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The World of Apu - Apur Sansar
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Title: Apur Sansar

Release Date: 1 May 1959

Runtime: 1h 45m

Genre: Drama

Director: Satyajit Ray Productions

Production Companies: Satyajit Ray Productions

Overview: Apu is a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer. An old college friend talks him into a visit up-country to a village wedding. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1996.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 8.1 (241 votes)

Cast

  • Apurba "Apu" Kumar Ray: Soumitra Chatterjee
  • Aparna Ray: Sharmila Tagore
  • Kajal Ray: Alok Chakravarty
  • Pulu: Swapan Mukherjee
  • Shashinarayan: Dhiresh Majumdar
  • Shashinarayan's wife: Sefalika Devi
  • Landlord: Dhiren Ghosh
  • Office Associate: Shanti Bhattacherjee
  • Aparna's Brother: Abhijit Chatterjee
  • Apu's Neighbor: Belarani Devi
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