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Apur Sansar
Apur Sansar

Apur Sansar

The World of Apu

Genres

Drama

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$134241

Status

Released

Original Language

Bengali

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

8.1/10

Release Date

01 May 1959

Country

India

Cast

Soumitra Chatterjee

Soumitra Chatterjee

Apurba "Apu" Kumar Ray

Sharmila Tagore

Sharmila Tagore

Aparna Ray

Alok Chakravarty

Alok Chakravarty

Kajal Ray

Swapan Mukherjee

Swapan Mukherjee

Pulu

Dhiresh Majumdar

Dhiresh Majumdar

Shashinarayan

Sefalika Devi

Sefalika Devi

Shashinarayan's wife

Dhiren Ghosh

Dhiren Ghosh

Landlord

Shanti Bhattacherjee

Shanti Bhattacherjee

Office Associate

Abhijit Chatterjee

Abhijit Chatterjee

Aparna's Brother

Belarani Devi

Belarani Devi

Apu's Neighbor

Jogesh Chatterjee

Jogesh Chatterjee

Tushar Bandyopadhyay

Tushar Bandyopadhyay

Gupi Banerjee

Gupi Banerjee

Panchanan Bhattacharya

Panchanan Bhattacharya

Jiten Bhons

Jiten Bhons

Asha Devi

Asha Devi

Bechu Singha

Bechu Singha

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