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Pather Panchali

Pather Panchali

19557.82h 5m

Overview

Impoverished priest Harihar Ray leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. His wife, Sarbojaya, looks after their rebellious daughter, Durga, and young son, Apu. The children enjoy the small pleasures of their difficult life.

Directed by Satyajit Ray
Written by Satyajit Ray, Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Produced by Satyajit Ray, Bansi Chandragupta
Box Office0Revenue: $536K

Top Cast

Kanu Bannerjee

Kanu Bannerjee

Harihar Ray

Karuna Banerjee

Karuna Banerjee

Sarbojaya Ray

C

Chunibala Devi

Indir Thakrun

U

Uma Das Gupta

Durga Ray

S

Subir Banerjee

Apurba "Apu" Kumar Ray

Runki Banerjee

Runki Banerjee

Little Durga Ray

Reba Devi

Reba Devi

Seja Thakrun

Aparna Devi

Aparna Devi

Nilmoni's Wife

Tulsi Chakraborty

Tulsi Chakraborty

Prasanna, School Teacher

B

Binoy Mukherjee

Baidyanath Majumdar

Themes & Keywords

robberymiserydifficult childhoodmovemonsoonteacherpriestremembered deathblack and whitewriterrailroadunemploymentcalmcandidadmiringadoringcheerful

About Pather Panchali

Pather Panchali is a drama, history film released in 1955 exploring themes of robbery, misery, difficult childhood, move, monsoon, teacher. Directed by Satyajit Ray, it stars Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Chunibala Devi. Impoverished priest Harihar Ray leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. His wife, Sarbojaya, looks after their rebellious daughter, Durga, and young son, Apu. The children enjoy the small pleasures of their difficult life.

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