermode reviews Pather Panchali (1955) | BFI Player — BFI · 3 min

Elsewhere

More by Satyajit Ray

Aparajito — 1956
Parash Pathar — 1958
Jalsaghar — 1958
Apur Sansar — 1959
Devi — 1960
Teen Kanya — 1961
Rabindranath Tagore — 1961
Abhijan — 1962
Kanchanjangha — 1962
Mahanagar — 1963
Charulata — 1964
Two — 1964
Mahapurush — 1965
Kapurush — 1965
Nayak — 1966
Chiriyakhana — 1967
Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne — 1968
Days and Nights in the Forest — 1970
Pratidwandi — 1970
Seemabaddha — 1971
Sikkim — 1971
The Inner Eye — 1972
Distant Thunder — 1973
Sonar Kella — 1974
Jana Aranya — 1976
Bala — 1976
The Chess Players — 1977
Joi Baba Felunath — 1979
Hirak Rajar Deshe — 1980
Pikoor Diary — 1980

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